Correctional perspectives : views from academics, practitioners, and prisoners / Leanne Fiftal Alarid, Paul F. Cromwell.

Author/creator Alarid, Leanne Fiftal, 1967-
Other author Cromwell, Paul F.
Format Book
Publication InfoLos Angeles, Calif. : Roxbury Pub. Co., ©2002.
Descriptionxviii, 329 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Correctional institutions.
Criminals--Rehabilitation.

Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Challenging beliefs about prison crowding -- A national study of correctional administrators' views on prison crowding -- Report from an overcrowded maze -- Examining trends in female incarceration -- A prison superintendant's perspective on women in prison -- The war on drugs and women prisoners -- The principles of effective intervention with offenders -- Essential elements of the effective therapeutic community in the correctional institution : a director's perspective -- Through the narrow gate -- HIV / AIDS and the correctional system -- Women prisoners with HIV : a letter from a prison doctor -- Til death do us part : the deadly game of AIDS in prison -- Changes in prison culture : prison gangs and the case of the Pepsi generation -- The meaning of prison gang tattoos -- Prison gangs : racial separatism as a form of social control -- The reproduction of violence in U.S. prisons -- Violence and incarceration : a personal observation -- Realities of fear -- Infamous punishment : the psychological consequences of isolation -- Attitudes of prison wardens toward administrative segregation and supermax prisons -- It's a form of warfare : a description of Pelican Bay state prison -- Women corrections officers in men's prisons : acceptance and perceived job performance.
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS CONT'D -- Working in a male-dominated world : aggression and women correctional officers -- Lady hacks and gentleman convicts -- Issues concerning private prisons -- A comparison of job satisfaction among private and public prison employees -- Six of one, half-dozen of the other : private prisons and the conditions of confinement debate -- The risks juveniles face in adult prisons -- Juveniles in adult prisons : problems and prospects -- Maximum-security offenders' attitudes toward placing juveniles in adult prisons -- Death work : a modern execution team -- Managing death row : a tough assignment -- Walker's requiem -- The current state of parole in America -- Perspectives on parole : the board members' viewpoint -- Making it in the free world : women in transition from prison.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2001031871
ISBN1891487744 (pbk.)
ISBN9781891487743 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks HV8665 .A463 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold