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Prisons Today and Tomorrow, Second Edition

Author(s): Joycelyn M. Pollock, PhD, JD, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763729042
  • ISBN-10:0763729043
  • Hardcover    316 pages      © 2006
Price: International Sales $150.95 US List
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Prisons Today and Tomorrow, Second Edition uses current case studies and research to present balanced and comprehensive coverage of prisons and prisoners. Featuring chapters contributed by leading authorities on the modern prison system, this text examines the many purposes of prisons—punishment, deterrence, rehabilitation, and incapacitation—and examines controversial issues such as whether imprisonment actually deters crime or merely serves as punishment.

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“For Further Reading” lists at the end of each chapter prompts critical thinking and additional research.

An expanded final chapter that discuses the major issues and challenges facing prisons in the 21st century. The chapter covers such issues as privatization, “super max” prisons, cross sex supervision, and re-entry programs.

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Section I The Philosophy and History of Prisons

Chapter 1.
The Rationale for Prison
Joycelyn M. Pollock

Chapter 2.
The American Prison in Historical Perspective: Race, Gender, and Adjustment
Robert Johnson, Ania Dobrzanska, Seri Palla

Chapter 3.
Sentencing Trends and Incarceration
Alida Merlo

Section II The Social World of the Prison

Chapter 4.
The Social World of the Prisoner
Chad Trulson

Chapter 5.
Industry, Agriculture, and Education
William Stone

Chapter 6.
Classification and Rehabilitation
David Spencer and Joycelyn M. Pollock

Section III Prison Authority and Prisoner Rights

Chapter 7.
Correctional Staff and Management
Kelly Cheeseman

Chapter 8.
Prisoners' Rights
John McLaren

Chapter 9.
Jails
Dennis Giever

Chapter 10.
Look Toward the Future
Joycelyn M. Pollock


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Joycelyn M. Pollock, PhD, JD-Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas

Joycelyn M. Pollock is a Professor of Criminal Justice at Texas State University-San Marcos. She holds a Ph.D. from State University of New York at Albany and a J.D. from the University of Houston. She has published numerous books, including Women, Law, and Social Control, 2nd ed. (co-editor with Alida Medro), Dilemmas and Decisions: Ethics in Crime and Justice, 4th ed., Women, Prison and Crime, 2nd ed., Prisons and Prison Life: Costs and Consequences, Counseling Women in Prison, Sex and Supervision, and Morality Stories (co-author with Michael Braswell and Scott Braswell). Her published chapters and articles are in the areas of ethics, female criminality and corrections.

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  • Introduction to Corrections
  • Prisons in America
  • Corrections in America 
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