Prisons and Jails: A Reader

by Tewksbury, Richard; Dabney, Dean

• ISBN13: 9780073380025
• ISBN10: 0073380024
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-20
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Richard Tewksbury and Dean A. Dabney edited this text of contemporary readings, written by scholars and experts on the topic of Corrections, that highlight the operations and issues of institutional corrections. With the understanding that running such institutions involve more than locking people up, this dynamic new reader features the many realities, skills, perspectives and understandings behind operating a corrections institution.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Modern Corrections-Philosophical Understandings	p. 1
Franklin E. Zimring: Imprisonment Rates and the New Politics of Criminal Punishment	p. 3
Richard Tewksbury and Matthew T. DeMichele: The Good, the Bad, and the (Sometimes) Ugly Truths: American Penal Goals and Perspectives	p. 9
Jonathan Simon: From the Big House to the Warehouse: Rethinking Prisons and State Government in the Twentieth Century	p. 21
Legal Issues in Corrections	p. 39
Christopher E. Smith: Prisoners' Rights and the Rehnquist Court Era	p. 41
Frank A. Zeigler and Rolando V. Del Carmen: Constitutional Issues Arising from "Three Strikes and You're Out" Legislation	p. 59
The Psychology of Imprisonment	p. 75
Thomas J. Schmid and Richard S. Jones: Ambivelent Actions: Prison Adaptation Strategies of First-Time, Short-Term Inmates	p. 77
Chris Sigurdson: The Mad, the Bad, and the Abandoned: The Mentally Ill in Prisons and Jails	p. 95
Inmate Misconduct	p. 109
Nancy Wolff, Cynthia L. Blitz, Jing Shi, Jane Siegel, and Ronet Bachman: Physical Violence Inside Prisons: Rates of Victimization	p. 111
Christopher Hensley, Mary Koscheski, and Richard Tewksbury: The Impact of Institutional Factors on Officially Reported Sexual Assaults in Prisons	p. 121
Stephen E. Lankenau: Smoke 'Em if You got 'Em: Cigarette Black Markets in U.S. Prisons and Jails	p. 129
Managing and Responding to Misconduct	p. 147
David R. Eichenthal and Laurel Blatchford: Prison Crime in New York State	p. 149
Mark Fleisher and Scott H. Decker: Gangs Behind Bars: Prevalence, Conduct, and Response	p. 159
James W. Marquart: Prison Guards and the Use of Physical Coercion as a Mechanism of Prisoner Control	p. 175
Correctional Staff	p. 191
Mary Ann Farkas: A Typology of Correctional Officers	p. 193
Peter Finn: Correctional Officer Stress: A Cause for Concern and Additional Help	p. 207
Francis T. Cullen, Edward J. Latessa, Velmer S. Burton, Jr., and Lucien X. Lombardo: The Correctional Orientation of Prison Wardens: Is the Rehabilitation Ideal Supported?	p. 221
Richard Tewksbury: Reasons for Professors to Teach in Prison	p. 237
Institutional Programming	p. 247
Richard Tewksbury and Elizabeth Ehrhardt Mustaine: Insiders' Views of Prison Amenities: Beliefs and Perceptions of Correctional Staff Members	p. 249
Carl G. Leukefeld and Frank R. Tims: Drug Abuse Treatment in Prisons and Jails	p. 263
Health Care Issues	p. 275
James W. Marquart, Dorothy E. Merianos, Jaimie L. Hebert, and Leo Carroll: Health Condition and Prisoners: A Review of Research and Emerging Areas of Inquiry	p. 277
Mark Blumberg and J. Dennis Laster: The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Corrections	p. 291
Dean A. Dabney and Michael S. Vaughn: Incompetent Jail and Prison Doctors	p. 305
Inmate Families	p. 333
Jeremy Travis: Families and Children	p. 335
Megan L. Comfort: In the Tube at San Quentin: The "Secondary Prisonization" of Women Visiting Inmates	p. 351
Age-Specific Issues in Corrections	p. 365
Wilson R. Palacios, Ph.D.: Moving Beyond the "Pepsi Generation": The Contemporary Inmate Subculture in Juvenile Correctional Settings	p. 367
Frances P. Reddington and Allen D. Sapp: Juveniles in Adult Prisons: Problems and Prospects	p. 379
John J. Kerbs and Jennifer M. Jolley: Challenges Posed by Older Prisoners: What We Know About America's Aging Prison Population	p. 389
Gender Issues in Corrections	p. 413
John D. Wooldredge and Kimberly Masters: Confronting Problems Faced by Pregnant Inmates in State Prisons	p. 415
Eric D. Poole and Mark R. Pogrebin: Gender and Occupational Culture Conflict: A Study of Women Jail Officers	p. 423
Death Row	p. 445
Bruce A. Arrigo, Carol R. Fowler, and Kristie R. Blevins: The Death Row Community Revisited: Lessons Learned from Community Psychology	p. 447
Michael L. Radelet: Humanizing Death Row Inmates	p. 473
Unique Challenges	p. 481
James L. Williams, Daniel G. Rodeheaver, and Denise W. Huggins: A Comparative Evaluation of a New Generation Jail	p. 483
Bonnic L. Green, Jeanne Miranda, Anahita Daroowalla, and Juned Siddique: Trauma Exposure, Mental Health Functioning, and Program Needs of Women in Jail	p. 495
Eileen M. Luna-Firebaugh: Incarcerating Ourselves: Tribal Jails and Corrections	p. 505
Corrections in the Community	p. 517
Edward J. Latessa and Lawrence F. Travis III: Residential Community Correctional Programs	p. 519
Brian K. Payne and Randy R. Gainey: A Qualitative Assessment of the Pains Experienced on Electronic Monitoring	p. 533
Joan Petersilia: Prisoner Reentry: Public Safety and Reintegration Challenges	p. 545
Future Directions in Corrections	p. 559
Doris Layton MacKenzie: Corrections and Sentencing in the Twenty-First Century: Evidence-Based Corrections and Sentencing	p. 561
Hans Toch: The Future of Supermax Confinement	p. 573
Anne Larason Schneider: Public-Private Partnerships in the U.S. Prison System	p. 583
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