Transforming Corrections: Humanistic Approaches to Corrections and Offender Treatment, Second Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (723 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1611632862 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 366 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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As such, Transforming Corrections could be adopted in introductory courses in criminology and criminal justice as well as graduate courses more specifically focused on issues related to offender treatment and correctional administration.. Transforming Corrections: Humanistic Approaches to Corrections and Offender Treatment, Second Edition offers an alternative perspective not easily found in the existing literature concerning the way in which individuals in the criminal justice system are understood and treated by those responsible for their care. This substantially revised edition of Transforming Corrections may be used as a primary source for courses focused on alternative approaches to corrections and offender treatment or as a supplementary text that will help to enhance the current conversation that is ongoing in the field of rehabilitative corrections.The wide-reaching focus of this collection is intended to provide a variety of alternative perspectives related to issues of theory, correctional practice and offender treatment
Upper-division undergraduates and above.'' --CHOICE Magazine. The book is an invitation for us to 'hang in there' and persevere. For this reason alone, the book deserves a place in every library. ''A book subtitled Humanistic Approaches to Corrections and Offender Treatment manifestly does not mirror prevailing practices in corrections, nor reflect the dominant ethos of the times. Such a book instead gives some of us heady sustenance and support in the goals that we secretly aspire to — it gives us a sense of what might be achieved in the distant future, and what might already have been accomplished. 'If you are not quite burned out, have not given up, and are still fighting the odds,' the message of these chapters is, 'you are not nearly as alone as you sometimes feel out there on your limb.' The reassuring fact is that there are enclaves of humanistic activity in correctio
Michael Braswell is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at East Tennessee State University. . Matthew Draper is an Associate Professor in the Behavioral Science Department at Utah Valley University. David Polizzi is a Professor in the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at India