Corrections: An Introduction

Seiter, Richard P.

ISBN 10: 013142131X / ISBN 13: 9780131421318

Published by Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Corrections: An Introduction
• Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013142131X
• ISBN 13: 9780131421318
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: Edition Unstated.
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law & Criminal Studies

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Synopsis

For courses in introduction to corrections and correctional institutions.

Experience the world of corrections from the inside in Corrections: An Introduction, the first introduction to corrections text written by an author that is both an accomplished scholar and a former corrections professional. Practical, contemporary and concise, the book introduces students to the people in the real world of corrections, what they do, why they do it, and the challenges they face every day. Illustrated throughout with full color charts, graphs and over 100 photographs taken by the author himself, Corrections: An Introduction shows students how corrections history, theory and research are put into practice.

About the Author

Richard P. Seiter has twenty-five years of experience as a correctional administrator. He worked in two Federal Bureau of Prisons institutions (the Federal Correctional Institution in Pleasanton, California, and the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas), served as warden of two others (the Federal Prison Camp in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, and the Federal Correctional Institution in Greenville, Illinois), and was both Assistant Director for Industries, Education, and Training and Chief Operating Officer of Federal Prison Industries.

Dr. Seiter was Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, responsible for an annual budget of $400 million, twenty prisons, 8,000 staff members, and 30,000 inmates. He also oversaw the construction of 12 new state prisons at a cost of more than $500 million.

Dr. Seiter was the first Superintendent of the National Academy of Corrections and is currently director of the Criminal Justice Program at Saint Louis University.