The Philosophy and Practice of Corrections / Edition 1

by Marilyn McShane

Overview

Published in 1997, The Philosophy and Practice of Corrections is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology & Social Policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815325109
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1997
Series:	Criminal Justice: Contemporary Literature in Theory and Practice , #4
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Series Introduction, Volume Introduction, Factors Influencing Probation Outcome: A Review of the Literature, Does Correctional Treatment Work? A Clinically Relevant and Psychologically Informed Meta-Analysis, Essential Components of Successful Rehabilitation Programs for Offenders, Correctional Good Time as a Means of Early Release, Patriarchy Prisons, and Jails: A Critical Look at Trends in Women's Incarceration, No Soul in the New Machine: Technofallacies in the Electronic Monitoring Movement, Is Incarceration Really Worse? Analysis of Offenders' Preferences for Prison Over Probation, Communication Policy Changes from 1971 to 1991 in State Correctional Facilities for Adult Males in the United States, The Privatization of Prisons in Historical Perspective, Reaffirming Rehabilitation in Juvenile Justice, Probation and Parole: Public Risk and the Future of Incarceration Alternatives, The Response of the Criminal Justice System to Prison Overcrowding: Recidivism Patterns Among Four Successive Parolee Cohorts, The Meaning of Correctional Crowding: Steps Toward an Index of Severity, The Impact of Shock Incarceration Programs on Prison Crowding, Adapting Conservative Correctional Policies to the Economic Realities of the 1990s, A Comparison of Programming for Women and Men in U.S. Prisons in the 1980s, Growth-Centered Intervention: An Overview of Changes in Recent Decades, Using Situational Factors to Predict Types of Prison Violence, Imprisonment in the American States, Democratizing Prisons, Measuring Prison Disciplinary Problems: A Multiple Indicators Approach to Understanding Prison Adjustment,
Acknowledgments