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Issues in Corrections
Research, Policy, and Future Prospects
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2016
Summary
Since the 1970s, the corrections system has experienced exponential growth. Over the past four decades, the number of inmates held in US prisons and jails has quadrupled. This massive growth is associated with a number of different issues and challenges within prisons and jails, including overcrowding; gang activity and misconduct; a shift away from rehabilitation and programming; expanded use of solitary confinement; inmates’ human rights; criticisms of health care; and massive, publicly funded budgets. Many states now spend more on corrections than on higher education.
This book explores these issues in depth. It takes current topics in institutional corrections and explores the main issues surrounding each. Themes include institutional corrections, prison behavior (including gangs and misconduct), solitary confinement, prison programming, and rehabilitation.
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Copyright year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-4121-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-4122-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
208
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
1 Introduction No access
2 Jails No access
3 Prisons No access
4 Gender Issues in Corrections No access
5 Classification of Inmates No access
6 Prison Gangs andSecurity Threat Groups No access
7 Solitary Confinement No access
8 Psychological Prison Programs No access
9 Substance AbuseTreatment in Prisons and Jails No access
10 Correctional Education andSocial Reintegration No access
