Reform in the making : the implementation of social policy in prison /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lin, Ann Chih
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2000]
Subjects:	Prisons > Government policy > United States. Criminals > Rehabilitation > United States. Prisoners > United States > Social conditions.

Table of Contents:

Revisiting rehabilitation : why "what works" is the wrong question
Keeping the peace: institutional needs, institutional values, and implementation
Unsuccessful implementation: the use and abuse of programs
Successful implementation: keeping busy and helping yourself
The importance of successful implementation: recasting the debate over mandatory and voluntary programs
Deliberately successful implementation: doing time, doing my time, and letting the time do me.