Table Of Contents:

• PART 1: Foundations of Corrections
• Chapter 1: The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections
• What is Punishment?
• Introduction: What is Corrections?
• The Foundation of Correctional Punishment
• The Function of Punishment
• The Major Punishment Justifications
• The Due Process and Crime Control Models
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 2: Early Corrections: From Ancient Times to Colonial Jails and Prisons
• Narrative of Three Men Placed in the Missouri State Prison for Helping Slaves Escape via the Underground Railroad (1847), by George Thompson
• Introduction: The Evolving Practice of Corrections
• Themes: Truths That Underlie Correctional Practice
• Early Punishments in Westernized Countries
• Enlightenment—Paradigm Shift
• Colonial Jails and Prisons
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 3: Correctional History: Early Prisons to Corrections Today
• Jim Crow Treatment in Prisons
• Introduction: The Grand Reforms
• Early Modern Prisons
• Emerging Prison Models
• Early Prisons and Jails Not Reformed
• The Renewed Promise of Reform
• American Corrections in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• Themes That Prevail in Correctional History
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 4: Ethics and Corrections
• A Novice Bows to Subcultural Pressure, by Mary K. Stohr
• Introduction: To Do the right Thing!
• Ethical Foundation for Professional Practice
• Why People Behave Unethically
• How to Prevent Unethical Behavior and Promote Ethical Work Practices
• War on Drugs = Attack on Ethics?
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• PART 2: The Correctional System
• Chapter 5: Sentencing: The Application of Punishment
• Vindictive Versus Sensible Sentencing
• Introduction: What is Sentencing?
• Types of Sentences
• Plea Bargaining
• Impact Statements at Sentencing
• Structuring Judicial Sentencing Choices
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 6: Jails and Detention Centers
• A Mentally Ill Inmate in the Dona Ana County Jail, New Mexico
• Introduction: The Community Institution
• Jail Inmates and Their Processing
• Trends in Jail Populations
• Medical Problems
• Suicides, Gangs, and Sexual Violence in Jails
• Innovations in Jails
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 7: Special Problem-Solving Courts in Corrections
• Veterans Courts in Action
• Introduction: What Are Problem-Solving Courts?
• Drug Courts
• Mental Health Courts
• Veterans Courts
• Domestic Violence Courts
• Community Courts
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 8: Community Corrections: Probation and Intermediary Sanctions
• Betty's Reproductive Rights Versus the Protection of Children and Society
• Introduction: The Origins of Probation
• Probation Today
• Why Do We Need Community Corrections?
• The Probation Officer Role
• Strategies to Reduce Recidivism
• Intermediate Sanctions
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 9: Prisons and the Correctional Client
• Kitchen Supervisor Sexually Abuses Two Male Inmates
• Introduction: The State of Prisons
• Prison Organizations
• Prison Value?
• Attributes of the Prison That Shape the Experience
• The Prison Subculture
• Violence
• Solutions: Strategies to Reduce Violence, Mature  Coping, and Social Support
• Special Populations
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 10: Classification and Assessment of Offenders
• The Challenges of Classification
• Introduction: What Is Classification and Assessment?
• The History of Classification and Assessment
• Classification Today
• Assessment and Classification in Community Corrections
• The Case Management Classification and Supervision Levels
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 11: Correctional Programming and Treatment
• Life’s Turning Points
• Introduction: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of Rehabilitation
• Evidence-Based Practices
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Substance Abuse Programming
• Anger Management
• Sex Offenders and Their Treatment
• Mentally Ill Offenders
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 12: Parole and Prisoner Reentry
• The Perils of Parole
• Introduction: What Is Parole?
• Parole Boards
• What Goes In Must Come Out: Prisoner Reentry Into the Community
• Determining Parole Success
• Approaches to Parole
• Concluding Remarks on Reentry and Recidivism
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• PART 3: Correctional Administration
• Chapter 13: Correctional Organizations and Their Management
• Responses to Realignment
• Introduction: Correctional Organizations and  Their  Management
• Organizational-Level Factors That Affect Correctional Operations
• Management Theories
• Elements of Effective Organizations
• Organizational Culture
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 14: The corrections Experience for Staff
• John’s Tragic Story, by Mary K. Stohr
• Introduction: What Is a Profession?
• The State of the Work in Correctional Institutions and Programs
• Why Require More Education and Training?
• Individual-Level Factors That Affect the Correctional Workplace
• Correctional Roles
• The Subculture and Socialization
• Staff Interactions With Inmates
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• PART 4: Correctional Clients
• Chapter 15: Women and Corrections
• Supervising Is Different for Women, by Mary K. Stohr
• Introduction: Women and Corrections
• History and Growth
• Current Figures on the Number of Women and Girls in Corrections
• Females in Corrections: Needs, Programming, Abuse, and Adjustment
• Female Correctional Officers
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 16: Minorities and Corrections
• Undocumented Workers and Their Side of the Story
• Introduction: Minorities and Corrections
• A Legacy of Racism
• The Connection Between Class and Race or Ethnicity
• Minorities: Policies and Practices That Have Resulted in Increased Incarceration
• Minorities: Adjustment to Incarceration
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 17: Juveniles and Corrections
• Too Young for Life
• Introduction: Delinquency and Status Offending
• The Extent of Delinquency
• The Juvenile Brain and Juvenile Behavior
• History and Philosophy of Juvenile Justice
• Processing Juvenile Offenders
• Juvenile Community Corrections
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• PART 5: Special Topics in Corrections
• Chapter 18: Legal Issues in Corrections
• Prison Without Law
• Introduction: Legal Issues
• The Rule of Law
• Constitutional Rights
• The Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders
• Curtailing Prisoner Petitions
• Legal Issues in Probation and Parole
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 19: The Death Penalty
• A Very Unusual, Very Expensive Serial Killer
• Introduction: The Death Penalty and Public Opinion
• Methods of Execution Used in the United States
• Challenges to the Death Penalty
• Racial Disparity in Death Sentences
• Women and the Death Penalty
• The Death Penalty and Mental Disability and Mental Illness
• The Innocence Revolution
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 20: Comparative Corrections: Punishment in Other Countries
• The Debate Over Corporal Punishment
• Introduction: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
• The United Kingdom and the Common Law System
• France and the Civil Law System
• China and the Socialist Law System
• Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Law System
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites
• Chapter 21: Corrections in the 21st Century
• Can We Cure Criminality?
• Introduction: Learning From the Past So That We Have Hope for the Future
• Punitive Policies Yield Overuse of Corrections
• Decarceration
• Professionalization
• Corrections Is a Relationship Business
• Privatization
• Concluding Thoughts
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Discussion Questions
• Useful Internet Sites