Correctional Theory: Context and Consequences
This accessible book identifies and evaluates the major competing theories used to guide the goals, policies, and practices of the correctional system. The authors demonstrate that changes in theories can legitimize changing ways of treating and punishing offenders, and they help readers understand how changes in the social and political context of U.S. society impact correctional theory and policy. Designed to motivate readers to become sophisticated consumers of correctional information, the book emphasizes the importance of using evidence-based information to guide decisions, rather than relying on nonscientific commonsense or ideology-bas…
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Weitere Autoren: Jonson, Cheryl Lero
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-8179-8
- EAN: 9781412981798
- Produktnummer: 10748395
- Verlag: Sage Pubn
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 244 S.
- Masse: H26.2 cm x B18.1 cm x D2.0 cm 630 g
- Gewicht: 630
Über den Autor
A New Paradigm for Supervising Offenders in the Community. He also is coeditor of Criminological Theory: Past to Present-Essential Readings, Taking Stock: The Status of Criminological Theory, The Origins of American Criminology, the Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory. Professor Cullen is a Past President of the American Society of Criminology and of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. In 2010, he received the ASC Edwin H. Sutherland Award.
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