Corrections /
Corrections looks at the correctional system and offers arguments for and against the practice of the laws and policies that comprise corrections, from parole and probation to imprisonment, to the application of the death penalty. The 20 included chapters, written by eminent scholars and experts in...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks :
SAGE Publications,
2011.
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| Series: | Key issues in crime and punishment.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online |
| Summary: | Corrections looks at the correctional system and offers arguments for and against the practice of the laws and policies that comprise corrections, from parole and probation to imprisonment, to the application of the death penalty. The 20 included chapters, written by eminent scholars and experts in the fields of criminology, police science, law, sociology, psychology, and other disciplines, take on such contested topics as what the goals of the correctional system should be (deterrence, rehabilitation, retribution, or something else?) and how they should be achieved; who should make these dec. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (345 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781452266435 1452266433 9781412994101 1412994101 9781780341262 1780341261 |