Corrections: An Introduction

Seiter, Richard P.

ISBN 10: 0132249057 / ISBN 13: 9780132249058

Published by Pearson College Div, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Corrections: An Introduction
• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132249057
• ISBN 13: 9780132249058
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

For courses in Introduction to Corrections and Correctional Institutions.

 

This text examines corrections not just from an academic view, but from those who are at the center of the system. It includes correctional history and theory, yet concentrates on what professionals do, why they do it, and the challenges they face every day. Unique integration of the author’s experience sets the tone for this real-world approach and chapter case studies, career features, and personal interviews reinforce the theme. Now available with an accompanying DVD, the book shows students how corrections theory and research are put into practice and helps them experience the world of corrections from the inside.

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.