The book is divided into three major parts (The Correctional Context, Correctional Practices and Correctional Issues and Perspectives) comprising 22 chapters, with summaries and study questions: (1) The Corrections System; (2) The Early History of Correctional Thought and Practice; (3) The History of Corrections in America; (4) The Punishment of Offenders; (5) The Law of Corrections; (6) The Correctional Client; (7) Jails: Detention and Short-Term Incarceration; (8) Probation; (9) Intermediate Sanctions and Community Corrections; (10) Incarceration; (11) The Prison Experience; (12) Incarceration of Women; (13) Institutional Management; (14) Institutional Programs; (15) Release from Incarceration; (16) Making It: Supervision in the Community; (17) Corrections for Juvenile Offenders; (18) Incarceration Trends; (19) Race, Ethnicity, and Corrections; (20) The Death Penalty; (21) Surveillance and Control in the Community; and (22) Community Justice. An epilogue discussing American Corrections Today and Tomorrow reviews five correctional dilemmas and changing corrections. Figures, tables, notes, bibliographies, appendix, glossary, index