Psychological Prison Programs
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2-2017
Publication Title
Issues in Corrections: Research, Policy, and Future Prospects
ISBN
9781498541213
Abstract
Book Summary: Since the 1970s, the corrections system has experienced exponential growth. Over the past four decades, the number of inmates held in US prisons and jails has quadrupled. This massive growth is associated with a number of different issues and challenges within prisons and jails, including overcrowding; gang activity and misconduct; a shift away from rehabilitation and programming; expanded use of solitary confinement; inmates’ human rights; criticisms of health care; and massive, publicly funded budgets. Many states now spend more on corrections than on higher education.
This book explores these issues in depth. It takes current topics in institutional corrections and explores the main issues surrounding each. Themes include institutional corrections, prison behavior (including gangs and misconduct), solitary confinement, prison programming, and rehabilitation.
Recommended Citation
Lasko, Emily N., Chad Posick.
2017.
"Psychological Prison Programs."
Issues in Corrections: Research, Policy, and Future Prospects, Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick and John P. Walsh (Ed.): 135-153 London, UK: Lexington Books.
source: https://www.amazon.com/Issues-Corrections-Research-Policy-Prospects/dp/1498541216 isbn: 9781498541213
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/crimjust-criminology-facpubs/122
