American Corrections in Brief

A condensed, more accessible version of the best-selling corrections book on the market, AMERICAN CORRECTIONS IN BRIEF, 2nd Edition, introduces readers to the dynamics of corrections. Complete with valuable career-based material, insightful guest speakers, illuminating real-world cases, and uniquely even-handed treatment of institutional and community sanctions, the book examines the U.S. correctional system from the perspectives of both the corrections worker and the offender, providing readers with a well-rounded, balanced introduction to corrections.

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• Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Policing in America, Eighth Edition
• Courts and Criminal Justice in America (2nd Edition)
• The Gendered Society
• An Introduction to Policing
• Serial Murderers and their Victims
• America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System
• Women and Crime: A Text/Reader (SAGE Text/Reader Series in Criminology and Criminal Justice)
• Introduction to Criminology: Why Do They Do It?