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Stohr / Hemmens / Walsh

Corrections

A Text/Reader

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-4129-3773-3
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Erscheinungstermin: 11.02.2009
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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.

Produkteigenschaften

  • Artikelnummer: 9781412937733
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-4129-3773-3
  • Verlag: SAGE Publications
  • Erscheinungstermin: 11.02.2009
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2009
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Seiten: 840
  • Format (B x H): 178 x 229 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

Stohr, Mary K.

Mary Stohr received her Ph.D. from Washington State University and is a professor in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at Missouri State University. Before earning her terminal degree she gained practical experience in the field as a correctional counselor and officer. She teaches classes in corrections, management, environmental crime and program evaluation. This is her fifth book and she has authored another 60 plus articles, book chapters and other academic publications.

Hemmens, Craig T. (Thomas)

Craig Hemmens holds a J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University. He is Department Head and Professor in the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Missouri State University. He has been nominated for several teaching awards, and is currently serving as the first Vice President of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Walsh, Anthony

Anthony Walsh received his Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University and is a professor of criminology at Boise State University. He has field experience in both law enforcement and corrections. His special interests include the biological bases of human behavior, criminology, statistics, and criminal justice assessment and counseling. He has authored over 100 journal articles or book chapters.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Book: The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections
What Is Corrections?
The Origins of Punishment
A Short History of Punishment
The Emergence of the Classical School
The Emergence of Positivism: Should Punishment Fit the Offender or the Offense?
The Objectives of Punishment
Is the United States Soft on Crime?
Summary, Key Terms, Discussion Questions, Internet Sites
SECTION ONE: HISTORY OF AMERICAN CORRECTIONS
Introduction: Not Much Is New Under the Corrections Sun
Themes: Truths That Underlie Correctional Practice
Summary: Knowing Where We Have Been Helps Us Determine Where We Should Go
Key Terms, Discussion Questions, Internet Sites
Readings
An Historical Outline of the Penitentiary System, by Gustave de Beaumont and Alexis de Tocqueville
The World's Most Influential Prison: Success or Failure? by Norman Johnston
"Much and Unfortunately Neglected": Women in Early Mid-Nineteenth-Century Prisons, by Nicole Hahn Rafter
SECTION TWO: THE CORRECTIONS EXPERIENCE FOR OFFENDERS
Introduction
Jails and Prisons
The Promise of Reform
Total Institutions, Importation, Prizonization, and the Pains of Imprisonment
The Correctional Subculture
Mature Coping
How Corrections Is Experienced Depends
Summary, Key Terms, Internet Sites
How to Read a Research Article
Readings
Ultramasculine Prison Environments and Inmates' Adjustment: It's Time to Move Beyond the "Boys Will Be Boys" Paradigm, by Faith E. Lutze and David W. Murphy
Friend or Foe? Race, Age, and Inmate Perceptions of Inmate-Staff Relations, by Craig Hemmens and James W. Marquart
A Convict Perspective on the Classification of Prisoners, by Stephen C. Richards and Jeffrey Ian Ross
Supermax Prisons: Their Rise, Current Practices, and Effect on Inmates, by Jesenia Pizarro and Vanja M.K. Stenius
SECTION THREE: THE CORRECTIONS EXPERIENCE FOR STAFF
Introduction: What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
How Corrections Could Become More Professional
Some Truths About Corrections and Correctional Work
Organizational and Individual Level Factors that Affect the Correctional Workplace
Summary, Key Terms, Internet Sites
Readings
Staff Management in Correctional Institutions: Comparing Dilulio's "Control Model" and "Employee Investment Model" Outcomes in Five Jails, by Mary K. Stohr et al.
Affirmative Action and the "Level Playing Field": Comparing Perceptions of Own and Minority Job Advancement Opportunities, by Scott D. Camp et al.
Fatal Attraction: An Analysis of Employee Boundary Violations in a Southern Prison System, 1995-1998, by James W. Marquart et al.
Predicting Work-Related Stress in Correctional Officers: A Meta-Analysis, by Craig Dowden and Claude Tellier
SECTION FOUR: LEGAL ISSUES IN CORRECTIONS
Introduction
Historical Background: Prisoners as Slaves of the State
The Beginning of Prisoners' Rights
First Amendment
Fourth Amendment
Eighth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
The Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders
A Return to a Modified Hands-Off Doctrine
Legal Issues in Probation and Parole
The Death Penalty: Legal Challenges to the Ultimate Sanction
Summary, Key Terms, Discussion Questions, Internet Sites
Readings
Civil Liability Against Prison Officials for Inmate-on-Inmate Assault: Where Are We and Where Have We Been? by Michael S. Vaughn and Rolando V. del Carmen
Constitutional Issues in Cross-Gender Searches and Visual Observation of Nude Inmates by Opposite-Sex Officers: A Battle Between and Within the Sexes, by Katherine Bennett
Who Has the Body? The Paths to Habeas Corpus Reform, by Cary Federman
Sex Offender Laws: Can Treatment, Punishment, Incapacitation, and Public Safety Be Reconciled? by Mary Ann Farkas and Amy Stichman
SECTION FIVE: TREATMENT PROGRAMMING AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH
Introduction
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