Corrections
Subtitle: the essentials
By: Mary K. Stohr, Anthony Walsh
Contributors: Walsh, Anthony, 1941-
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781412986991
Subjects: Corrections; Administration of Criminal justice; Punishment
Other titles: Corrections.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Corrections : a text/reader / [edited by] Mary Stohr, Anthony Walsh, Craig Hemmens. c2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The philosophical and ideological underpinnings of corrections; title: A history of corrections; title: Correctional history: reforms and themes; title: Sentencing: the application of punishment; title: Jails; title: Probation and community corrections; title: Prisons; title: Parole and prisoner reentry; title: The correctional experience for staff; title: Women and corrections; title: Minorities and corrections; title: Juveniles and corrections; title: Legal issues in corrections; title: Correctional programming and treatment; title: Corrections in the 21st century.