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Richard A. Ross

Key issues in corrections / Jeffrey Ian Ross ; foreword by Richard Tewksbury. - first - Germany Liebigstr - 62 p

What is corrections and what are its problems? -- Misrepresenting corrections -- Misuse of jails -- Underfunding -- Prison conditions -- Classification/proper assessment -- Special populations -- Rehabilitation -- Overburdened community corrections system -- Crowding/overcrowding -- Death penalty -- Hiring standards, requirements, practices, and training -- Working conditions -- Correctional officer deviance -- Officer pay and workload -- Management and administration -- Privatization of corrections -- Future of corrections.

ISBN: 3931702871 1447318757

Source: 9781447318750 Ingram Content Group

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB7F4839 bnb

Subjects--Personal Names:

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prisons--United States.
Corrections--United States.
Prison administration.
88.15 public services, public enterprises and quasi-public institutions.
86.43 criminal procedure law, criminal law sanctions.
Corrections.
Prison administration.
Prisons.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.
United States.

Dewey Class. No.: 597.35