Reaffirming rehabilitation / / Francis T. Cullen, Karen E. Gilbert

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785962403321
• Autore: Cullen Francis T.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-317-52176-5; 1-138-14653-6; 1-317-52177-3; 1-4557-3132-3; 1-315-72136-8
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Collana: Criminal justice Reaffirming rehabilitation
• Altri autori (Persone): GilbertKaren E
• Disciplina: 364.068; 364/.068
• Soggetti: Criminal justice, Administration of - United States; Criminals - Rehabilitation - United States; Criminal justice, Administration of
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2013 by Anderson Publishing.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; INTRODUCTION TO THE ANNIVERSARY EDITION; FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION; CHAPTER 1 Crisis in Criminal Justice Policy; The Crisis Emerges; The Failure of Criminal Justice Rehabilitation; Determinate and Indeterminate Sentencing; Attacking Rehabilitation: Determinate Sentencing Solves the Crisis; Reaffirming Rehabilitation: The False Appeal of Determinate Sentencing; Notes; CHAPTER 2 Criminal Justice Theories and Ideologies; Schools of Criminological Thought; The Classical School; The Positivist School; Political Ideologies and Criminal Justice PolicyConservative Ideology; Liberal Ideology; Radical Ideology; Classicism, Positivism, and Political Ideology; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 3 The Rise of Rehabilitation; Curious Punishments of Bygone Days; Enlightened Punishment; The Invention of the Penitentiary: The Great American Experiment; The New Penology; The Progressive Era: Individualized Treatment; The Legacy of Reform; Notes; CHAPTER 4 Attacking Rehabilitation; The Conservative Attack: Getting Tough on Crime; The Liberal Attack: Doing Justice; The ; Liberal Critique: Victimizing the Offender; The Liberal Solution: The Justice ModelA Note on Radical Reform and Determinate Sentencing; Conclusion: Doing Justice or Getting Tough?; Notes; CHAPTER 5 The Poverty of the Justice Model: The Corruption of Benevolence Revisited?; Reconsidering the Justice Model: Problems With Determinate Sentencing; Longer Sentences: The Potential for Repression; Rigidity in Sentencing: Is Justice Served?; Sentencing Disparity and the Expansion of Prosecutorial Power; ""Rehabilitation Doesn''t Work"": Is Punishing Really Better?; The Deterioration of Prison Conditions; Determinate Sentencing and Controlling Crime: Assessing the Conservatives'' PositionConclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 6 Implementing the Justice Model: Problems and Prospects; The Process of Sentencing Reform in Illinois; The Goals of Sentencing Reform; Utilitarian Considerations in Sentencing; Effects on Discretion and Disparity; Discretion in Sentencing; Parole Board and Institutional Discretion; Prosecutorial Discretion; Effects on Type and Length of Sentences; California; Indiana; Illinois; A Note on Guidelines; Sentencing Guidelines; Parole Release Guidelines; General Considerations; Conclusion; NotesCHAPTER 7 Reaffirming Rehabilitation; The Value of Rehabilitation; State Obligated Rehabilitation; Correctional Official Accountability; Parole Contracts; Campaign in Favor of Rehabilitation; Why Liberal Reform?; Notes; CHAPTER 8 The Future of Rehabilitation: From Nothing Works to What Works (An Epilogue); The Mean Season in Corrections; The Corruption of Sentencing Reform; The Great American Prison Experiment; The California Experience; From Nothing Works to What Works; Nothing Works: Martinson and Beyond; What Works: Principles of Effective Correctional Treatment; The Future of Corrections: Four Guiding Principles
• Sommario/riassunto: Reaffirming Rehabilitation , 2nd Edition, brings fresh insights to one of the core works of criminal justice literature. This groundbreaking work analyzes the rehabilitative ideal within the American correctional system and discusses its relationship to and conflict with political ideologies. Many researchers and policymakers rejected the value of rehabilitation after Robert Martinson's proclamation that ""nothing works."" Cullen and Gilbert's book helped stem the tide of negativism that engulfed the U.S. correctional system in the years that followed the popularization of the ""nothing works"