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Corrections in America : an introduction / Harry E. Allen...[et al.]

Contributor(s):

Harry E. Allen

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Jersey : Pearson, c2007.Edition: 11th edDescription: xxiv, 497p. : iii. (some col.) ; 28cmSubject(s):

Corrections -- United States. Corrections. United States

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 364.60973 COR

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Social Problems	364.60973 COR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00004124

Includes bibliography and index

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.

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