Handbook on Prisons and Jails (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Rudes, Danielle; Carter, Talisa; Kras, Kimberly; Armstrong, Gaylene

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Handbook on Prisons and Jails brings together some of the brightest scholars and thinkers in the field to offer a wide range of perspectives for understanding the experiences of persons incarcerated or working/volunteering within carceral institutions. The assembled chapters consider what is known in the area while identifying emerging areas for theoretical, empirical, and policy work.

The volume includes contributions on numerous topics and areas related to penal control, containment, living, and/or working in carceral institutions and addresses methodological considerations for doing research with individuals incarcerated in jail or prison. This collection is essential reading for scholars and students seeking an up-to-date guide to contemporary issues facing corrections and sentencing. It also provides practitioners with valuable resources for developing socially informed policies and practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000954708
• Artikelnr.: 68560115

Autorenporträt

Danielle S. Rudes, Ph.D., is a Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Sam Houston State University and the Deputy Director of the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE!) at George Mason University. Dr. Rudes is a qualitative researcher with over 20 years of experience working with corrections agencies. Her research intersects at the nexus of law and society, punishment, and organizational theory. She is the author of Surviving Solitary: Living and Working in Restricted Housing Units (2022). She is also an Associate Editor at the Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment and serves on the editorial board of several other journals. Dr. Rudes received the American Society of Criminology's Teaching Award and several other awards for her research, mentoring, and teaching. She is also a former chair and executive counselor of the Division on Corrections and Sentencing within the American Society of Criminology. Gaylene S. Armstrong, Ph.D., is the Director and Distinguished Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice (UNO SCCJ) on the Omaha and Lincoln campuses. She is also the Co-Director of the Nebraska Collaborative for Violence Intervention and Prevention. As a criminologist, Dr. Armstrong engages in collaborative approaches to community-engaged research encompassing criminal justice agencies, community stakeholders, state legislators, and individuals with lived criminal justice experiences across the United States. Kimberly R. Kras, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs at San Diego State University. Her research examines the lived experiences of people experiencing reentry from prison and their process toward desistance. Her work has specifically looked at the role of housing, social support, fines and fees, and most recently, employment in the reintegration of legal system-involved people. She also considers how community corrections organizations and their staff employ evidence-based practices to support (or hinder) the reintegration of justice-involved people. She earned her Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Missouri-St. Louis following a career with the Missouri Division of Probation and Parole. Kim also holds a Masters in Criminal Justice and Criminology and Bachelors in Psychology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. TaLisa J. Carter, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology at American University in Washington, D.C., an Affiliated Scholar at Urban Institute, a non-residence fellow with the Brookings Institute, and an Affiliate with the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! at George Mason University. Previously, she worked as a Deputy Corrections Officer in Savannah, GA. Ongoing research examines theoretical explanations of accountability in the Criminal Justice System, the role of identity in criminal justice professions, and the impact of skin tone on criminal justice outcomes. Both the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health funded her work.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors Volume Editors' Introduction Part One: Adjustment and
Support in Carceral Settings Section One: Individual Adjustment Experiences
in Carceral Settings 1. "It Depends:" The Emotional Nature of Video
Visitations Between Women Jail Residents and their Loved Ones 2. Some Kind
of Light at the End of the Tunnel": Understanding The Importance of Prison
Programming for Older, Life-Sentenced Incarcerated Men 3. Examining Prison
Adjustment of Life-Sentenced Women 4. Responses to Institutional Misconduct
and Pathways Toward Reform 5. The Carceral Experiences of the Wrongfully
Convicted 6. The Defects of Total Power Revisited: Excavating Sykes's Four
Versions Of Power in Prison Commentary: Individual Adjustment Experiences
in Carceral Settings Section Two: Staff and System Impact on Individual
Incarceration Experiences 7. Correctional Officers' Views of Prison,
Punishment, and Rehabilitation 8. Understanding the Physical Prison: The
Emergence and Evolution of Prison Design 9. Employment During
Incarceration: Findings From a Sample of Serious Violent Justice-Involved
Individuals 10. Amplifying Incarcerated Voices: Resident Perceptions of a
Prison-Based Therapeutic Community Program 11. Beyond Green Corrections: An
Invitation to Socio-Ecological Initiatives In United States Prisons, Jails,
and Communities 12. Adopting Community-Oriented Policing Principles in
Jails to Build Community And Improve Safety, Health, and Wellness Outcomes
Commentary: Assessing the Prison Setting and the Voices of Those Working
and Living Behind the Walls Part Two: Behavioral and Physical Health
Concerns 13. Difficulties in Housing Individuals With Intellectual and
Mental Health Challenges: An Examination of Policies and Practices in Jails
and Prisons 14. The Lived Experiences of Prison Psychotherapists
Commentary: Behavioral and Physical Health Considerations Part Three: On
the Horizon: Policy and Program Reform 15. Parenting From Prison: Gender
Inequalities Between Incarcerated Mothers And Fathers 16. I'm Not Who I
Once Was: The Policies and Treatment of Transgender Individuals in U.S.
Correctional Facilities 17. An Overview of Minority Religious Groups and
the Need for Accommodations in U.S. Prisons 18. Understanding and
Preventing Frequent Jail Contact 19. Implementing Jail Reform: The
Approaches Counties Use to Alter Local Jails 20. Islam, Islamophobia, and
the Carceral Experience Commentary: Heterogeneity in Correctional
Populations and Institutions: Avenues for Future Research and Reform Part
Four: Methodological Considerations 21. Interview Research With People in
Jail: Challenges and Possibilities 22. Recognizing and Remedying: Reflexive
and Centering Approaches To Engaging in Research With Individuals in
Carceral Settings 23. Data Surveillance and Carceral Research 24. Poetic
Inquiry Criminology: Opportunities for Imaginative Scholarship, Healing,
and Transformative Justice 25. A High Potential for Something Good:
Reflections on When Lived Experience Meets What Works Commentary:
Methodological Considerations: Pitfalls and Potentials Index