Corrections Today

CORRECTIONS TODAY offers the most practical, engaging, career-focused, and authoritative introduction to corrections available. It is a briefer, more visual, paperback alternative to expensive hardback Introduction to Corrections texts. Perfect for those who have grown tired of encyclopedic texts that are lacking in real-world concepts and application, it examines the field of corrections through the lens of students who are giving serious thought to a career in the field or are now working in corrections but seeking an advanced degree in order to obtain promotion and/or switch job paths.

Why Do We Punish?
The Corrections System
from Vengeance to Reform: Historical Perspective
How Do We Punish?
Sentencing and the Correctional Process
How Do We Correct in the Community?
Community Corrections: Diversion and Probation
Intermediate Sanctions
Where Do We Punish?
The Jail: Detention and Short-Term Confinement
Correctional Institutions
The Prison Experience Males
Women in Prison
Prisoners' Rights
How Do We Rehabilitate?
Correctional Programs and Services
Parole and Release to the Community
What are Special Needs and Populations?
Special Prison Populations
The Death Penalty and the Death Penalty Inmate
The Juvenile Offender
What is the Future of Corrections?
The Future Landscape of Corrections
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