skip to content
Correctional administration : integrating theory and practice
ClosePreview this item

Correctional administration : integrating theory and practice

Author: Richard P Seiter
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Discusses theory and practice of correctional administration.
Rating:

(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

 

Find a copy in the library

Retrieving... