Routledge Handbook on American Prisons

ISBN-13: 9780367027667 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 320 str.

Laurie A. Gould; John J. Brent

Opis

The Routledge Handbook on American Prisons is an authoritative volume that provides an overview of the state of U.S. prisons and synthesizes the research on the many facets of the prison system.

Spis treści

Preface;  Part 1: Prison Security, Operations, and Administration;  1. Prison Rules, Regulations, and Disciplinary Procedures;  2. The Evolution of Privatized Corrections in America;  3. Review of Risk Assessment and Classification in Prison;  4. Working in Institutional Corrections: The Roles, Responsibilities, and Challenges of Being a Correctional Officer;  5. Convenience without Conscience: Supermax Confinement in American Penology;  Part 2: Types of Offenders and Populations;  6. Who Goes to Prison and Why: Examining Offender Characteristics and Offense Types;  7. Women in Corrections;  8. People Suffering from Mental Illness in Prison;  9. Elderly Inmates;  Part 3: Living and Dying in Prison;  10. Prison Violence;  11. Misconduct in Corrections;  12. Sexual Behavior in Prison;  13. Correctional Healthcare;  14. Life on Death Row;  Part 4: Release, Reentry, and Reform;  15. Cognitive and Psychological Programming for Correctional Populations;  16. Educational and Skill-Based Programming;  17. Collateral Consequences of Incarceration;  18. Collateral Consequences of Incarceration on Community;  19. Reforming Penality