NCJ Number
132928
Editor(s)
L R Travis III,
M D Schwartz,
T R Clear
Date Published
1992
Length
331 pages
Annotation
These 13 essays present opposing or alternative views on basic issues concerning the correctional process in the United States. These issues focus on the purposes and effectiveness of prisons, community supervision, and offender treatment.
Abstract
Individual papers consider the goals of incarceration, the psychological effects of imprisonment, methods of addressing prison overcrowding, and arguments for the abolition of prisons. Additional papers focus on community supervision including its advantages over incarceration, the use of probation for felony offenders, and problems involved in probation supervision. Further articles focus on the use of the medical model in corrections, research regarding the effectiveness of offender treatment, and issues and empirical evidence relating to discussions related to custody versus treatment. Emerging issues such as capital punishment, corrections costs, the impact of technology on corrections, and privatization are also discussed. Selected bibliographies for each section, figures, tables, and index