CORRECTIONS AND THE COMMUNITY

• NCJ Number: 39150
• Author(s): L P CARNEY
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 350 pages
• Sale Source: Prentice Hall
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS TEXTBOOK GIVES AN OVERALL TREATMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND INCARCERATION, AND FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY BASED CORRECTIONS.

Abstract

FOR A STARTING POINT IN THIS INTRODUCTORY TEXT, THE AUTHOR TAKES A HISTORICAL LOOK AT PRISONS. THEN HE SUMS UP WHERE CORRECTIONS STAND TODAY. COMMUNITY BASED CORRECTIONS HAS GROWN RAPIDLY IN LATER YEARS, THE AUTHOR WRITES, BECAUSE THE REHABILITATIVE VALUE OF PRISONS IS BEING QUESTIONED AND MODIFIED. SO FAR, HOWEVER, THERE IS NO ABUNDANCE OF INFORMATION TO PROVE THAT COMMUNITY BASED CORRECTIONS IS MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN TRADITIONAL METHODS. THE BOOK EXAMINES THE EVOLUTION OF THE PAROLE CONCEPT, THE SPECIAL STATUS OF JUVENILES, AND SKETCHES A BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE....BS