The Dilemmas of Corrections

, by Haas, Kenneth C.; Alpert, Geoffrey P.

Write a Review

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

ISBN: 9781577663980 | 1577663985
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/5/2006

Rent

(Recommended)

$34.45

Term

Due

Price

Semester

Jan 4

$36.27

Short Term

Dec 31

$32.64

Quarter

Dec 18

$34.45

*This item is part of an exclusive publisher rental program and requires an additional convenience fee. This fee will be reflected in the shopping bag.
Buy New

Usually Ships in 3-5 Business Days

$46.43

Supplemental Materials

Preface

PART I PHILOSOPHICAL JUSTIFICATIONS FOR CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT

(24)

1 Punishment as Healing for the Soul

(7)

Plato

2 The Paradox of Punishment

(14)

Alan H. Goldman

PART II HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUNISHMENT AND IMPRISONMENT

(50)

3 Throwing Away the Key: Imprisonment

(14)

Lewis Lyons

4 Philadelphia, and Its Solitary Prison

(11)

Charles Dickens

5 The Birch and the Lash on Sakhalin Island

(16)

Anton Chekhov

PART III WHO GOES TO PRISON AND WHY

(72)

6 Comparative International Rates of Incarceration: An Examination of Causes and Trends

(11)

Marc Mauer

7 The Criminal Type

(8)

Jessica Mitford

8 Racial Disparity and the Criminal Justice System: An Assessment of Causes and Responses

(22)

Marc Mauer

9 The War on Drugs and the Incarceration of Mothers

120

(10)

Stephanie Bush-Baskette

10 The Politics of Punishment: Evaluating Political Explanations of Incarceration Rates

130

(17)

Kevin B. Smith

PART IV THE REALITIES OF PRISON LIFE

147

(126)

11 Target Violence

153

(18)

Daniel Lockwood

12 Prowling the Yard: The Public Culture of the Prison

171

(40)

Robert Johnson

13 Women's Accounts of Their Prison Experiences: A Retrospective View of Their Subjective Realities

211

(20)

Mark R. Pogrebin & Mary Dodge

14 "Opening a Vein": Inmate Poetry and the Prison Experience

231

(22)

Robert Johnson & Nina Chernoff

15 On Psychological Experiments

253

(20)

Erich Fromm

PART V THE COURTS, THE CONSTITUTION, AND CORRECTIONS: COMMENTARY AND KEY CASES

273

(110)

16 Ewing v. California

303

(21)

17 Hudson v. McMillian et al.

324

(11)

18 Bounds, Correction Commissioner, et al. v. Smith et al.

335

(10)

19 Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United States, et al. v. Abbott et al.

345

(15)

20 Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole v. Hill et al.

360

(8)

21 Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole v. Scott

368

(15)

PART VI REHABILITATION PROGRAMS BEHIND BARS AND IN THE COMMUNITY

383

(110)

22 "What Works?" Revisited: New Findings on Criminal Rehabilitation

390

(14)

James Q. Wilson

23 From Nothing Works to What Works: Changing Professional Ideology in the 21st Century

404

(25)

Francis T. Cullen & Paul Gendreau

24 Correctional Boot Camps: Lessons from a Decade of Research

429

(10)

Dale G. Parent

25 The Effectiveness of Prison-Based Therapeutic Communities for the Treatment of Drug Involved Offenders

439

(14)

James A. Inciardi

26 Probation and Cognitive Skills

453

(8)

Frederick R. Chavaria

27 Prisoner Reentry: Public Safety and Reintegration Challenges

461

(15)

Joan Petersilia

28 The Impact of Victim-Offender Mediation: Two Decades of Research

476

(17)

Mark S. Umbreit, Robert B. Coates, & Betty Vos

PART VII CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES IN CORRECTIONS

493

(78)

29 The Disturbed Disruptive Inmate: Where Does the Bus Stop?

498

(15)

Hans Toch

30 Older Inmates: Special Programming Concerns

513

(13)

Peter C. Kratcoski

31 Prisons for Profit

526

(12)

Eric Bates

32 The Trouble with "Scarlet Letter" Punishments

538

(11)

Douglas Litowitz

33 To Kill or Not to Kill... For and Against the Death Penalty: The Ultimate Punishment: A Defense

549

(8)

Ernest van den Haag

34 Why Conservatives Should Oppose the Death Penalty

557

(14)

Kenneth C. Haas

About the Editors

571

FREE SHIPPING

Rent More, Save More! Use code: BBRENTAL

5% off 1 book, 7% off 2 books, 10% off 3+ books

The Dilemmas of Corrections

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials