Corrections / general editor, William J. Chambliss.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Key issues in crime and punishmentPublication details: Los Angeles, CA. : SAGE, c2011.Description: xv, 327 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781412978569 (hbk.)
  • 1412978564
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV 8665 .C674 2011
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available online.
Contents:
Capital punishment/death penalty -- Clemency -- Cruel and unusual punishment -- Due process rights of prisoners -- Early release -- Free speech rights of prisoners -- Furlough and work-release programs -- Gangs and violence in prison -- Healthcare and medical assistance for prisoners -- Legal assistance for prisoners -- Life sentence -- Mentally ill and mentally challenged inmates -- Preventive detention -- Prison labor -- Prison overcrowding -- Prison privatization and contract facilities -- Punishment versus rehabilitation -- Religious rights -- Sex offender treatment -- Shaming penalties.
Summary: Covers the correctional system and offers arguments for and against the practice of the laws and policies that comprise corrections, from parole and probation to imprisonment, to the application of the death penalty.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection HV 8665 .C674 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98647423

"Sage reference."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Capital punishment/death penalty -- Clemency -- Cruel and unusual punishment -- Due process rights of prisoners -- Early release -- Free speech rights of prisoners -- Furlough and work-release programs -- Gangs and violence in prison -- Healthcare and medical assistance for prisoners -- Legal assistance for prisoners -- Life sentence -- Mentally ill and mentally challenged inmates -- Preventive detention -- Prison labor -- Prison overcrowding -- Prison privatization and contract facilities -- Punishment versus rehabilitation -- Religious rights -- Sex offender treatment -- Shaming penalties.

Covers the correctional system and offers arguments for and against the practice of the laws and policies that comprise corrections, from parole and probation to imprisonment, to the application of the death penalty.

Also available online.

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