PEARSON EDUCATION Corrections in the United States: A Contemporary Perspective

For introduction to 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 the duties of corrections personnel, and explores the special issues of women and juveniles in the corrections 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. From the Back Cover This edition of Corrections in the United States: A Contemporary Perspective, 4/e has the following new features: Concise synopsis of the history of American corrections, featuring development and parole Complete discussion of presentence investigation reports and their functions and preparation Extensive jail and prison coverage, including jail and prison characteristics, functions, and goals Comprehensive discussion of juvenile corrections, including community corrections strategies Description of women's prisons, including their history and evolution in the United States: women's prison and community programs, inmate mothers and infant care New personality highlights from both prisoners and professionals working in all aspects of corrections, their views, and their advice to students Discussion of jail and prison officer recruitment and training, including state and federal hiring requirements, pay scales, and fringe benefits Elaborate presentation of inmate classification and screening for offender risk and needs Description of complete range of community corrections programs, including electronic monitoring, global satellite tracking, home, confinement, intensive supervised probation/parole, work/educational release, prerelease, halfway houses, day fine programs, restitution, and community service Key correctional issues discussed, including jail/prison architecture and design, new generation jails, privatization, overcrowding; health issues (HIV-AIDS, tuberculosis), and jail/prison reforms Extensive examination of key federal and state cases concerning probation/parole revocation and problems related to supervised releases Detailed discussion of major sentencing systems, including indeterminate, determinate, mandatory, and guideline-based or presumptive sentencing Ancillaries include test bank, comprehensive glossary, and bibliography