Issues in Corrections

Research, Policy, and Future Prospects

Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick, John P. Walsh (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

214 Seiten

2018
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498541237 (ISBN)

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This book explores in depth the main issues surrounding current topics in institutional corrections. Issues in Corrections includes chapters written by correctional researchers and scholars on prison behavior (including gangs and misconduct), solitary confinement, prison programming, and rehabilitation.

Since the 1970s, the corrections system has experienced exponential growth. Over the past four decades, the number of inmates held in US prisons and jails has quadrupled. This massive growth is associated with a number of different issues and challenges within prisons and jails, including overcrowding; gang activity and misconduct; a shift away from rehabilitation and programming; expanded use of solitary confinement; inmates’ human rights; criticisms of health care; and massive, publicly funded budgets. Many states now spend more on corrections than on higher education.

This book explores these issues in depth. It takes current topics in institutional corrections and explores the main issues surrounding each. Themes include institutional corrections, prison behavior (including gangs and misconduct), solitary confinement, prison programming, and rehabilitation.

Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick is assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Tampa. John P. Walsh is associate professor of criminal justice at Grand Valley State University.

Section I: Institutional Corrections
Chapter 1. Introduction: Corrections Today, Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick and John P. Walsh
Chapter 2. Jails, John P. Walsh and Sarah Light
Chapter 3. Prisons, Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick
Chapter 4. Gender Issues in Corrections, Carrie L. Buist and Emily Lenning

Section II: Security Issues
Chapter 5. Classification of Inmates, Mari B. Pierce
Chapter 6. Prison Gangs and Security Threat Groups, Beverly R. Crank and Catherine D. Marcum
Chapter 7. Solitary Confinement: Restrictive Housing, Segregation, and the Isolation of Inmates, Jody Sundt

Section III: Programming
Chapter 8. Psychological Prison Programs, Emily Lasko and Chad Posick
Chapter 9. Substance Abuse Treatment in Prisons and Jails, David Olson
Chapter 10. Correctional Education and Social Reintegration, Daniel R. Lee
Chapter 11. Conclusion: Corrections Tomorrow, John P. Walsh and Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Co-Autor	Carrie Buist, Beverly Crank, Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick
Zusatzinfo	1 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 218 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-13	9781498541237 / 9781498541237
Zustand	Neuware