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American corrections
- Author
- Clear, Todd R.
- Title
- American corrections / Todd R. Clear, Rutgers University, Michael D. Reisig, Arizona State University, George F. Cole, University of Connecticut.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- Eleventh edition.
- Published
- Boston, MA, USA : Cengage Learning, [2016]
- Description
- xxxi, 586 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Other contributors
- Reisig, Michael Dean, 1968- Cole, George F., 1935-2015.
- Notes
- Tenth edition published: Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, c2013. Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- The corrections system
- The early history of correctional thought and practice
- The history of corrections in America
- The punishment of offenders
- The law of corrections
- The correctional client
- Jails : detention and short-term incarceration
- Probation
- Intermediate sanctions and community corrections
- Incarceration
- The prison experience
- Incarceration of women
- Institutional management
- Institutional programs
- Release from incarceration
- Making it : supervision in the community
- Corrections for juveniles
- Incarceration trends
- Race, ethnicity, and corrections
- The death penalty
- Community justice
- American corrections : looking forward.
- Subject headings
- Corrections--United States.
- ISBN
- 9781305093300 1305093305