Test Bank for Corrections in America: An Introduction, 15th Edition, Harry E. Allen, Edward J. Latessa, Bruce S. Ponder

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0134762657
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0134762654
• Author: Harry E. Allen; Edward J. Latessa

The field’s best-selling text for over 40 years, Corrections in America: An Introduction addresses the current state of Corrections. With a tradition of comprehensive, student-friendly coverage, the text covers nearly all aspects of Corrections – from its history, ideologies, and legal issues, to prisons and correctional clients. It combines current and past research, theory and practice, and real-world examples to offer readers a strong foundation of field knowledge. The 15th edition analyzes rapid, significant changes affecting Corrections, and projects their future impact.

Corrections in America : An Introduction , 15 th Edition, is also available via Revel™, an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience.

Table of contents:

1. Chapter 1 Early History (2000 B.C. to A.D. 1800)
2. Objectives
3. Overview
4. What is the Role of Corrections?
5. Shared Writing: Overarching Goal of Corrections
6. Redress of Wrongs
7. Retaliation
8. Fines and Punishments
9. Early Codes
10. Babylonian and Sumerian Codes
11. Crime and Sin
12. Roman and Greek Codes
13. The Middle Ages
14. Punishment
15. Capital and Corporal Punishment
16. Deterrence
17. Emergence of Secular Law
18. Early Prisons
19. Workhouses
20. Shared Writing: Corporal Punishment
21. The Age of Enlightenment and Reform
22. Montesquieu and Voltaire: The French Humanists
23. Bentham and the Hedonistic Calculus
24. Correctional Profile 1.1 John Howard
25. John Howard
26. Houses of Correction, Workhouses, and Gaols
27. Transportation Systems
28. Deportation to the American Colonies and Australia
29. Hulks: A Sordid Episode
30. Early Cellular Prisons
31. The Maison de Force at Ghent and the Hospice of San Michele
32. William Penn and the “Great Law”
33. The Walnut Street Jail
34. Role of Corrections Summarized
35. Summary
36. Summarize the Definition, Mission, and Role of Corrections
37. Summarize Early Responses to Crime Prior to the Development of Prisons
38. Describe How Secular Law Emerged
39. Summarize Sentencing Goals and Primary Punishment Philosophies
40. Outline the Development of the Prison
41. Key Words
42. Review Questions
43. Application Case Studies
44. Group Discussion Questions
45. Homework Assignments
46. Suggested Readings
47. Endnotes
48. Chapter 2 Prisons (1800 to the Present)
49. Objectives
50. Overview
51. What is the Emerging Role of Corrections?
52. The Pennsylvania System
53. The Auburn System
54. Discipline at Auburn
55. Prison Competition
56. Economics Wins Out
57. Prison Rules
58. Communication Inhibition and Solitary Confinement
59. Shared Writing: Prison Competition
60. Change in the Wind
61. Maconochie and Crofton: A New Approach
62. Maconochie and the Indeterminate Sentence
63. Crofton and the Irish System
64. The Reformatory Era (1870–1910)
65. Shared Writing: Prison Goods
66. Shared Writing: Point/Counterpoint Video—The Harm Reduction Approach to Drug Abuse
67. Point/Counterpoint Video: The Harm Reduction Approach to Drug Abuse
68. Post–Civil War Prisons
69. The Twentieth Century and the Industrial Prison
70. The Period of Transition (1935–1960)
71. Prison Riots Explode
72. The Modern Era
73. New Emphases Emerge in Corrections
74. Internally Sought Reform
75. The Prison Population Boom
76. Summary
77. Summarize the Definition, Mission, and Role of Corrections
78. Compare and Contrast the Pennsylvania and Auburn Systems
79. Explain Why the Auburn System Became the Dominant Prison Design
80. Describe Prison Development from the Reformatory Era to the Modern Era
81. Key Words
82. Review Questions
83. Application Case Studies
84. Group Discussion Questions
85. Homework Assignments
86. Suggested Readings
87. Endnotes
88. Chapter 3 Correctional Ideologies: The Pendulum Swings
89. Objectives
90. Overview
91. Impacts of Ideology
92. Conflicting Correctional Ideologies
93. Correctional Practice 3.1 Contrasting Ideologies
94. Shared Writing: Correctional Ideologies
95. Shared Writing: Reducing Stigma
96. Shared Writing: Point/Counterpoint Video—Radical Theory
97. Point/Counterpoint Video: Radical Theory
98. The Punishment Ideology
99. Retribution
100. Deterrence
101. Incapacitation
102. Selective Incapacitation
103. The Effect of Punishment
104. The Rehabilitation Ideology
105. The Prevention Ideology
106. The Role of the Environment
107. The Pendulum Swings
108. Restorative Justice
109. Balanced and Restorative Justice Philosophy
110. The Balanced Approach and Its Application
111. Effects of Public Opinion of Crime Control
112. Contemporary Correctional Policies
113. Contemporary Corrections
114. Current Trends
115. Summary
116. Summarize the Definition, Mission, and Role of Corrections
117. Summarize Sentencing Goals and Primary Punishment Philosophies
118. Explain How Public Opinion about Crime Affects Crime Control Policy
119. Summarize Issues Related to Correctional Policy
120. Describe and Illustrate Contemporary Corrections in the Nation
121. Key Words
122. Review Questions
123. Application Case Studies
124. Suggested Group Discussions
125. Homework Assignments
126. Suggested Readings
127. Endnotes
128. Chapter 4 The Sentencing and Appeals Process
129. Objectives
130. Overview
131. The Correctional Funnel
132. Plea Bargaining
133. The Sentencing Decision
134. Rapid Change in Sentencing Processes
135. New Goals
136. Reform Options
137. Reform Effects

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