Correctional Perspectives Views from Academics, Practitioners, and Prisoners

by Alarid, Leanne Fiftal; Cromwell, Paul F.

• ISBN13: 9780195330076
• ISBN10: 0195330072
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This anthology features twelve contemporary topical areas in corrections--chosen for the unique challenges which each presents to researchers, correctional practitioners, and prisoners. Each topic is systematically examined from three different perspectives--academic, practitioner, and prisoner--for a total of thirty-six readings. Students compare each perspective and determine how they diverge or how they are similar. The twelve topic areas are: * Institutional Crowding * Growth of Women Prisoners in Corrections * Elements of Correctional Rehabilitation and Treatment * HIV/AIDS in Corrections * Prison Gangs * Prison Violence * Security Housing Units: The Supermax Prison * Women Guarding Men * Correctional Privatization * Juveniles in Adult Corrections * Capital Punishment: The Ultimate Penalty * Release from Prison: Parole

Table of Contents

Effects of Sentencing Changes

Institutional Crowding

Academic Perspective: Challenging Beliefs About Prison Crowding

Practitioner Perspective: A National Study of Correctional Administrator''s Views on Prison Crowding

Prisoner Perspective: Report From an Overcrowded Maze

Growth of Women PrisonersAcademic Perspective: Examining Trends in Female Incarceration

Practitioner Perspective: A Prison Superintendent''s Perspective on Women in Prison

Lord provides details on issues women face during incarceration, and how the criminal justice system is responding differently to women offenders

Ex-Prisoner Perspective: The Effect of the War on Drugs on Women Prisoners

Treatment of Offenders

Elements of Correctional Rehabilitation

Academic Perspective: The Principles of Effective Intervention With Offenders

Practitioner Perspective: Essential Elements of the Effective Therapeutic Community in the Correctional Institution: A Director''s Perspective

Prisoner Perspective: Through the Narrow Gate

Medical Treatment: HIV/AIDS in Corrections

Academic Perspective: HIV/AIDS and the Correctional System

Practitioner Perspective: Women Prisoners With HIV: A Letter From a Prison Doctor

Prisoner Perspective: Till Death do us Part: The Deadly Game of AIDS in Prison

Prison Security Issues

Prison Gangs

Practitioner Perspective: The Meaning of Prison Gang Tattoos

Prisoner Perspective: Prison Gangs: Racial Separatism as a Form of Social Control

Prison Violence

Academic Perspective: The Reproduction of Violence in U.S. Prisons

Practitioner Perspective: Violence and Incarceration: A Personal Observation

Prisoner Perspective: Realities of Fear,

Security Housing Units: Supermax Prisons

Academic Perspective: Infamous Punishment: The Psychological Consequences of Isolation

Practitioner Perspective: Attitudes of Prison Wardens Toward Administrative Segregation and Supermax Prisons

Prisoner Perspective: It''s a Form of Warfare: A Description of Pelican Bay State Prison

Women Guarding Men

Academic Perspective: Women Corrections Officers in Men''s Prisons: Acceptance and Perceived Job Performance

Practitioner Perspective: Working in a Male-Dominated World: Aggression and Women Correctional Officers

Ex-Prisoner Perspective: Lady Hacks and Gentlemen Convicts

Special Issues Facing Corrections

Correctional Privatization

Academic Perspective: Issues Concerning Private Prisons

Practitioner Perspective: A Comparison of Job Satisfaction Among Private and Public Prison Employees

Ex-Prisoner Perspective: Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other: Private Prisons and the Conditions of Confinement Debate

Juveniles in Adult Corrections

Academic Perspective: The Risks Juveniles Face in Adult Prisons

Practitioner Perspective: Juveniles in Adult Prisons: Problems and Prospects

Prisoner Perspective: Maximum-Security Offenders'' Attitudes Toward Placing Juveniles in Adult Prisons

On Death RowAcademic Perspective: Death Work: A Modern Execution Team

Practitioner Perspect

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