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Corrections : the essentials Mary K. Stohr, Anthony Walsh

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : Sage, c2016.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 368 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781483372242
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 365.973 ST CO
Online resources: Summary: This book includes the usual topics typically found in corrections textbooks, from the history and development of correctional institutions, to the future of corrections. The book’s brevity makes it an excellent core textbook that can easily be supplemented with additional reading materials. New to this Edition: Two new chapters on Ethics and the Death Penalty Topic coverage added are: restorative justice, the elderly, mental illness, transgendered inmates, Native Americans, and correctional programming. Perspective from a Practitioner essay feature added to each chapter. Guests would be experts on particular topics, such as practitioners, ex-offenders, inmates, and professors. Added Ethical Issues boxes that present a scenario and ask the student "What Would You Do?"
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 365.973 ST CO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0057922

This book includes the usual topics typically found in corrections textbooks, from the history and development of correctional institutions, to the future of corrections. The book’s brevity makes it an excellent core textbook that can easily be supplemented with additional reading materials.
New to this Edition:

Two new chapters on Ethics and the Death Penalty
Topic coverage added are: restorative justice, the elderly, mental illness, transgendered inmates, Native Americans, and correctional programming.
Perspective from a Practitioner essay feature added to each chapter. Guests would be experts on particular topics, such as practitioners, ex-offenders, inmates, and professors.
Added Ethical Issues boxes that present a scenario and ask the student "What Would You Do?"

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