Prisons and jails : a reader / [edited by] Richard Tewksbury, Dean Dabney.

Includes bibliographical references.

Modern corrections: philosophical understandings -- Reading 1. Imprisonment rates and the new politics of criminal punishment / Franklin E. Zimring -- Reading 2. The good, the bad, and the (sometimes) ugly truths: American penal goals and perspectives / Richard Tewksbury and Matthew T. DeMichele -- Reading 3. From the big house to the warehouse: rethinking prisons and state government in the twentieth century / Jonathan Simon -- Legal issues in corrections -- Reading 4. Prisoners' rights and the Rehnquist court era / Christopher E. Smith -- Reading 5. Constitutional issues arising from "three strikes and you're out" legislation / Frank A. Zeigler and Rolando V. Del Carmen -- The psychology of imprisonment -- Reading 6. Ambivelent actions: prison adaptation strategies of first-time, short-term inmates / Thomas J. Schmid and Richard S. Jones -- Reading 7. The mad, the bad, and the abandoned: the mentally ill in prisons and jails / Chris Sigurdson -- Inmate misconduct -- Reading 8. Physical violence inside prisons: rates of victimization / Nancy Wolff ... [et al.] -- Reading 9. The impact of institutional factors on officially reported sexual assaults in prisons / Christopher Hensley, Mary Koscheski, and Richard Tewksbury -- Reading 10. Smoke 'em if you got 'em: cigarette black markets in U.S. prisons and jails / Stephen E. Lankenau -- Managing and responding to misconduct -- Reading 11. Prison crime in New York State / David R. Eichenthal and Laurel Blatchford -- Reading 12. Gangs behind bars: prevalence, conduct, and response / Mark Fleisher and Scott H. Decker -- Reading 13. Prison guards and the use of physical coercion as a mechanism of prisoner control / James W. Marquart -- Correctional staff -- Reading 14. A typology of correctional officers / Mary Ann Farkas -- Reading 15. Correctional officer stress: a cause for concern and additional help / Peter Finn -- Reading 16. The correctional orientation of prison wardens: is the rehabilitation ideal supported? / Francis T. Cullen ... [et al.] -- Reading 17. Reasons for professors to teach in prison / Richard Tewksbury -- Institutional programming -- Reading 18. Insiders' views of prison amenities: beliefs and perceptions of correctional staff members / Richard Tewksbury and Elizabeth Ehrhardt Mustaine -- Reading 19. Drug abuse treatment in prisons and jails / Carl G. Leukefeld and Frank R. Tims -- Health care issues -- Reading 20. Health condition and prisoners: a review of research and emerging areas of inquiry / James W. Marquart ... [et al.].

Reading 21. The impact of HIV/AIDS on corrections / Mark Blumberg and J. Dennis Laster -- Reading 22. Incompetent jail and prison doctors / Dean A. Dabney and Michael S. Vaughn -- Inmate families -- Reading 23. Families and children / Jeremy Travis -- Reading 24. In the tube at San Quentin: the "secondary prisonization" of women visiting inmates / Megan L. Comfort -- Age-specific issues in corrections -- Reading 25. Moving beyond the "Pepsi generation": the contemporary inmate subculture in juvenile correctional settings / Wilson R. Palacios -- Reading 26. Juveniles in adult prisons: problems and prospects / Frances P. Reddington and Allen D. Sapp -- Reading 27. Challenges posed by older prisoners: what we know about America's aging prison population / John J. Kerbs and Jennifer M. Jolley -- Gender issues in corrections -- Reading 28. Confronting problems faced by pregnant inmates in state prisons / John D. Wooldredge and Kimberly Masters -- Reading 29. Gender and occupational culture conflict: a study of women jail officers / Eric D. Poole and Mark R. Pogrebin -- Death row -- Reading 30. The death row community revisited: lessons learned from community psychology / Bruce A. Arrigo, Carol R. Fowler, and Kristie R. Blevins -- Reading 31. Humanizing death row inmates / Michael L. Radelet -- Unique challenges -- Reading 32. A comparative evaluation of a new generation jail / James L. Williams, Daniel G. Rodeheaver, and Denise W. Huggins -- Reading 33. Trauma exposure, mental health functioning, and program needs of women in jail / Bonnic L. Green ... [et al.] -- Reading 34. Incarcerating ourselves: tribal jails and corrections / Eileen M. Luna-Firebaugh -- Corrections in the community -- Reading 35. Residential community correctional programs / Edward J. Latessa and Lawrence F. Travis -- Reading 36. A qualitative assessment of the pains experienced on electronic monitoring / Brian K. Payne and Randy R. Gainey -- Reading 37. Prisoner reentry: public safety and reintegration challenges / Joan Petersilia -- Future directions in corrections -- Reading 38. Corrections and sentencing in the twenty-first century: evidence-based corrections and sentencing / Doris Layton MacKenzie -- Reading 39. The future of supermax confinement / Hans Toch -- Reading 40. Public-private partnerships in the U.S. prison system / Anne Larason Schneider.