Corrections in America : an introduction / Harry E. Allen, Clifford E. Simonsen.

Table of Contents

PART 1 HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF CORRECTION
1 EARLY HISTORY
Behavior as a continuum
Redress of wrongs
Early codes
Punishment

2. A CENTURY OF CHANGE
Age of Enlightenment and reform
Houses of corrections, workhouses and goals
Transportation systems
Early Cellular prisons

3. APPELLATE REVIEW
The Issue of due process
The Path of a criminal case
The mechanics of an appeal
Appeals from behind the walls
Breaking the appellate logJam



4. THE MODERN ERA
Internally sought reform
Externally induced reform
Corrections in the 1970s, 61
Corrections in the 1980s: directions for the future


5. CORRECTIONAL IDEOLOGIES: THE PENDULUM SWINGS.
Conflicting correctional Ideologies
The pendulum swings
Key terms
Recommended reading

PART 2. LAW AND THE CORRECTIONAL PROCESS
6. MISDEMEANATS AND FELONS: A DUAL SYSTEM
Common law origins of crime
Felonies
Misdemeanors
Misdemeanor or Felony: Offender or offense

7. THE CORRECTIONAL FUNNEL
The elements of the criminal Justice Justices systems
Another look at crime statistics


8. SENTENCING
The sentencing decisions
Rapid changes in sentencing
The sentencing. Decision
The presentence investigation
Judicial versus Administrative sentencing
Etc.

9. APPELLATE REVIEW
The Issue of due process
The path

Includes bibliographies and index.