Individual sections explain the relationship of corrections to other parts of the criminal justice system, conflicting correctional goals, crime causes theory, offender characteristics, the history of corrections, community-based corrections, jails, prisons, and institutional programs and procedures. Other sections focus on inmate classification, counseling and casework, inmate treatment, the effects of institutional life on inmates, the nature of probation and parole, juvenile corrections, correctional personnel, corrections management, and legal issues. Current and future issues such as privatization in corrections, AIDS in correctional facilities, accreditation, and correctional reform are also explored. Lists of learning goals for specific sections, chapter overviews and summaries, figures, photographs, illustrations, footnotes, and index