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“barry a krisberg”

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  • American Corrections

    Concepts and Controversies

    by Barry A. Krisberg, Susan Marchionna, Christopher Hartney ...
    "It is a thorough and focused work on American corrections providing a solid opportunity for students to learn not only how the correctional system works but also to understand its ever increasing complexities."—Dorie Astle, Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityAmerican Corrections, Second Edition offers students a contemporary, issues-oriented introduction that covers every aspect of corrections ... Read more

    $125.99 CAD

  • Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

    by Barry A. Krisberg ...
    Juvenile Justice and Delinquency brings into focus the causes of delinquency and provides students with a broad, up-to-date review of the latest research, statistical data, theories, and court decisions in the U.S. juvenile justice system. Author Barry Krisberg writes from a research-based approach which offers students pragmatic solutions to problems within the system—focusing on the reformative ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Continuing the Struggle for Justice

    100 Years of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency

    Edited by Susan Marchionna, Barry A. Krisberg, S. Christopher Baird ...
    This centennial collection of essays and original research studies captures the varied spectrum of philosophies and concerns of the board and staff of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) over the past century . The criminological experts represented in this volume are renowned for their study and research into the far reaches of this field of study. As a chronicle of the NCCD′s ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

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    Parole and Prisoner Reentry

    by Joan Petersilia ...
    Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
    Every year, hundreds of thousands of jailed Americans leave prison and return to society. Largely uneducated, unskilled, often without family support, and with the stigma of a prison record hanging over them, many if not most will experience serious social and psychological problems after release. Fewer than one in three prisoners receive substance abuse or mental health treatment while ... Read more

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  • Encyclopedia of American Prisons

    Edited by Marilyn D. McShane, Frank P. Williams ...
    Series series Garland Studies in the History of American Labor
    Original essays by corrections experts The United States has the lightest incarceration rate in the world and crime is one of the major driving forces of political discourse throughout the country. Information about penal institutions, imprisonment, and prisoners is important to everyone, from judges on the bench to citizens on the street. Now for the first time, a comprehensive reference work ... Read more

    $507.99 CAD

  • Crime and Criminal Justice in America

    by Joycelyn Pollock ...
    Crime and Criminal Justice in America, Third Edition, addresses the major controversial issues in U.S. policing, courts, and the correctional system. This book features unique graphics and contemporary data and research, developed by Joycelyn Pollock, criminologist, and University Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice, Texas State University. The text’s question-and-answer model promotes a ... Read more

    $205.99 CAD

  • Corrections

    Foundations for the Future

    by Jeanne B. Stinchcomb ...
    Series series Criminology and Justice Studies
    **"Jeanne Stinchcomb’s book makes an excellent contribution to the field of corrections serving as a substantial resource for those teaching corrections and as a practical inspiration for those students who will ultimately lead the profession. Stinchomb carefully crafts a balanced perspective that presents a powerful argument for why corrections is an important and necessary part of our criminal ... Read more

    $242.99 CAD

  • Sentencing Fragments

    Penal Reform in America, 1975-2025

    by Michael Tonry ...
    Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
    Almost everyone agrees--Right on Crime, the ACLU, Koch Industries, George Soros's Open Society Foundation, the editorial boards of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal--that America's current systems for sentencing criminal offenders are a shambles, with crazy quilts of incompatible and conflicting laws, policies, and practices in every state and the federal system. Most everyone agrees ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • Encyclopedia of Criminology

    Edited by J. Mitchell Miller, Richard A. Wright ...
    This three-volume work offers a comprehensive review of the pivotal concepts, measures, theories, and practices that comprise criminology and criminal justice.No longer just a subtopic of sociology, criminology has become an independent academic field of study that incorporates scholarship from numerous disciplines including psychology, political science, behavioral science, law, economics, public ... Read more

    $1,832.99 CAD

  • Beyond Bars

    A Path Forward from 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in the United States

    Edited by Kristen M. Budd, David C. Lane, Glenn W. Muschert, Jason A. Smith ...
    Series series SSSP Agendas for Social Justice
    Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.The year 2023 marks 50 years of mass incarceration in the United States. This timely volume highlights and addresses pressing social problems associated with the US’s heavy reliance on mass imprisonment. In an atmosphere of charged political debate, including "tough on crime" rhetoric, the editors bring together scholars and experts in the ... Read more

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  • Decarcerating America

    From Mass Punishment to Public Health

    Edited by Ernest Drucker ...
    **“A powerful call for reform.”—NPRAn all-star team of criminal justice experts present timely, innovative, and humane ways to end mass incarceration**Mass incarceration will end—there is an emerging consensus that we’ve been locking up too many people for too long. But with more than 2.2 million Americans behind bars right now, how do we go about bringing people home? Decarcerating America ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Encyclopedia of Community Corrections

    Edited by Shannon M. Barton-Bellessa ...
    In response to recognition in the late 1960s and early 1970s that traditional incarceration was not working, alternatives to standard prison settings were sought and developed. One of those alternatives—community-based corrections—had been conceived in the 1950s as a system that might prove more progressive, humane, and effective, particularly with people who had committed less serious criminal ... Read more

    $131.99 CAD