Corrections in America : An Introduction

Experts in crime and criminology, practitioners in the field of institutional and community corrections, and instructors use this text in many ways. It is used as a textbook as well as a standard desk reference and a library resource because of its encyclopedic coverage of the subject.

Foreword

xxi

(2)

Preface

xxiii

(8)

About the Authors

xxxi

PART I: HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF CORRECTIONS

1

(74)

CHAPTER 1: Early History (2000 B.C. to A.D. 1700)

3

(13)

CHAPTER 2: A Century of Change (1700 to 1800)

16

(14)

CHAPTER 3: The Age of Prisons (1800 to the Present)

30

(23)

CHAPTER 4: The Pendulum of Correctional Ideologies

53

(22)

PART II: LAW AND THE LEGAL PROCESS

75

(84)

CHAPTER 5: The Incidence of Crime

77

(21)

CHAPTER 6: The Correctional Filter

98

(17)

CHAPTER 7: Sentencing

115

(19)

CHAPTER 8: Appellate Review

134

(25)

PART III: THE CORRECTIONAL PROCESS

159

(98)

CHAPTER 9: Jails and Detention Facilities

161

(22)

CHAPTER 10: Probation

183

(16)

CHAPTER 11: Intermediate Sanctions

199

(18)

CHAPTER 12: Imprisonment

217

(21)

CHAPTER 13: Parole

238

(19)

PART IV: THE CORRECTIONAL CLIENT

257

(114)

CHAPTER 14: Jail Inmates

259

(16)

CHAPTER 15: Male Offenders

275

(16)

CHAPTER 16: Female Offenders

291

(25)

CHAPTER 17: Juvenile Offenders

316

(27)

CHAPTER 18: Special Category Offenders

343

(28)

PART V: RIGHTS OF THE SENTENCED OFFENDER

371

(76)

CHAPTER 19: Offender Rights in Confinement

373

(25)

CHAPTER 20: The Death Penalty: The Ultimate Right

398

(28)

CHAPTER 21: The Rights of Ex-Offenders

426

(21)

PART VI: CORRECTIONS AS A PROFESSION

447

(66)

CHAPTER 22: Custody Functions and Tasks

449

(25)

CHAPTER 23: Management and Treatment Functions and Tasks

474

(17)

CHAPTER 24: Specialized Functions and Tasks

491

(22)

PART VII: CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS

513

(78)

CHAPTER 25: State and Local Systems

515

(22)

CHAPTER 26: The Federal System

537

(17)

CHAPTER 27: Community-Based Systems

554

(16)

CHAPTER 28: Private Sector Systems

570

(21)

PART VIII: THE FUTURE OF CORRECTIONS

591

(14)

CHAPTER 29: Corrections Enters the Twenty-first Century

593

(12)

Glossary

605

(26)

Index of Authors

631

(12)

Subject Index

643

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