Corrections: A Text/Reader
- ISBN-10
- 1412937736
- ISBN-13
- 9781412937733
- Series
- Corrections
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 817
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- SAGE
- Authors
- Craig Hemmens, Mary K. Stohr, Anthony Walsh
Description
This is a core text/reader for undergraduate and graduate corrections courses. It can serve either as a supplement to a core textbook or as a stand-alone course text. Each chapter begins with 15 pages of text that includes photos, figures and tables and is followed by carefully selected articles authored by leading scholars in the field.
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