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Brief Introduction to Corrections / Edition 1
by Robert D. Hanser
Robert D. Hanser
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Brief Introduction to Corrections / Edition 1
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Overview
A Brief Introduction to Corrections is a condensed version of the best-selling Introduction to Corrections by Robert D. Hanser. This new text provides students with an overview of corrections that is both practitioner-driven and grounded in modern research. Experienced correctional practitioner and scholar Robert D. Hanser shows readers how the corrections system actually works, from classification to security and treatment to demonstrating how and why correctional practices are implemented.
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ISBN-13: | 2901544382400 |
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Publication date: | 01/24/2020 |
Pages: | 392 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d) |
About the Author
Robert D. Hanser is a professor of criminal justice and the coordinator of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Dr. Hanser has a Ph D in marriage and family therapy and a Ph D in criminal justice. He also has graduate degrees in psychology (psychometrics emphasis), counseling, social work, and substance abuse administration. He is a national certified counselor, a licensed professional counselor in the states of Louisiana and Texas, a licensed addiction counselor, a certified hypnotherapist, and a certified anger management therapist. Dr. Hanser worked as a correctional officer at Eastham State Prison, in Texas, for several years. He has gained extensive practitioner experience in treatment programming in Louisiana at Richwood Correctional Center (RCC), Madison Parish Correctional Center (MPCC) and the Louisiana Transitional Center for Women (LTCW). He has expertise in therapeutic programming, mental health response, education within correctional facilities, substance use disorder treatment, and reentry. He holds a gubernatorial appointment on the Reentry Advisory Council of Louisiana, serves on the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence (LCADV), has been appointed to the Professional Educational Counsel with the American Correctional Association (ACA), and is an Executive Counselor for the Corrections section for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS). He is a past member of the 4th Judicial District’s Youth Services Planning Board, a past therapeutic director of the 4th Judicial District Drug Court, and is the lead therapist for the 4th Judicial District Reentry Court and the 4th Judicial District Batterer’s Intervention Program. Dr. Hanser is also a site surveyor for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). He has aided several organizations in obtaining and/or maintaining CARF accreditation throughout his career, with expertise in substance use and behavioral health treatment programming.
He has written Introduction to Corrections (3rd Ed.), Community Corrections (2nd Ed.), Juvenile Justice (10th Ed.), Correctional Counseling, Multiculturalism in the Criminal Justice System, Special Needs Offenders, and over 60 other publications, including textbooks, anthology chapters, and peer reviewed articles.
Table of Contents
PrefaceInteractive e BookDigital ResourcesAcknowledgmentsCHAPTER 1: Early History of Punishment and the Development of Prisons in the United StatesDefining Corrections: A Variety of PossibilitiesThe Notion of Punishment and Corrections Throughout HistoryThe Enlightenment and Correctional ReformPunishment During Early American History: 1700s–1800sThe Age of the Reformatory in AmericaPrisons in America: 1900s to the End of World War IIModern-Day Systems: Federal and State Inmate CharacteristicsConclusionDiscussion QuestionsKey TermsApplied Exercise 1.1What Would You Do?CHAPTER 2: Ideological and Theoretical Underpinnings to Sentencing and Correctional PolicyIntroductionPhilosophical UnderpinningsTypes of SanctionsArguments For and Against the