Corrections: A Critical Approach, 3rd edition (ePub) confronts mass imprisonment in the United States, a nation boasting the highest incarceration rate in the world. This statistic is all the more troubling considering that its correctional population is overrepresented by the poor, Latinos and African-Americans.
Not only throwing crucial light on matters involving social class and race, this etextbook also identifies and examines the key social forces shaping penal practice in the US ? economics, politics, morality, and technology. By attending closely to theoretical and historical development, the narrative takes into account both instrumental (goal-oriented) and?expressive (cultural) explanations to sharpen our understanding of punishment and the growing reliance on incarceration.
Covering five main areas of inquiry ? penal context, penal violence, penal populations, penal process, and penal state ? this ebook is essential reading for both graduate and undergraduate students interested in undertaking a critical analysis of penology.
Welch?s Corrections: A Critical Approach 3e PDF is the only textbook to take a critical approach to the field of corrections. This unique and refreshing textbook encourages college students to think analytically about punishment. By establishing a greater social context, corrections is presented against the backdrop of social forces ? namely, economic, political, religious, and technological forces that affect the corrections system. All students gain an understanding of the corrections system through the authors critical and issues-oriented presentation of materials. The ebook consistently introduces meaningful, clear, and exciting examples illustrating various issues and concepts.
Corrections: A Critical Approach (3rd Edition) ? eBook
- Author: Michael Welch
- File Size: 4 MB
- Format: ePub (converted PDF available on request for free)
- Length: 768 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 3rd edition
- Publication Date: October 14, 2013
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00FVVI47Y
- ISBN-10: 0415782090
- ISBN-13: 9780415782098
