Incarcerating Criminals places prisons and jails in the context of their social and organizational environments, examining these modern day correctional institutions and the issues and trends surrounding them. Selections provide historical and contemporary perspectives and data on the institutions themselves, their origins and development, and current controversies such as overcrowding, substance abuse treatment, and health care. Understanding why prisons are built when they are, where they are, and administered as they are requires students to appreciate the inextricable links...
Incarcerating Criminals places prisons and jails in the context of their social and organizational environments, examining these modern day c...
Janet L. Mullings James W. Marquart Deborah Hartley
The Victimization of Children keeps students and practitioners working with young victims on the cutting edge of the latest research developments regarding crimes against children. Experts from the legal, medical, and sociological communities explore some of the most urgent issues involving child victims. This book provides insights into such contemporary issues as victimisation of children via the Internet; the short and long-term effects of terrorism on children, and applying new technologies to understanding spatial distributions of child abuse. Researchers and practitioners in victim...
The Victimization of Children keeps students and practitioners working with young victims on the cutting edge of the latest research developments rega...
The Victimization of Children keeps students and practitioners working with young victims on the cutting edge of the latest research developments regarding crimes against children. Experts from the legal, medical, and sociological communities explore some of the most urgent issues involving child victims.
The Victimization of Children keeps students and practitioners working with young victims on the cutting edge of the latest research developments rega...
Dear Reader: Reality comes when an exact moment coincides with acceptance of a certain event. Reality came for me on September 12, 1995, when McKay, my only child, was abducted and murdered by an adult family friend named Hilton Crawford. McKay loved and trusted Hilton. Hilton betrayed that love and trust. All that is left of McKay are memories, The McKay Foundation, a few personal belongings, a gravesite and some ashes. Our mission has been to leave something more: lessons learned and hopefully wisdom gained. Sincerely, Paulette Norman
Dear Reader: Reality comes when an exact moment coincides with acceptance of a certain event. Reality came for me on September 12, 1995, when ...
How does a prison achieve institutional order while safeguarding prisoners' rights? Since the early 1960s, prison reform advocates have aggressively used the courts to extend rights and improve life for inmates, while prison administrators have been slow to alter the status quo. Litigated reform has been the most significant force in obtaining change.
An Appeal to Justice is a critical tudy of how the Texas Department of Corrections was transformed by Ruiz v. Estelle, the most sweeping class-action suit in correctional law history. Orders from federal judge...
How does a prison achieve institutional order while safeguarding prisoners' rights? Since the early 1960s, prison reform advocates have aggressivel...
Decades after the U.S. Supreme Court and certain governmental actions struck down racial segregation in the larger society, American prison administrators still boldly adhered to discriminatory practices. Not until 1975 did legislation prohibit racial segregation and discrimination in Texas prisons. However, vestiges of this practice endured behind prison walls. Charting the transformation from segregation to desegregation in Texas prisons--which resulted in Texas prisons becoming one of the most desegregated places in America--First Available Cell chronicles the pivotal steps...
Decades after the U.S. Supreme Court and certain governmental actions struck down racial segregation in the larger society, American prison adminis...
