FOLLOWING AN INTRODUCTION WHICH DISCUSSES CORRECTIONAL PHILOSOPHIES, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM AND THE POLICE, COURTS, AND CORRECTIONAL FUNCTIONS. SEVERAL CHAPTERS ARE DEVOTED TO PRISONS, COVERING SUCH TOPICS AS THE HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF PRISONS, PRISON ADMINISTRATION, PRISON UNREST AND INMATES. COMMENTS ARE MADE ON THE FEMALE IN THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM, FOCUSING ON TOPICS SUCH AS THE EXTENT OF FEMALE CRIMINALITY, THEORIES OF CRIME CAUSATION, AND THREE INSTITUTIONS FOR WOMEN (STATE INSTITUTIONS IN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON AND THE FEDERAL INSTITUTION AT ALDERSON, WEST VIRGINIA). A SECTION ON THE JUVENILE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM DEALS WITH SUCH TOPICS AS TREATMENT EFFORTS AND POLICE AND THE JUVENILE. TWO CHAPTERS ARE DEVOTED TO THE JUVENILE AND THE MISDEMEANANT IN THE SYSTEM. OTHER CHAPTERS DEAL WITH VICTIMOLOGY, STAFFING FOR THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM, AND THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PROBATION AND PAROLE. A DISCUSSION OF ASPECTS OF CONTEMPORARY CORRECTIONS COVERS SUCH TOPICS AS CONJUGAL VISITING, HALFWAY HOUSES, AND DRUG PROGRAMS. A CHAPTER ON MEASURING SUCCESS DEALS WITH CORRECTIONAL RESEARCH AND ITS LIMITATIONS, SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND TECHNOLOGY, AND THE FUTURE OF CORRECTIONAL RESEARCH. THE FINAL CHAPTER TAKES A LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF CORRECTIONS. EACH CHAPTER ENDS WITH SELECTED CLASS PROJECTS. A GLOSSARY AND APPENDIXES CONTAINING SELECTED CONVICT VOCABULARY, A PRISONERS' RIGHTS ACT, AND THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION ARE INCLUDED.