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Under the auspices of a governmentally sanctioned war on drugs, incarceration rates in the United States have risen dramatically since Increasingly, correctional administrators at all levels are turning to private, for-profit corporations to manage the swelling inmate population.
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Substantive topics include prison effectiveness, prison overcrowding, alternatives to prisons and capital punishment. This text outlines the culture of violence that exists within the correctional system, using case studies as examples. It discusses ways that research can help establish the relationship between the system and the violent culture and abuses that exist within it. The text concludes with suggestions of ways to reduce violence in the correctional system and an appraisal of the violence-producing aspects of corrections.
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Complete with valuable career-based material, insightful guest speakers, illuminating real-world cases, and uniquely even-handed treatment of institutional and community sanctions, the text examines the U. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version. Provides a broad overview of community corrections for students, covering the criminal justice system, sentencing and community corrections, prisons, and strategies for classifying, managing, and servicing offenders.
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