Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Criminal Justice Newsletter
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Literacy behind bars results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy Prison Survey
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422325438
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422325438
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Corrections
Author: Michael Welch
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136842748
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 767
Book Description
Review questions; Recommended readings; 3. America's Penal Past; Introduction; Colonial America; Methods of punishment; William Penn and the Great Law; Analyzing punishment in colonial America; Prisons in the nation's early years; Newgate Prison, Connecticut: subterranean incarceration and political imprisonment; The Walnut Street Jail: penal reform and the quest for state power; Newgate Prison, New York City; The Jacksonian era; Reconceptualizing crime as a social problem; The Pennsylvania and Auburn systems of prison discipline; Elam Lynds: warden of Auburn and Sing Sing.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136842748
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 767
Book Description
Review questions; Recommended readings; 3. America's Penal Past; Introduction; Colonial America; Methods of punishment; William Penn and the Great Law; Analyzing punishment in colonial America; Prisons in the nation's early years; Newgate Prison, Connecticut: subterranean incarceration and political imprisonment; The Walnut Street Jail: penal reform and the quest for state power; Newgate Prison, New York City; The Jacksonian era; Reconceptualizing crime as a social problem; The Pennsylvania and Auburn systems of prison discipline; Elam Lynds: warden of Auburn and Sing Sing.
Exploring Criminal Justice
Author: Robert M. Regoli
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 1449684246
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Hailed as the most engaging and accessible introductory text available, Exploring Criminal Justice provides a clear, complete, and credible introduction to the U.S. criminal justice system. Using an easy-to-follow, attention-grabbing writing style, this text explains the overarching processes and purposes of the criminal justice system. The functions of each component—police, courts, corrections—and the relationships between them are described in detail while rich and captivating pedagogy encourages students to think about how each component affects their daily lives. This thoroughly up-to-date text provides contemporary data, case studies, and references for all topics. Exploring Criminal Justice devotes an entire chapter to the emerging crimes of terrorism and cybercrime and the role these controversial topics play in the modern criminal justice system. Special attention is also given to juvenile offenders and issues relating to women and minorities. In addition, this text provides thorough integration of criminological theory and policy as it presents both historical context and current features of the U.S. criminal justice system.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 1449684246
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Hailed as the most engaging and accessible introductory text available, Exploring Criminal Justice provides a clear, complete, and credible introduction to the U.S. criminal justice system. Using an easy-to-follow, attention-grabbing writing style, this text explains the overarching processes and purposes of the criminal justice system. The functions of each component—police, courts, corrections—and the relationships between them are described in detail while rich and captivating pedagogy encourages students to think about how each component affects their daily lives. This thoroughly up-to-date text provides contemporary data, case studies, and references for all topics. Exploring Criminal Justice devotes an entire chapter to the emerging crimes of terrorism and cybercrime and the role these controversial topics play in the modern criminal justice system. Special attention is also given to juvenile offenders and issues relating to women and minorities. In addition, this text provides thorough integration of criminological theory and policy as it presents both historical context and current features of the U.S. criminal justice system.
The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections
Author: Joan Petersilia
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190241446
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
This handbook surveys American sentencing and corrections from global and historical views, from theoretical and policy perspectives, and with attention to a number of problem-specific issues.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190241446
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
This handbook surveys American sentencing and corrections from global and historical views, from theoretical and policy perspectives, and with attention to a number of problem-specific issues.
Corrections
Author: Jeanne B. Stinchcomb
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136830359
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
The Fourth Edition is available for online and hybrid courses and is also customizable in inexpensive paperback forms with other materials instructors may wish to assign their students. The text and its companion website has been designed for use in online and hybrid courses as well as in conventional "bricks and mortar" classes. The text is also customizable in inexpensive paperback format, instructors may select only those chapters which they wish to assign.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136830359
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
The Fourth Edition is available for online and hybrid courses and is also customizable in inexpensive paperback forms with other materials instructors may wish to assign their students. The text and its companion website has been designed for use in online and hybrid courses as well as in conventional "bricks and mortar" classes. The text is also customizable in inexpensive paperback format, instructors may select only those chapters which they wish to assign.
National Jail and Adult Detention Directory
Author: American Correctional Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Correctional institutions
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Correctional institutions
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Behind Bars
Author: S. Oboler
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023010147X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book addresses the complex issue of incarceration of Latino/as and offers a comprehensive overview of such topics as deportations in historical context, a case study of latino/a resistance to prisons in the 70s, the issues of youth and and girls prisons, and the post incarceration experience.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023010147X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book addresses the complex issue of incarceration of Latino/as and offers a comprehensive overview of such topics as deportations in historical context, a case study of latino/a resistance to prisons in the 70s, the issues of youth and and girls prisons, and the post incarceration experience.
Directories in Print
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Directories
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Directories
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
National Jail and Adult Detention Directory, 2002-2004
Author: American Correctional Association
Publisher: Amer Correctional Assn
ISBN: 9781569911563
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Get the most up-to-date statistics, descriptions and contacts from the nation's jails and detention centers with this directory. This edition shows national summaries in a table format that offers facts about personnel, use of jail and detention center space, inmate programs, and expenditures. Each state's list of facilities is preceded by a comprehensive one-page statistical summary, offering vital information on the number of adult detention facilities in each state and the movement and distribution of populations. Lists the names, addresses, administrators and telephone/fax numbers for more than 3,800 facilities. Includes vital facts about staffing numbers, capacity, total population, and recent construction. This edition includes more Web site and e-mail addresses than ever before.
Publisher: Amer Correctional Assn
ISBN: 9781569911563
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Get the most up-to-date statistics, descriptions and contacts from the nation's jails and detention centers with this directory. This edition shows national summaries in a table format that offers facts about personnel, use of jail and detention center space, inmate programs, and expenditures. Each state's list of facilities is preceded by a comprehensive one-page statistical summary, offering vital information on the number of adult detention facilities in each state and the movement and distribution of populations. Lists the names, addresses, administrators and telephone/fax numbers for more than 3,800 facilities. Includes vital facts about staffing numbers, capacity, total population, and recent construction. This edition includes more Web site and e-mail addresses than ever before.