Annual editions: corrections 2001/2002/ editor
Matthew C. Leone
- First edition
- x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical reference and index.
UNIT 1. WHO ARE THE PRISONERS? -- 1. American criminal justice philosophy : what's old, what's new / Curtis R. Blakely and Vic W. Bumphus -- 2. Prisoners in 1998 / Allen J. Beck and Christopher J. Mumola -- 3. Prior abuse reported by inmates and probationers / Caroline Wolf Harlow -- 4. Drug use history and criminal behavior among 133 incarcerated men / Elena M. Kouri [and others] -- 5. Drugs, crime, prison, and treatment / Charles Blanchard -- 6. The forgotten offender / Meda Chesney-Lind -- UNIT 2. PRISON LIFE -- 7. Coping with incarceration from the other side of the bars / Mary Dallao -- 8. Behind bars : we've built the largest prison system in the world : here's a look inside / Wray Herbert -- 9. Behind bars : substance abuse and America's prison population -- 10. Inside the new Alcatraz / Peter Annin -- 11. Life on the inside : the jailers / Andrew Metz -- 12. Prison crime in New York state / David R. Eichenthal and Laurel Blatchford -- 13. Stopping abuse in prison / Nina Siegal -- 14. A day in the life / Gabrielle deGroot -- 15. The gangs behind bars / Tiffany Danitz -- 16. The effects of the Duran consent decree / Curtis R. Blakely -- 17. The Constitution and the federal district judge / Frank M. Johnson. UNIT 3. UNUSUAL PROBLEMS AND UNUSUAL POPULATIONS -- 18. Like mother, like daughter : why more young women follow their moms into lives of crime / Toni Locy -- 19. Percentage of women on probation and parole rising / U.S. Justice Department -- 20. Addressing the needs of elderly offenders / Connie L. Neeley, Laura Addison, and Delores Craig-Moreland -- 21. Elder care : Louisiana inmates program to meet needs of aging inmate population / Jean Wall -- 22. Chaser : a medication addict / Victor Hassine -- 23. Mental health and treatment of inmates and probationers / Paula M. Ditton -- 24. Juveniles in federal prison / Jack Kresnak -- 25. Re-forming juvenile justice : the New Zealand experiment / Allison Morris and Gabrielle Maxwell -- UNIT 4. DYING ON THE INSIDE : THE DEATH PENALTY -- 26. A house without a blueprint / Ted Gest -- 27. Facts and figures : a costly matter of life or death / Bevolyn Williams-Harold -- 28. Stolen lives : men and women wrongfully sentenced to death row / Jenny Allen and Lori Grinker -- 29. Death row justice derailed / Ken Armstrong and Steve Mills -- 30. The death penalty brings justice / George E. Petaki ; Death at midnight, hope at sunrise / Steven Hawkins. UNIT 5. LIVING ON THE OUTSIDE : INTERMEDIATE SANCTIONS -- 31. Correctional treatment : some recommendations for effective intervention / Paul Gendreau and Robert R. Ross -- 32. Habilitation, not rehabilitation / Dyan Machan -- 33. A decade of experimenting with intermediate sanctions : what have we learned? / Joan Petersilia -- 34. Eliminating parole boards isn't a cure-all, experts say / Fox Butterfield -- 35. Job placement for offenders : a promising approach to reducing recidivism and correctional costs / Peter Finn -- 36. Young probation/parole officer toughens with experience / Susan Clayton -- UNIT 6. FUTURE ISSUES IN CORRECTIONS -- 37. New Bedlam : jails, not psychiatric hospitals, now care for the indigent mentally ill / Spencer P.M. Harrington -- 38. A get-tough policy that failed / John Cloud -- 39. The deterrent effect of the three strikes law / John R. Schafer -- 40. "Lock 'em up and throw away the key" : a policy that won't work / William H. Rentschler -- 41. Education as crime prevention : providing education to prisoners / The Center on Crime, Communities & Culture -- 42. Probation department in Michigan finds volunteers make fine officers / Brian M. Smith -- 43. Correctional privatization : defining the issues and searching for answers / G. Larry Mays -- 44. Chain gangs are right for Florida / Charlie Crist ; Chain gangs are cruel and unusual punishment / Rhonda Brownstein -- 45. Restorative justice : the concept / Howard Zehr -- 46. Rough justice in the youth courts / Kirsty Milne -- 47. HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs for adults in prisons and jails and juveniles in confinement facilities -- 48. It's time to open the doors of our prisons / Rufus King.
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Prisoners --United States Criminal justice, Administration of--United States Corrections--United States