Corrections in America : An Introduction

by Harry E. Allen; Clifford F. Simonsen

• ISBN13: 9780135980385
• ISBN10: 0135980380
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference

Summary

Experts in crime and criminology, practitioners in the field of institutional and community corrections, and instructors use this text in many ways. It is used as a textbook as well as a standard desk reference and a library resource because of its encyclopedic coverage of the subject.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xxi	(2)
Preface	xxiii	(8)
About the Authors	xxxi
PART I: HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF CORRECTIONS	1	(74)
CHAPTER 1: Early History (2000 B.C. to A.D. 1700)	3	(13)
CHAPTER 2: A Century of Change (1700 to 1800)	16	(14)
CHAPTER 3: The Age of Prisons (1800 to the Present)	30	(23)
CHAPTER 4: The Pendulum of Correctional Ideologies	53	(22)
PART II: LAW AND THE LEGAL PROCESS	75	(84)
CHAPTER 5: The Incidence of Crime	77	(21)
CHAPTER 6: The Correctional Filter	98	(17)
CHAPTER 7: Sentencing	115	(19)
CHAPTER 8: Appellate Review	134	(25)
PART III: THE CORRECTIONAL PROCESS	159	(98)
CHAPTER 9: Jails and Detention Facilities	161	(22)
CHAPTER 10: Probation	183	(16)
CHAPTER 11: Intermediate Sanctions	199	(18)
CHAPTER 12: Imprisonment	217	(21)
CHAPTER 13: Parole	238	(19)
PART IV: THE CORRECTIONAL CLIENT	257	(114)
CHAPTER 14: Jail Inmates	259	(16)
CHAPTER 15: Male Offenders	275	(16)
CHAPTER 16: Female Offenders	291	(25)
CHAPTER 17: Juvenile Offenders	316	(27)
CHAPTER 18: Special Category Offenders	343	(28)
PART V: RIGHTS OF THE SENTENCED OFFENDER	371	(76)
CHAPTER 19: Offender Rights in Confinement	373	(25)
CHAPTER 20: The Death Penalty: The Ultimate Right	398	(28)
CHAPTER 21: The Rights of Ex-Offenders	426	(21)
PART VI: CORRECTIONS AS A PROFESSION	447	(66)
CHAPTER 22: Custody Functions and Tasks	449	(25)
CHAPTER 23: Management and Treatment Functions and Tasks	474	(17)
CHAPTER 24: Specialized Functions and Tasks	491	(22)
PART VII: CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS	513	(78)
CHAPTER 25: State and Local Systems	515	(22)
CHAPTER 26: The Federal System	537	(17)
CHAPTER 27: Community-Based Systems	554	(16)
CHAPTER 28: Private Sector Systems	570	(21)
PART VIII: THE FUTURE OF CORRECTIONS	591	(14)
CHAPTER 29: Corrections Enters the Twenty-first Century	593	(12)
Glossary	605	(26)
Index of Authors	631	(12)
Subject Index	643