NCJ Number
212099
Journal
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Dated: November 2005 Pages: 309-313
Date Published
November 2005
Length
5 pages
Annotation
This article provides an overview of the subjects covered in this issue of the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, which focuses on international inmates’ experiences in prison.
Abstract
During 2001, members of the Division of Corrections and Sentencing of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) lamented the lack of knowledge shared within the international community concerning corrections. In response, the International Prison Initiative (IPI) project was launched at the 2002 ASC annual meeting as a cooperative program linking international scholars on cross-national and cross-cultural studies of various aspects of corrections. While research findings from the IPI are not yet available, the articles contained in this journal issue present both quantitative and qualitative international studies of different types of inmates and differing experiences in prisons. Some studies focus on the impact of incarceration and in-prison family contact on family relationships while other studies explore the experiences of inmates serving life-without-parole sentences. The correctional system response to the needs of aging and elderly inmates is examined in one article while other articles focus on gender-specific services and various models of juvenile detention institutions. References