Death PenaltyBrutalization HypothesisSentencing ModelsCriminological Theories and CorrectionsConclusionDiscussion QuestionsKey TermsKey CaseApplied Exercise 2.1What Would You Do?CHAPTER 3: Correctional Law and Legal LiabilitiesIntroductionThe Hands-Off DoctrineThe Emergence of Inmate RightsCorrections and the ConstitutionConstitutionality of the Death PenaltyA Restrained Hands-On Perspective and Court Deference to PrisonsState and Federal Legal LiabilitiesCompliance With Judicial OrdersConclusionDiscussion QuestionsKey TermsKey CasesApplied Exercise 3.1What Would You Do?CHAPTER 4: Jail and Detention FacilitiesIntroductionJails in the PastThe Modern JailJails as Short-Term InstitutionsJails as Long-Term FacilitiesHealth Care in JailsJail Training StandardsSpecialized Types of Jail SentencesSpecial Issues in JailsConclusionDiscussion QuestionsKey TermsApplied Exercise 4.1What Would You Do?CHAPTER 5: Probation and Intermediate SanctionsIntroductionA Brief History of ProbationContemporary Probation: When the Jail Is FullCharacteristics of ProbationersProbation OfficersProbation RevocationTypes of Intermediate SanctionsConclusionDiscussion QuestionsKey TermsApplied Exercise 5.1What Would You Do?CHAPTER 6: Facility Design and Classification in Jails and PrisonsIntroductionPrison Facility Designs Throughout HistoryThe Rise of the SupermaxPrison DesignsInternal SecurityTechnology Systems in PrisonsRationale for ClassificationThe Goals of Classification SystemsSpecial Housing AssignmentsConclusionDiscussion QuestionsKey TermsKey CasesApplied Exercise 6.1What Would You Do?CHAPTER 7: Prison Subculture and Prison Gang InfluenceIntroductionTheories of Prison SubcultureThe Inmate Subculture of Modern TimesThe Impact of the Inmate Subculture on Corrections StaffPrisonizationThe Guard SubcultureThe Impact of Gangs Upon Prison SubcultureMajor Prison Gangs in the United StatesConclusionDiscussion QuestionsKey TermsApplied Exercise 7.1What Would You Do?CHAPTER 8: Female Offenders in Correctional SystemsIntroductionFemale Offenders Behind Bars: A Detailed Look at Percentages and RatesHistory of Women Behind BarsIssues Related to the Modern-Day Female Offender PopulationConsiderations for Female OffendersConditions of Care for Female OffendersFemale Offenders and Treatment ImplicationsConclusionDiscussion QuestionsKey TermsApplied Exercise 8.1What Would You Do?CHAPTER 9: Specialized Inmate Populations and Juvenile Correctional SystemsIntroductionAdministrative ConsiderationsPrison Subculture and Special Needs OffendersMentally Ill OffendersSex OffendersSafety, Security, and Assistance for LGBTI InmatesElderly OffendersJuveniles and the Correctional SystemScreening and Classification of Juvenile OffendersDetention Versus IncarcerationIncarceration of JuvenilesConclusionDiscussion QuestionsKey TermsKey CasesApplied Exercise 9.1What Would You Do?CHAPTER 10: Correctional Administration and Prison ProgrammingIntroductionFederal Bureau of Prisons AdministrationCorrectional System AdministrationThe Corrections WorkforcePrison ProgrammingMedical CareEducational ProgramsPrison Work ProgramsDrug Treatment ProgramsRecreational ProgramsReligious ProgramsConclusionDiscussion QuestionsKey TermsApplied Exercise 10.1What Would You Do?CHAPTER 11: Parole and ReintegrationIntroductionParole and Parolee CharacteristicsThe Beginning History of ParoleParole at the State LevelParole as the Correctional Release Valve for PrisonsThe Role of Institutional Parole OfficersCommon Conditions of ParoleReentry InitiativesViolations of Parole, Parole Warrants, and Parole Revocation ProceedingsConclusionDiscussion QuestionsKey TermsKey CaseApplied Exercise 11.1What Would You Do?CHAPTER 12: Program Evaluation, Evidence-Based Practices, and Future Trends in CorrectionsIntroductionEvaluation ResearchFocus Topic 12.1: Commonly Used Measures of Reentry Program PerformanceEvidence-Based PracticeThe Future of CorrectionsConclusionDiscussion QuestionsKey TermsApplied Exercise 12.1What Would You Do?GlossaryReferencesIndexAbout the AuthorFrom the B&N Reads Blog
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