Legal aspects of corrections management
By: Clair Cripe, Michael Pearlman, and Daryl Kosiak
Contributors: Pearlman, Michael G.; Kosiak, Daryl
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 616
ISBN-13: 9781449639402
Subjects: Corrections; Prisoners; Civil rights; Correctional law
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to the law and to the legal aspects of corrections management; title: Corrections and the criminal justice system; title: Habeas, torts, and Section 1983; title: Going to court; title: A general view of prisoners' rights under the Constitution; title: Access to courts; title: First Amendment : inmate mail; title: First Amendment : inmate association rights and visiting; title: First Amendment : religion; title: Fourth Amendment : search and seizure, and privacy; title: Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments : due process : inmate discipline; title: Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments : due process : classification, transfers, personal injuries, and property loss; title: Fourteenth Amendment : equal protection : female offenders and others; title: Eighth Amendment : the death penalty and other sentencing issues; title: Eighth Amendment : conditions of confinement : cruel and unusual punishment; title: Eighth Amendment : health care; title: Probation and parole, community corrections, and fines; title: Statutory and administrative law; title: Federal statutes : equal employment, disabilities, and tort claims; title: Jails; title: Juveniles and young offenders; title: Privatization issues in corrections; title: Loss of rights of convicted persons.