Rethinking America's Correctional Policies : Commonsense Choices from Uncommon Voices

Ahlin, Eileen M., Douds, Anne S.

ISBN 10: 1498530400 / ISBN 13: 9781498530408

Edité par Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2017

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Synopsis :

Commonsense Choices from Uncommon Voices:Rethinking America's Correctional Policies brings together the experiences of men who served time in prison with contemporary research on correctional policy. This work combines a voyeuristic desire to observe "evil" and the consequences of the system of punishment, with detached consideration of what those stories can tell us about who we are as a nation and how we treat those who have betrayed the social trust. The authors simultaneously examine first-person accounts of inmate experiences with the correctional system and what actually, works, in operation, to promote the rehabilitative and restorative models of justice so many of our policymakers espouse. Each chapter opens with a vignette, a recollection of an event or series of events, about an inmate's experience during the various phases of correctional processing. These first-hand accounts have been collected from men who served time in prison. These men's stories are examined in their own right, then extrapolated to a broader analysis of the underlying social and policy issues to which that vignette speaks. All chapters follow the same structure: (a) opening vignette about a former inmate; (b) analysis, which includes (i) identification of the underlying issue; (ii) reflection; and (iii) extrapolation to a larger policy issue; and (c) recommendations from the field for enacting practice and crafting policy more responsive to the identified issue.

À propos des auteurs: Anne S. Douds is retired trial attorney and an assistant professor of public policy at Gettysburg.

Eileen M. Ahlin is associate professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Rethinking America's Correctional Policies :...
Éditeur : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Date d'édition : 2017
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Very Good