Corrections in the United States: A Contemporary Perspective

ISBN-10: 0130867616
ISBN-13: 9780130867612
Category: Law / Criminal Procedure
Pages: 742
Language: English
Published: 2001
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Author: Dean J. Champion

Description

For one-semester, undergraduate/graduate introductory corrections courses.

Comprehensive in scope and contemporary in perspective, this introduction to corrections in the U.S. covers the history, functions, types, and issues of jails and prisons. It explains parole and community-based corrections programs; surveys various aspects of corrections personnel; and explores the special issues of women and juveniles in relation to the system. Up-to-date material, and legal cases affecting correctional law and institutional corrections, provide students with broad coverage of both institutional and community corrections, probation, and parole.

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