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"Serving as knowledgeable tour guides, Professors Mays and Winfree take readers on an exciting journey across the correctional landscape--from sentencing, to community supervision, to life behind bars. Scholarly yet accessible, Essentials of Corrections is both ideal for classroom use and a valued addition to one's personal library.„
-- Francis T. Cullen, University of Cincinnati
“Essentials of Corrections provides a comprehensive overview of the field by authors who have successfully balanced their coverage of both the breadth and depth of essential issues in American corrections."
--Rick Ruddell, University of Regina
The fifth edition of this leading „essentials“ textbook on corrections has been fully revised and updated to include new international comparative data, and a fresh chapter on prison inmates with special needs. Unrivalled in scope, it offers undergraduates a concise but comprehensive introduction to the subject.
* Includes textual materials and assignments formulated to encourage students' critical thinking skills
* Chapters feature text boxes on key points of correctional theory and on international correctional practice
* Presented in full color throughout -- including extensive photos and graphics
* Includes stand-alone chapters on careers in corrections, gender and ethnicity issues, and likely future developments in corrections
* Features invaluable historical context on the evolution of correctional theory and practice
* Offers a new, comprehensive online Student Study Guide and thoroughly updated and expanded ancillary materials
* Includes textual materials and assignments formulated to encourage students' critical thinking skills
* Chapters feature text boxes on key points of correctional theory and on international correctional practice
* Presented in full color throughout -- including extensive photos and graphics
* Includes stand-alone chapters on careers in corrections, gender and ethnicity issues, and likely future developments in corrections
* Features invaluable historical context on the evolution of correctional theory and practice
* Offers a new, comprehensive online Student Study Guide and thoroughly updated and expanded ancillary materials