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Corrections: A Text/Reader

Author : Mary K. Stohr

Publisher : SAGE

Page : 729 pages

File Size : 41,56 MB

Release : 2012-03-20

Category : Law

ISBN : 1412997178

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Book Description

Corrections: A Text/Reader, Second Edition is designed for undergraduate and/or graduate corrections courses. Organized like a traditional corrections text, it offers brief authored introductions in a mini-chapter format for each key Section, followed by carefully selected and edited original articles by leading scholars. This hybrid format – ensuring coverage of important material while emphasizing the significance of contemporary research - offers an excellent alternative which recognizes the impact and importance of new directions and policy in this field, and how these advances are determined by research.



Corrections: A Text/Reader

Author : Mary K. Stohr

Publisher : SAGE Publications

Page : 729 pages

File Size : 46,5 MB

Release : 2012-03-20

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1452289921

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Book Description

Corrections: A Text/Reader, Second Edition is designed for undergraduate and/or graduate corrections courses. Organized like a traditional corrections text, it offers brief authored introductions in a mini-chapter format for each key Section, followed by carefully selected and edited original articles by leading scholars. This hybrid format – ensuring coverage of important material while emphasizing the significance of contemporary research - offers an excellent alternative which recognizes the impact and importance of new directions and policy in this field, and how these advances are determined by research.



Community-Based Corrections

Author : Shannon M. Barton-Bellessa

Publisher : SAGE

Page : 657 pages

File Size : 28,36 MB

Release : 2011-01-06

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1412987466

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Book Description

Community Based Corrections: A Text/Reader is a text-reader that includes a collection of carefully selected, edited articles on community-based corrections that have previously appeared in a number of leading criminal justice academic journals. This book is a substitute for a 'standard' community-based corrections textbook, without becoming 'standard' because it will include text and original articles along with current research. The book is divided into eleven Sections that will include 15 pages of authored text and 3-4 significant research-based articles with a policy orientation. The articles will provide the reader with a grasp of the development and current status of research on the various community-based corrections topics. Ancillaries include instructor and student resource sites. Instructors will be provided test questions and PowerPoint slides. Materials on the student study site will include self-study quizzes and extra articles for each section of the book.



Introduction to Corrections

Author : Robert D. Hanser

Publisher : SAGE Publications

Page : 601 pages

File Size : 30,15 MB

Release : 2018-11-29

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1544339100

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Book Description

Introduction to Corrections provides a comprehensive foundation of corrections that is practitioner-driven and grounded in modern research and theoretical origins. This text uniquely illustrates how the day-to-day practitioner conducts business in the field of corrections in both institutional and community settings. Experienced correctional practitioner, scholar, and author Robert D. Hanser shows readers how the corrections system actually works, from classification, to security, to treatment, to demonstrating how and why correctional practices are implemented. Furthering the reality of the modern correctional experience, the Third Edition includes a new chapter on immigration detention centers.



Corrections

Author : Mary K. Stohr

Publisher : SAGE Publications

Page : 465 pages

File Size : 11,12 MB

Release : 2017-12-29

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1506365280

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Book Description

Corrections: The Essentials, Third Edition is a comprehensive, yet compact version of the typical corrections text. Authors Mary K. Stohr and Anthony Walsh address the most important topics in corrections in a briefer, full-color format, offered at a lower cost. It includes the usual topics typically found in corrections textbooks, but has a unique perspective with greater coverage on three key topics: the history and development of correctional institutions, ethics and diversity. The book also offers unique special feature boxes, allowing students and instructors the opportunity to focus on key perspectives to broaden the book′s coverage. The book’s brevity makes it an excellent core textbook that can easily be supplemented with additional reading materials.



Policing

Author : Carol Archbold

Publisher : SAGE

Page : 609 pages

File Size : 17,63 MB

Release : 2012-10-17

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1412993695

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Book Description

Provides an overview of the field of policing, and includes a collection of carefully selected classic and contemporary articles that have previously appeared in leading journals, along with original material in a mini-chapter format that contextualizes the concepts.



Corrections

Author : Mary K. Stohr

Publisher : SAGE

Page : 841 pages

File Size : 30,91 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1412937736

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Book Description

This is a core text/reader for undergraduate and graduate corrections courses. It can serve either as a supplement to a core textbook or as a stand-alone course text. Each chapter begins with 15 pages of text that includes photos, figures and tables and is followed by carefully selected articles authored by leading scholars in the field.



Corrections

Author : Mary K. Stohr

Publisher : SAGE Publications

Page : 941 pages

File Size : 39,66 MB

Release : 2019-12-10

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1544375522

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Book Description

Written by two academic scholars and former practitioners, Corrections: From Research, to Policy, to Practice, Second Edition offers students a 21st-century look into the treatment and rehabilitative themes that drive modern-day corrections. Authors Mary K. Stohr and Anthony Walsh expertly weave together research, policy, and practice to give readers a foundational understanding of the field of corrections. Readers will gain a comprehensive and practical understanding of corrections, as well as exposure to often-overlooked topics, including correctional programming and treatment, special problem-solving courts, and comparative corrections.



Women and Crime

Author : Stacy L. Mallicoat

Publisher : SAGE

Page : 665 pages

File Size : 42,22 MB

Release : 2011-12-05

Category : Law

ISBN : 1412987504

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Book Description

Women and Crime: A Text/Reader, part of the text/reader series in criminology and criminal justice, incorporates contemporary and classic readings (some including policy implications) accompanied by student-friendly authored text. This unique format provides a theoretical framework and context for students. The comprehensive coverage of the book includes the history and theories of female offending, offenders and their crimes, processing and sentencing of female offenders, women in prison, women and victimization, women and work in the criminal justice system, juveniles and crime, and international crime. Race and diversity will be an underlying theme throughout the text.



Courts

Author : Cassia Spohn

Publisher : SAGE

Page : 665 pages

File Size : 41,75 MB

Release : 2011-11-09

Category : Law

ISBN : 1412997186

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Book Description

Authored text sections and carefully selected accompanying readings that illustrate the questions and controversies legal scholars and court researchers are investigating in the 21st century. Edited readings introduce students to classic studies of the criminal court system and to cutting edge research on decision making by court actors. An introduction to each reading gives students an overview of the purpose, main points, and conclusion of each article and evaluates their policy implications. How to Read a Research Article- tied to the first reading in the book-guides students in understanding and learning from the research articles. Mini-chapters precede the selection of readings and offer clear and concise explanations of key terms and concepts in each section, coupled with boxes with special interest topics and review materials that enhance student comprehension.