American corrections in brief
By: Todd R. Clear [and others]
Publisher: Wadsworth Cengage Learning
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780495808657
Subjects: Corrections
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The correctional context. What is corrections? ; The punishment of offenders; title: Corrections in the community. Jails : corrections at the local level ; Community corrections : probation and intermediate sanctions ; Probation supervision; title: Institutional corrections. Prisons ; The prison experience ; Prison management ; Prison staffing; title: Correctional issues. Reentry into the community ; Legal issues and the death penalty ; Special populations and juvenile corrections ; The future of corrections.