TY - BOOK AU - Harry E. Allen TI - Corrections in America: an introduction U1 - 364.60973 COR 22nd ed. PY - 2007/// CY - New Jersey PB - Pearson KW - Corrections -- United States. Corrections. United States N1 - Includes bibliography and index N2 - Corrections in America has been the best-selling text in the field for over 40 years. It covers virtually all aspects of corrections, including its history, prisons in the present, correctional ideologies, sentencing and legal issues, alternatives to imprisonment, institutional corrections, and correctional clients. This new edition includes expanded coverage of contemporary issues, including juvenile facilities, state and federal prisons, and security threats and gangs ER -