02790nam 22005891 450 991014955890332120241226110454.09781506374628150637462X9781483322636148332263797814833117531483311759(CKB)3710000000933833(MiAaPQ)EBC4733110(OCoLC)1017727693(CaToSAGE)SAGE000002339238743(MiAaPQ)EBC1995384(Au-PeEL)EBL1995384(OCoLC)918559377(EXLCZ)99371000000093383320170412h20142014 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe American prison imagining a different future /editors, Francis T. Cullen, University of Cincinnati, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Northern Kentucky University, Mary K. Stohr, Missouri State UniversityLos Angeles :SAGE,[2014]?20141 online resource (285 pages) illustrations9781452241364 1452241368 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Part I. Reforming offenders -- Part II. Morally transforming offenders -- Part III. Doing justice -- Part IV. Doing no harm -- part V. Reinventing the prison -- part VI. Making prisons perform -- Part VII. The American prison.For the first time in four decades, prison populations are declining and politicians have reached the consensus that mass imprisonment is no longer sustainable. At this unique moment in the history of corrections, the opportunity has emerged to discuss in meaningful ways how best to shape efforts to control crime and to intervene effectively with offenders. This breakthrough book brings together established correctional scholars to imagine what this prison future might entail. Each scholar uses his or her expertise to craft--in an accessible way for students to read--a blueprint for how to create a new penology along a particular theme. For example, one contributor writes about how to use existing research expertise to create a prison that is therapeutic and another provides insight on how ...PrisonsUnited StatesCorrectionsUnited StatesPrisonsCorrections365/.973Cullen Francis T.Jonson Cheryl LeroStohr Mary K(Mary Katherine),1958-CaToSAGECaToSAGEUtOrBLWBOOK9910149558903321The American prison2906141UNINA