Corrections: A Text/Reader - Stohr, Mary K

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Auteur(s) : Stohr, Mary K - Walsh, Anthony - Hemmens, Craig T

Editeur : Sage Publications

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/09/2018

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 768

Expédition : 998

Dimensions : 22.9 x 18.5 x 2.5

ISBN : 9781544339221

Résumé :

The Third Edition of Corrections: A Text/Reader provides you with the best of both worlds—a brief authored text accompanied by carefully selected and edited readings. Clear explanations of all of the major course topics help you understand the impact of new directions and policy in corrections. Policy-oriented original research articles demonstrate how research drives these advances. Designed throughout to enhance understanding, the book includes a helpful How to Read a Research Article section before the first reading, as well as article introductions, photographs, and discussion questions that will capture your interest and help you develop your critical thinking skills.

New to the Third Edition

• Nearly 75% of the journal articles have been updated to introduce you to current research on important topics such as racial and ethnic disparities in probation, influences on inmate misconduct, transgender prison inmates, and lethal injection protocol.
• Updated and expanded coverage of ethical considerations, special populations, and the history of corrections provides you with the context for understanding policy decisions and their consequences, both past and present.
• New Sections on Ethics (Section IV) and the Death Penalty (Section XVI) offer you insights into key issues in corrections today.
• More coverage on disparities in sentencing and drug courts encourages you to think critically about U.S. drug policies and their effectiveness.
• Additional content on federal procedures and private prisons shows real examples of private prisons, their profit motives, and the effect they have on the correctional system.
• The most current data, facts, statistics, and research are included throughout the book to provide you with insights into the world of corrections today.

Biographie:

Mary K. Stohr is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University. She received a PhD (1990) in political science from Washington State University, with specializations in criminal justice and public administration. Many moons ago, and before she earned her graduate degrees, she worked as a correctional officer and then as a counselor in an adult male prison in Washington State. Professor Stohr has published more than 100 academic works in the areas of correctional organizations and operation, correctional personnel, inmate needs and assessment, program evaluation, gender, policing, victimization, and drug policy outcomes. Books coauthored with others include?The American Prison?(with Cullen and Jonson);?Corrections: The Essentials?(with Walsh);?Correctional Assessment, Casework and Counseling?(with Walsh);?Corrections: A Text Reader?(with Walsh and Hemmens);?Criminal Justice Management: Theory and Practice in Justice-Centered Organizations?(with Collins); and?The Prison Experience?(with Hemmens). She was the executive director of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) for 5 years, received the Fellows Award from ACJS in 2018, received the Founders Award in 2009, and is a cofounder of the Corrections and Minorities and Women Sections of ACJS.

Sommaire:

Mary K. Stohr is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Washington State University. She earned her PhD in political science, with specializations in criminal justice and public administration, from Washington State University. Previously she worked at Missouri State, Boise State, and New Mexico State Universities for a total of 23 years. Before entering academe Stohr, worked in an adult male prison in Washington state as a correctional officer (for less than a year) and as a correctional counselor (for about two years). Stohr has published seven books and a total of over 150 other academic works of one sort or another in the areas of correctional organizations and operation, correctional personnel, client needs and assessment, program evaluation, drug policy and victimization. She is both a Founders and Fellows Award winner from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

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