This introductory-level corrections textbook examines the nature and application of corrections and punishment and provides an overview of criminological, historical, legal, and policy-oriented works so that students can understand its importance and implications in our society. This approach provides students with a information and perspective that promotes critical thinking and analysis. We believe this approach will be helpful whether the student has an eventual career in the broad field of criminal justice or is an informed consumer of crime news and information. Three major themes orient the textrs"s content and structure: Linking theory and practice The importance of policy Inclusiveness (integrating gender and race/ethnicity into each chapter as standard coverage rather than covered as special issues as done in the competing books)

Leanne F. Alarid is associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Texas-San Antonio.  From 1996-2006, she taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.  While at UMKC, she received a faculty scholar award for excellence in research.  She earned her M.A. in criminal justice/criminology and her Ph.D. in criminal justice, both from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.  She double majored with a B.A. in psychology and sociology from the University of Northern Colorado.

 

Dr. Alarid's areas of expertise are institutional and community corrections, women and crime, and criminal justice policy.  She is the author of over 20 journal articles and book chapters.  She most recently co-authored Community-Based Corrections, 7e.  She co-edited four books, including In Her Own Words:  Women's Offenders' Views on Crime and Victimization; Behind a Convict's Eyes:  Doing Time in a Modern Day Prison; Correctional Perspectives:  Views from Academics, Practitioners, and Prisoners; and Controversies in Criminal Justice.

 

Alarid worked as a counselor for a girls' group home and as a correctional case manager at an adult halfway house, both in Denver, Colorado.

 

 

Philip Reichel is a tenured full professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Northern Colorado, where he has been since 1983. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in sociology from Kansas State University and his B.S. degree in sociology from Nebraska Wesleyan University. Prior to beginning his teaching career, Dr. Reichel worked as a counselor at the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex (now the Nebraska State Penitentiary) in Lincoln.

 

During his more than 30 years in academia, Dr. Reichel has received awards for his teaching, advising, service, and scholarship. Especially notable among those were his university's Distinguished Scholar award in 2003 and his selection in 2005 by the student council as Advisor of the Year. He is the author of Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: A Topical Approach (2005, Prentice Hall); editor of the Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice (2005, Sage Publications); has authored or co-authored more than thirty articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries. His areas of expertise include corrections, comparative justice systems, and transnational crime. He is active in both the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, where he recently served as Chair of the International Section.