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Corrections A Contemporary Introduction

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ISBN-10: 0205439071

ISBN-13: 9780205439072

Edition: 2008

Authors: Philip L. Reichel, Leanne F. Alarid

List price: $208.40
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This introductory-level corrections textbook examines the nature and application of corrections and punishment and provides an overview of criminological, historical, legal, and policy-oriented works so that students can understand its importance and implications in our society. This approach provides students with a information and perspective that promotes critical thinking and analysis. We believe this approach will be helpful whether the student has an eventual career in the broad field of criminal justice or is an informed consumer of crime news and information. Three major themes orient the text's content and structure: Linking theory and practice The importance of policy …    
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Book details

List price: $208.40
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/14/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 640
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.234
Language: English

Philip L. Reichel is Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Northern Colorado. He is the author of Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: A Topical Approach (6th ed., 2013); coauthor of Corrections (2013), and coeditor of Human Trafficking: Exploring the International Nature, Concerns, and Complexities (2012). Dr. Reichel has also authored or coauthored more than 30 articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries. He has lectured at universities in Austria, Germany, and Poland, participated in a panel for the United Nations University, was a presenter for a United Nations crime prevention webinar on forced labor trafficking, and was an invited speaker at Zhejiang Police College…    

Corrections: Present and Past
Perceptions and Realities of Corrections
Why Do We Punish?
Correctional Practices from Ancient to Contemporary Times
The Correctional Process
Sentencing
Offender Profiles, Correctional Supervision Levels, and Classification
Alternatives to Incarceration
Probation and Economic Sanctions
Correctional Supervision and Treatment Programs
Institutional Practices
Jails and Pretrial Release
Prison Life
Government and Private Management of Correctional Institutions
Reentry Treatment Strategies and Special Needs Offenders
Institutional Release and Post Conviction Losses
Special Issues in Corrections
Legal Issues of Prisoners and Victims
Corporal and Capital Punishment
Juvenile Corrections
Changes in the ldquo;Howrdquo; and ldquo;Whyrdquo; of Corrections