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9780131138742

Special Problems in Corrections

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  • ISBN13:

    9780131138742

  • ISBN10:

    013113874X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-10-01
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall

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Summary

Sets out to identify the most pressing issues affecting the correctional system today. Maintaining a solutions-focus, the book organizes problems into two distinct categories: those impacting the convicts and correctional facilities and those impacting the correctional officers and administrators. It examines long-standing, and emerging issues from a critical perspective, grounding discussion in empirical research and current events. Using the consistent voice of a single author, the book offers a no nonsense approach to explaining the problems of correctional officers, correctional managers, prisoners, and the public.Explores topics such as the misuse of jails, underfunding, prison conditions, classification, assessment, rehabilitation, crowding etc. Explores topics such as hiring standards, training, working conditions, correctional officer deviance, officer pay and workload, officer burnout, etc. Examines both long-standing and emerging issues impacting correctional facilities from a solutions point of view. Provides readers with realistic solutions to address and solve common problems in corrections. Views corrections as a system with interconnected parts and addresses the related and connected nature of many of the problems in corrections.Correctional officers and correctional managers. Anyone involved or interested in corrections and the corrections systems.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Ian Ross is Associate Professor, Division of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Policy and Fellow, Center for Comparative and International Law, University of Baltimore.

Table of Contents

Laying The Groundwork
What Is Corrections and What are Its Problems?
Myths of Corrections
Problems For Convicts And Correctional Facilities
Misuse of Jails
Underfunding
Prison Conditions
Classification/Proper Assessment
Rehabilitation
Overburdened Community Correctional System
Overcrowding
Problems For Correctional Officers And Administrators
Hiring Standards/Requirements
Training of Personnel
Working Conditions
Correctional Officer Deviance
Officer Pay and Workload
Officer Burnout
Management and Administration
The Future of Corrections
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