Prison and Jail Administration: Practice and Theory

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Jones & Bartlett Learning, 1999 - 498 pages
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Contents

Todays Sanctions
5
GOVERNING THE PRISON
23
Centralized versus Decentralized Management
30
Management Accountability
41
THE AMERICAN JAIL
47
Occupational Exposure and Communicable Disease Safety Measures
54
ShortTerm Institutions at the Local Level
59
Jails as LongTerm Facilities
66
Basic Approach to Sex Offender Management
241
Arguments against the Death Penalty
247
Supermaximum Facilities
252
The Medical Model
254
The States Adopt the Marion Model
258
Types of Classification Systems
265
Conclusion
272
Military Model Debate
278

Conclusion
72
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75
HandsOn Management
78
The Industrial Period Early 1900s
87
Transition and Growth 19301945
94
Providing Correctional Health Care Services
100
Conclusion
106
Confinement Complicates Many Problems
112
Religious Programs
117
Receiving and Discharge Mail and Records Management
123
Facilities Management
129
Feeding in InstitutionsEarly American Institutions
135
Institution Financial Operations
141
Conclusion
148
Setting the Tone and Creating the Culture
154
Early Afternoon
161
Labor Relations in Corrections
164
Conclusion
170
Conclusion
177
The Changing Face of the Workforce
183
Sexual Misconduct among Staff and Inmates
189
PART VI
197
Custodial Control
203
Essentials of Inmate Discipline
209
Due Process Requirements
215
Chapter 3
219
Identifying Those with Unusual Needs
221
Protective Custody Inmates
223
Inmate ClassificationTargeting Protective Custody Inmates
229
Reality or Myth?
287
PROGRAMMING IN PRISON
293
The History and the Debate
300
Volunteering Inside
306
Drug Treatment behind Bars
312
PART VII
319
Conclusion
325
Prison Litigation Reform
332
Convict Hulks
338
Accommodating Inmates with Disabilities
346
Conclusion
352
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
359
Interpreting the Indicators and Achieving Performance
365
Conclusion
372
Hostage Situations in Correctional Facilities
373
The Use of Force in Correctional Institutions
379
Working with the Media
386
Community Relations Boards
393
Access to Resources and Publications
400
TECHNOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS
405
Conclusion
412
Conclusion
419
Sentencing Guidelines
425
Political Involvement in Penal Operations
438
Strategic Positioning in Corrections
443
Glossary
451
Standards Development
467
About the Contributors
483
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Peter M. Carlson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Christopher Newport University, Newport, News, Virginia. He is retired from a 30-year career with the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), where he served as the Assistant Director of the Agency, Regional Director of the Western Region, and Warden of three federal prisons. He received his BA degree from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, and an MS in education from Western Oregon University. He also earned a master's degree and doctorate degree in public administration from the University of Southern California. Judith Simon Garrett is the Deputy Assistant Director in the Information, Policy, and Public Affairs Division of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. She oversees the offices of Legislative Affairs, Public Affairs, Research and Evaluation, and Policy and Information Management. She has a law degree from Washington University in St. Louis and a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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