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Chapter 12 The Future of Corrections

Chapter 12 The Future of Corrections. What practices may lie in the future of corrections? What changes can we expect in the inmate population of prisons and jails in the future? What kinds of problems may confront the corrections system of the future?. Future Correctional Philosophies.

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Chapter 12 The Future of Corrections

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  1. Chapter 12The Future of Corrections What practices may lie in the future of corrections? What changes can we expect in the inmate population of prisons and jails in the future? What kinds of problems may confront the corrections system of the future? Mays & Winfree--Contemporary Corrections (2nd ed.)--Chapter 12

  2. Future Correctional Philosophies • What is the current corrections philosophy that drives the entire system? • What are the choices for a new philosophy? • What forces are moving the nation toward the choice conundrum? Mays & Winfree--Contemporary Corrections (2nd ed.)--Chapter 12

  3. What will the future bring? • Two factors may well shape the answer to this question 1. Achievement of the prisoner population “breaking point” 2. New manifestations of the “law of criminal justice thermodynamics” Mays & Winfree--Contemporary Corrections (2nd ed.)--Chapter 12

  4. Future Correctional Practices • Intermediate Sanctions • Parole Supervision • Boot Camps • New Kinds of Institutions and Architecture Mays & Winfree--Contemporary Corrections (2nd ed.)--Chapter 12

  5. Future Correctional Practices (continued) • Prison (and Jail) Industries • Banishment • Technological Applications • Future of the Death Penalty Mays & Winfree--Contemporary Corrections (2nd ed.)--Chapter 12

  6. Future Correctional Populations • Race and Prisoners • Women and the Correctional System • Infectious Diseases and Crowded Facilities • Correcting Juvenile Offenders Mays & Winfree--Contemporary Corrections (2nd ed.)--Chapter 12

  7. Future Correctional Problems • Women in the Correctional Workplace • Legislative Trends • Controlling Correctional Costs • Dealing with Institutional Violence and Inmate Uprisings • Dealing with Crowding Mays & Winfree--Contemporary Corrections (2nd ed.)--Chapter 12

  8. Future Correctional Research • What can research do for us? • What can research not do for us? • What kinds of research do we need? • What kinds of questions should we be asking? Mays & Winfree--Contemporary Corrections (2nd ed.)--Chapter 12

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