Corrections: The Essentials

Corrections: The Essentials

Corrections: The Essentials

Corrections: The Essentials

(Fourth Edition)

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Overview

Written by former practitioners who are experts in the field, Corrections: The Essentials provides an in-depth, yet accessible guide to the world of corrections. Authors Mary K. Stohr and Anthony Walsh introduce readers to the history and development of correctional institutions, while offering a unique perspective on ethics and diversity. The Fifth Edition includes features such as comparative corrections sections, practitioner perspective sections, and ethical dilemmas challenge learners to think critically and acknowledge the complexities of the correctional system.

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781544398822
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 01/22/2021
Edition description: Fourth Edition
Pages: 464
Product dimensions: 8.38(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mary K. Stohr is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University. She received a Ph D (1990) in political science from Washington State University, with specializations in criminal justice and public administration. Many moons ago, and before she earned her graduate degrees, she worked as a correctional officer and then as a counselor in an adult male prison in Washington State. Professor Stohr has published more than 100 academic works in the areas of correctional organizations and operation, correctional personnel, inmate needs and assessment, program evaluation, gender, policing, victimization, and drug policy outcomes. Books coauthored with others include The American Prison (with Cullen and Jonson); Corrections: The Essentials (with Walsh); Correctional Assessment, Casework and Counseling (with Walsh); Corrections: A Text Reader (with Walsh and Hemmens); Criminal Justice Management: Theory and Practice in Justice-Centered Organizations (with Collins); and The Prison Experience (with Hemmens). She was the executive director of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) for 5 years, received the Fellows Award from ACJS in 2018, received the Founders Award in 2009, and is a cofounder of the Corrections and Minorities and Women Sections of ACJS.

Anthony Walsh, is a professor of criminology at Boise State University. He received his Ph D from Bowling Green State University at the ripe old age of 43. He has field experience in law enforcement and corrections and is the author of more than 150 journal articles and book chapters and 41 books, including Biology and Criminology; Feminist Criminology Through a Biosocial Lens; Law, Justice, and Society (with Hemmens); Correctional Assessment, Casework, and Counseling (with Stohr); The Neurobiology of Criminal Behavior: Gene-Brain-Culture Interaction (with Bolen, Ashgate); Corrections: The Essentials (with Stohr); The Science Wars: The Politics of Gender and Race; Criminological Theory: Assessing Philosophical Assumptions; Biosociology: Bridging the Biology-Sociology Divide; Criminology: The Essentials (with Jorgensen); and Answering Atheists: How Science Points to God and the Benefits of Christianity. His interests include biosocial criminology, statistics, and criminal justice assessment and counseling.

Table of Contents

Preface
About the Authors
Chapter 1 The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections
Chapter 2 Early Corrections: From Ancient Times to Correctional Institutions
Chapter 3 Ethics and Corrections
Chapter 4 Sentencing: The Application of Punishment
Chapter 5 Jails and Detention Centers
Chapter 6 Community Corrections: Probation and Intermediary Sanctions
Chapter 7 Prisons and the Correctional Client
Chapter 8 The Corrections Experience for Staff
Chapter 9 Community Corrections: Parole and Prisoner Reentry
Chapter 10 Women and Corrections
Chapter 11 People of Color and Corrections
Chapter 12 Juveniles and Corrections
Chapter 13 Legal Issues in Corrections and the Death Penalty
Chapter 14 Correctional Programming and Treatment
Chapter 15 Corrections in the 21st Century
Answers to Test Your Knowledge
Glossary
References
Index
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