Corrections in the United States: A Contemporary Perspective (3rd Edition)

8676A-4, 0-13-086761-6, Champion, Dean J., Correction in the United States: A Contemporary Perspective, 3/E//--> 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 readers with broad coverage of both institutional and community corrections, probation, and parole. Chapter topics include classifying offenders, sentencing systems, and sentencing issues; jails: history, functions, and types of inmates; jail administration: officer training, inmate supervision, and contemporary issues; corrections administration and the privatization of prisons; jailhouse lawyers and inmate rights; parole, parole programs, and community corrections; and women and juvenile corrections. For anyone interested in the special challenges and problems of the punishment phase of the criminal justice system.