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Corrections : exploring crime, punishment, and justice in America /

This text presents foundations of correctional intervention, including overviews of the major systems of therapeutic intervention, diagnosis of mental illness, and correctional assessment and classification. Its detailed descriptions and cross-approach comparisons can help professionals better deter...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whitehead, John T.
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Dodson, Kimberly D., Edwards, Bradley D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2015.
Subjects:
Corrections > United States.
Prisons > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Services correctionnels > États-Unis.
Prisons > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
Corrections
Criminal justice, Administration of
Prisons
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This text presents foundations of correctional intervention, including overviews of the major systems of therapeutic intervention, diagnosis of mental illness, and correctional assessment and classification. Its detailed descriptions and cross-approach comparisons can help professionals better determine which of several techniques might be especially useful in their particular setting.
Item Description:Originally published 2013 by Anderson Publishing.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 369 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781315721972
131572197X