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KEY FEATURES OF INTRODUCTION TO CORRECTIONS, FOURTH EDITION

New to this Edition:

• Updated information includes new legislation, statistics, examples, and topics, such as sentencing practices, technological innovations, and offenders with special needs.
• New topics including the effects of realignment in California, medical care in jails, probation, compassionate prison design, female drug offenders, the treatment of HIV/AIDS in prisons, the use of reentry councils, and updated court decisions and controversies around the death penalty.
• Themes related to social justice have been included to reflect more contemporary perspectives on the criminal justice system, in general, and the correctional system, in particular.
• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon correctional practices and operations have been included in various chapters of this text.

Key Features:

• Balanced coverage of research and practice offers students a comprehensive view of the field and evidence-based practices as they prepare for a career in corrections and/or the criminal justice system.
• Assessment and classification from both institutional and community corrections perspectives offer students a well-rounded understanding of the field of corrections.
• Exclusive Prison Tour and Inmate videos provide a view into the daily operations of the correctional facilities at Angola State Penitentiary and Richwood Correctional Center with commentary from correctional staff.
• Engaging chapter-opening vignettes highlight important issues in corrections and allow students to understand the challenges corrections practitioners face each day.
• Various issues associated with specialized offender typologies help students understand a variety of offenders they will encounter in the field, such as female offenders, geriatric offenders, mentally ill offenders, gang offenders, and others.
• Focus Topic boxes delve into key topics in corrections by adding depth and detail, ensuring that the material reinforces the learning objectives for each chapter.
• Applied Theory inserts bridge the connection between criminological theory and the actual daily operations of correctional facilities and highlight issues specific to the chapter from a theoretical perspective.
• Technology and Equipment boxes showcase modern technology and equipment used in corrections and provide students with an additional glimpse of the practitioner’s world through the examination of the working tools of the trade.
• Corrections and the Law sections highlight legal considerations in each chapter and demonstrate how the field of corrections is continuously changing.
• What Would You Do? exercises at the close of each chapter provide students with an opportunity to engage critically with the material.
• Cross-National Perspectives boxed features help students develop a global mindset using issues as they are addressed in nations around the world.