Routledge Prisons and Community Corrections: Critical Issues - Routledge

This comprehensive edited collection from Routledge brings together leading international academics and researchers to address the most pressing issues facing modern corrective services in the 21st century. The volume tackles prison overcrowding, young and ageing offenders, mental health challenges, sexual assault in corrective facilities, trans communities in correctional settings, and offender radicalisation. Drawing on a multi-disciplinary approach, this book informs the future of prison and community corrections training, education, research, policy and practice. Essential reading for corrections professionals, policymakers, academics, and anyone seeking to understand contemporary challenges and emerging controversies within the criminal justice system and wider corrective services.