| Contents |
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF CORRECTIONS -- Early history and evolution of punishment and the development of prisons in the United States -- Ideological and theoretical underpinnings to sentencing and correctional policy -- Correctional law and legal liabilities -- PART II : CORRECTIONAL PRACTICES -- Jail and detention facilities -- Probation -- Intermediate sanctions -- Facility design to meet security and programming needs -- Classification and custody levels -- Prison subculture and prison gang influence -- Immigration detention centers -- Female offenders in correctional systems -- Specialized inmate populations -- Juvenile correctional systems -- Correctional administration -- Prison programming -- Parole and reintegration -- PART III : ISSUES AND TRENDS IN CORRECTIONS -- The death penalty -- Program evaluation, evidence-based practices, and future trends in corrections. |
| Abstract |
Introduction to Corrections provides students with a comprehensive foundation of corrections that is practitioner-driven and grounded in modern research and theoretical origins. This text uniquely illustrates how the day-to-day practitioner conducts business in the field of corrections in both institutional and community settings. Experienced correctional practitioner, scholar, and author Robert D. Hanser shows students how the corrections system actually works, from classification, to security, to treatment, to demonstrating how and why correctional practices are implemented. Furthering the reality of the modern correctional experience, the Third Edition includes a new chapter on immigration detention centers. -Publisher's website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2018040411 |
| ISBN | 9781544339078 paperback alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1544339070 paperback alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 9781544356952 (loose leaf) |
| ISBN | 1544356951 |
