| Contents |
Introduction: Part I: Into the World of Corrections -- Introduction: Part II: Politics and Jails -- Traveling is a Broadening Experience -- 1. Jail History: A Short Version -- 2. Suicide and the Mentally Ill -- 3. Small Jails in America -- 4. Women in Jail Work and Women Inmates -- 5. Audits, Policies, and Procedures: Stirring Up Muck for a Purpose -- 6. Training: Problems and Challenges -- 7. Crowding -- 8. Inspections -- 9. Jails: The Medical Approach -- 10. Programs -- 11. Technology -- 12. Cultural Diversity -- 13. Legal Issues -- 14. Direct Supervision Management -- 15. Juveniles -- 16. Jails: The Glass Half Full -- App. I. The American Jail Association -- App. II. The American Jail Association Annual Training Program. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-263) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Kerle, Kenneth E. American jails. Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c1998 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Kerle, Kenneth E. American jails. Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c1998 |
| LCCN | 97039952 |
| ISBN | 0750698462 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780750698467 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
