| Description |
xi, 270 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : corrections criminology / Sean O'Toole and Simon Eyland -- Ch. 1. World correctional population trends and issues / Mike Bartlett -- Ch. 2. Prison populations in Australia / Kyleigh Heggie -- Ch. 3. Australian community corrections population trends and issues / David Daley -- Ch. 4. Prisonography : sources of knowledge and perspective about prisons / Lucien Lombard -- Ch. 5. Commissions of inquiry and penal reform / David Brown -- Ch. 6. Security in correctional systems / Ron Woodham -- Ch. 7. Privatisation in the corrections industry / Sean O'Toole -- Ch. 8. Human rights in corrections practice / Brian Tkachuk and Eileen Skinnider -- Ch. 9. "Good corrections" : implications for leadership and organisational performance / Ole Ingstrup -- Ch. 10. Inspecting prisons / Richard Harding -- Ch. 11. Causes and prevention of violence in prisons / Ross Homel and Carleen Thompson -- Ch. 12. The over-representation of indigenous persons in custody / Bill Anscomb -- Ch. 13. Risk and responsibilities in women's prisons / Pat Carlen -- Ch. 14. Managing an ageing prison population / John Dawes -- Ch. 15. Prisoner health / Michael Levy, Tony Butler and Tony Falconer -- Ch. 16. Managing mentally ill offenders released from jail -- the US experience / Dale Sechrest and Don Josi -- Ch. 17. Offenders with drug and alcohol dependencies / Maria Kevin -- Ch. 18. A framework for minimising the incidence of self-harm in prison / Greg Dear -- Ch. 19. Beyond what works : a retrospective of Robert Martinson's famous article / Rick Sarre -- Ch. 20. Bridging the gap between prison and the community : post-release support and supervision / Stuart Ross -- Ch. 21. Prison industries in a time of science-based prison programming / Judy McHutchison -- Ch. 22. The effect of post-release housing on prisoner re-integration into the community / Eileen Baldry -- Ch. 23. Ethics and the role of the correctional officer / Anna Grant -- Ch. 24. Measuring prisons and their moral performance / Alison Liebling -- Ch. 25. Professionalising the correctional officer : the US perspective / Don A. Josi and Dale K. Sechrest -- Ch. 26. Human resources analysis of the Australian corrections industry / Sean O'Toole -- Ch. 27. Towards crime prevention / David Biles -- Ch. 28. What future for the prison? / Paul Wilson |
| Summary |
As prison populations increase in Australia and worldwide, Corrections Criminology is a timely stocktake of what we know about corrections. The book encompasses corrections in the community as well as private and public prisons, and is written by leading academics and senior practitioners |
| Analysis |
Crime & criminology (Australia) |
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Penology |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 233-262 |
| Subject |
Corrections.
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Correctional law.
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Correctional law -- Australia.
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Corrections -- Australia.
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Prisons -- Australia.
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Criminology -- Australia.
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| Author |
Eyland, Simon, 1955-
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O'Toole, Sean.
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| LC no. |
2005434415 |
| ISBN |
1876067179 : |
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