Exploring Corrections in America - Softcover

Whitehead, John T.; Pollock, Joycelyn M.; Braswell, Michael C.; Dodson, Kimberly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1583605169 ISBN 13: 9781583605165

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

This text/study guide package offers a stimulating discussion of correctional issues and encourages students to think deeply about controversies such as capital punishment, rehabilitation, and prison conditions. While attempting to remain unbiased, the authors state a preference for solutions to correctional problems that respect the dignity of persons who are incarcerated. The study guide contains chapter information in summary form. Whitehead is affiliated with East Tennessee State University.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Michael C. Braswell is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology of East Tennessee State University (ETSU). Braswell received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Mercer University in 1969, a Master of Arts in Psychology from West Georgia College in 1970, his Ed.S. in Rehabilitation/Correctional Counseling from the University of Georgia in 1973, and his Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1975. He joined the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at ETSU in 1977, and teaches classes on Ethics and Justice, Human Relations and Criminal Justice, and Film Studies in Crime and Justice.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1583605169
• ISBN 13: 9781583605165
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 650