ISBN : 9780199948154
The Oxford Handbook of Prisons and Imprisonment provides the only single source that bridges social scientific and behavioral perspectives, providing graduate students with a more comprehensive understanding of the topic, academics with a body of knowledge that will more effectively inform their own research, and practitioners with an overview of evidence-based best practices
Preface
Chapter 1: The Imprisonment Boom of the Late 20th Century: Past, Present, and Future
Mona Lynch and Anjuli Verma
Chapter 2: Who Goes to Prison?
Daniel P. Mears and Joshua C. Cochran
Chapter 3: Mass Incarceration and Conditions of Confinement
Leo Carroll, Sharon Calci, and Amber Wilson
Chapter 4: Exploring Imprisonment across Cross-national Contexts
Paul Mazerolle, John Rynne, and Samara McPhedran
Chapter 5: Theories of Mass Incarceration
Natasha A. Frost and Todd R. Clear
Chapter 6: Subcultural Adaptations to Incarceration
Ben Crewe and Ben Laws
Chapter 7: The Real Gangbanging is in Prison
Scott H. Decker and David Pyrooz
Chapter 8: Women in Prison
Emily M. Wright and Calli M. Cain
Chapter 9: Impact of Incarceration on Families and Communities
Nancy Rodriguez and Jillian J. Turanovic
Chapter 10: The Two Cultures
Alison Liebling and Deborah Kant
Chapter 11: Measuring and Explaining Inmate Misconduct
Benjamin Steiner
Chapter 12: Prison Riots
Bert Useem
Chapter 13: Drugs and Prisons
Michael Wheatley, John R. Weekes, Andrea E. Moser, and Kathleen Thibault
Chapter 14: A General Model of Harm in Correctional Settings
Nancy Wolff
Chapter 15: Understanding the Contours of Prison Disciplinary Procedures
James Marquart and Chad Trulson
Chapter 16: The Effects of Administrative Segregation
Paul Gendreau and Ryan M. Labrecque
Chapter 17: A Comparison of British and American Policies for Managing Dangerous Prisoners
Roy D. King
Chapter 18: Adult Offender Assessment and Classification in Custodial Settings
James Bonta and J. S. Wormith
Chapter 19: Principles of Effective Intervention with Incarcerated Offenders
Claire Goggin
Chapter 20: Employment and Vocation Programs in Prison
Paula Smith, Lindsey M. Mueller, and Ryan Labrecque
Chapter 21: Treating Sex Offenders in Prison
Devon L. L. Polaschek and Kristina M. Blackwood
Chapter 22: The Multiple Faces of Reentry
Susan Turner
Chapter 23: Implementing Prison-Based Treatment
James McGuire
Chapter 24: Preventing Suicide in Detention and Correctional Facilities
Robert D. Canning and Joel A. Dvoskin
Chapter 25: Offenders with Mental Illness in Prison
Sarah M. Manchak and Robert D. Morgan
Chapter 26: The Problem of Incarcerating Juveniles with Adults
Jodi Lane and Lonn Lanza-Kaduce
Chapter 27: The Effect of Prisons on Crime
Sarah Tahamont and Aaron Chalfin
Chapter 28: Private Prisons in a New Environment
Scott D. Camp and Kevin N. Wright
Chapter 29: Policy and Program Innovations in Prisons
Faye S. Taxman and Brandy Blasko
Chapter 30: Current Policies, Future Directions, and the Goals of Confinement
John Wooldredge