Key Correctional Issues [Paperback]

Roslyn Muraskin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130358614 | ISBN-13: 978-0130358615 | Publication Date: February 9, 2004

For courses in introduction to corrections and issues in corrections This combination text/reader discusses a broad range of topical correctional issues to present instructors and students with reference points for further discussion. Placing corrections in historical and social contexts, this unique book seeks to connect correctional issues to broader questions concerning the meanings of and rationales for punishment in the 21st century.

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Corrections is a large component of the criminal justice process; a process that consists of an incredible complex and fragmented blend of many agencies and programs among federal, state and local jurisdictions.

The nation's prison and jail population has risen to a record 2,166,260 this past year. It is an increase that has come when crime rates appear to be falling. Yet the price of imprisonment of combined federal and state facilities has grown 2.6 percent. One out of every 143 residents of this country is behind bars. Our incarceration rates are the highest of any nation. Why? This work is neither a text written by one author nor is it primarily a reader, but rather a combination. It highlights those issues relevant to the study of corrections:

• history
• goals
• prisoner re-entry
• suicide
• religion
• mental illness
• technology
• alternatives
• constitutional rights
• building design
• women and minorities
• death penalty
• terrorism
• the future

We have gone from a philosophy of "hands-off" to "hands-on." Prisoners no longer have the status of "slave of the state." This text explains the relationships that exist in corrections from both an historical and twenty-first century point of view. Key Correctional Issues is an important work that presents a reference point allowing for future discussion.

About the Author

Dr. Roslyn Muraskin received her Ph.D. in criminal justice from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her Masters' degree is from New York University, School of Government, and her B.A. degree is from Queens College, where she majored in Political Science-Speech. She is a Full Professor at the C.W Post of Long Island University, where she teaches criminal justice. She was an Associate Dean in the College of Management for nine years and now directs the activities of the Long Island Women's Institute, College of Management, as well as the activities of the Alumni Chapter, also for the College of Management. She currently holds the position of Trustee of Region One for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. She is a past President of the Northeast Association of Criminal Justice Sciences (NEACJS).

Her works include Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the Twenty-First Century (Prentice Hall, 4th edition, forthcoming); It's a Crime: Women and Justice (Prentice Hall, now in its 3rd edition); and Morality and the Law (Prentice Hall). She is the Women's Series editor for Prentice Hall as well as the editor of the refereed journal published quarterly, A Critical Journal of Crime Law and Society, published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group (formerly The Justice Professional). She is the author of many published papers and articles and is often quoted in the media as an expert in women's issues and issues of criminal justice.

She is the recipient of many awards, including Woman of the Year, Award for Excellence from the Minorities Section of ACJS, and the Fellow Award from the NEACJS. She has been honored for her work with AIDS education by the Long Island Association for AIDS Care.

This work represents Dr. Muraskins tenth text in the field of criminal justice.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (February 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130358614
• ISBN-13: 978-0130358615
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,992,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)