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ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK ON AMERICAN PRISONS
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[S.l.] :
ROUTLEDGE,
2020.
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| Colección: | Routledge International Handbooks Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Prison Security, Operations, and Administration
- 1 Prison Rules, Regulations, and Disciplinary Procedures
- Prison Regulations
- Standards on Treatment of Prisoners
- Administrative Infractions
- Rules Surrounding Inmate Privileges
- Rules on Inmate Appearance and Sanitation
- Rules on Inmate Safety and Orderly Operations
- Disciplining an Inmate for Administrative Infractions
- Methods of Prison Disciplinary Practices
- Ethics of Solitary Confinement
- Mental Illness and Prison Rules
- Summary
- Note
- References
- 2 The Evolution of Privatized Corrections in America
- Theoretical Context
- The Colonial and Antebellum Period
- Colonial Virginia
- Colonial Louisiana
- A Re-convergence of East and West
- The Rise of Prison Labor
- Post-Civil War Convict Leasing
- Modern Correctional Management
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 3 Review of Risk Assessment and Classification in Prisons
- Introduction and Overview
- The Inevitable Need for Offender Risk Assessment and Management Classification in Prisons
- Main Risk Assessment and Risk/Need Classifications in Prisons
- External Classifications
- Internal Classifications
- A Brief History of Risk and Needs Classification in Prisons
- Key Concepts and Terms Related to the Use of RA and IC in Prisons
- Critical Requirements in Designing Prison RA and ICs
- Step 1. Specify What Risks Are to Be Predicted by the RA over What Time Period
- Step 2. Establish Performance Requirements and Quality Standards of Prison RAs and ICs
- Scientific Requirements
- Practical Requirements
- Legal Requirements
- Step 3 Selecting Predictive and Explanatory Risk Factors for Prison RA
- Step 4 Selecting Appropriate Samples or Target Population (TG) for Prison RAs
- Step 5 Combine or Synthesize Individual Risk Factor Scores into a Risk Decision
- Step 6 Assessing the Predictive Performance of RA Instruments
- Current Status, Challenges and Dilemmas for RA/IC Procedures in Prisons
- Conclusions: Trends and Their Challenges
- References
- 4 Working in Institutional Corrections: The Roles, Responsibilities, and Challenges of Being a Correctional Officer
- Acknowledgment
- We thank Janet Lambert for proofreading this chapter.
- References
- 5 Convenience without Conscience: Supermax Confinement in American Penology
- Conceptual Matters
- Historical Context
- Contemporary Patterns of Use
- Conditions and Practices
- Outcomes and Effects
- Conclusion: Wither the Supermax?
- References
- Part II Types of Offenders and Populations
- 6 Who Goes to Prison and Why?: Examining Inmate Characteristics and Offense Types
- Introduction
- Who Goes to Prison?
- Race/Ethnicity
- Sex and Gender Identity
- Age
- Marital Status and Family