A condensed but equally compelling version of the best-selling corrections book on the market, AMERICAN CORRECTIONS IN BRIEF, 3rd Edition, introduces you to the dynamics of corrections in a way that captures your interest and encourages you to enter the field. Complete with valuable career-based material, insightful guest speakers who share their frontline perspectives, illuminating real-world cases, and uniquely even-handed treatment of institutional and community sanctions, the text examines the U.S. correctional system from the perspectives of both the corrections worker and the offender, providing you with a well-rounded, balanced introduction to corrections.
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Weight: 839g
Dimensions: 220 x 276mm
Publication Date: 01 Jan 2016
Publisher: Cengage Learning Inc
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781305633735
About Carolyn PetrosinoGeorge ColeMichael ReisigTodd Clear
Carolyn Petrosino is Professor of Criminal Justice and Founding Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. She received her Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 1993. Prior to beginning her teaching career she held various positions in the corrections system of the State of New Jersey. Her publications include journal articles and book chapters on such topics as hate crimes juvenile delinquency sexual offenders and parole decision-making. She has published in Crime and Delinquency Journal of Social Issues Journal of Criminal Justice Police Quarterly and Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. Dr. Petrosino's forthcoming book is UNDERSTANDING HATE CRIMES: ACTS MOTIVES OFFENDERS VICTIMS AND JUSTICE (Routledge). Dr. Todd R. Clear is university professor of criminal law at Rutgers University in Newark New Jersey. He is currently involved in studies examining the effects of incarceration the criminological implications of place and the concept of community justice. A prolific author Dr. Clear has written on topics of correctional classification prediction methods in correctional programming community-based correctional methods intermediate sanctions and sentencing policy. He has served as president of several professional organizations including the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Dr. Clear has served as a programming and policy consultant to public agencies in more than 40 states and five nations. In addition his work has been recognized with prestigious awards from the American Society of Criminology the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences The Rockefeller School of Public Policy the American Probation and Parole Association and the International Community Corrections Association. Dr. Clear has written 13 books addressing various aspects of the justice system including three books on community justice and a book on mass incarceration. The late George F. Cole was professor emeritus of political science at the University of Connecticut. He was recognized for outstanding teaching and research and in 1995 was named a fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. A specialist in the administration of criminal justice Dr. Cole published extensively on such topics as prosecution courts and corrections. He also developed and directed the graduate corrections program at the University of Connecticut and was a fellow at the National Institute of Justice (1988). Among his other accomplishments Dr. Cole was granted two awards under the Fulbright-Hays Program to conduct criminal justice research in England and the former Yugoslavia. Dr. Michael Reisig is professor of criminology and criminal justice at Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. from Washington State University. Previous to joining Arizona State University he served on the faculty of Michigan State University and Florida State University. Dr. Reisig's corrections research has appeared in several leading criminology journals including Criminology Crime and Delinquency Justice Quarterly and Punishment and Society.