The American Prison Issues in Research and Policy

The American Prison Issues in Research and Policy / edited by Lynne Goodstein, Doris L. MacKenzie.

Despite the dire forecasts of others who had themselves edited books, we proceeded with the project of an edited volume on the American prison, although with more than a little trepidation. We had heard the horror stories of authors turning in their chapters months or years late or never at all, of...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Goodstein, Lynne (Editor), MacKenzie, Doris L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1989.
Edition:1st ed. 1989.
Series:Law, Society and Policy ; 4
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Personality.
Social psychology.
Sociology.
Criminology.
Political science.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Issues in Correctional Research and Policy
  • 1. The Prison as a Rational Organization
  • 2. Prisons, Politics, and Demographics
  • 3. The Private Sector and the Prison
  • 4. The Prison and the Prisoner
  • 5. The Prison as a System
  • 6. The Future of Correctional Research
  • I. Corrections as a System: Contemporary Issues
  • 2. American Prisons in a Time of Crisis
  • 3. The Effectiveness of Correctional Rehabilitation: Reconsidering the “Nothing Works” Debate
  • 4. Proprietary Prisons
  • II. Legal Issues in Contemporary Corrections
  • 5. American Prisoners and the Right of Access to the Courts: A Vanishing Concept of Protection
  • 6. Gender and Justice: The Equal Protection Issue
  • 7. Criminal Sentencing Reform: Legacy for the Correctional System
  • III. Managing the Prison
  • 8. Prison Labor and Industry
  • 9. Prison Classification: The Management and Psychological Perspectives
  • 10. Prison Guards as Agents of Social Control
  • IV. Living in Prison
  • 11. Noncoping and Maladaptation in Confinement
  • 12. Inmate Adjustment to Prison
  • 13. Correctional Environments
  • V. Corrections Research and the Future
  • Epilogue: The Researcher’s Work Is Never Done.

Similar Items