Corrections: A Text/Reader
- ISBN-10
- 1452289921
- ISBN-13
- 9781452289922
- Series
- Corrections
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 728
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-03-20
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Authors
- Craig Hemmens, Mary K. Stohr, Anthony Walsh
Description
Corrections: A Text/Reader, Second Edition is designed for undergraduate and/or graduate corrections courses. Organized like a traditional corrections text, it offers brief authored introductions in a mini-chapter format for each key Section, followed by carefully selected and edited original articles by leading scholars. This hybrid format – ensuring coverage of important material while emphasizing the significance of contemporary research - offers an excellent alternative which recognizes the impact and importance of new directions and policy in this field, and how these advances are determined by research.
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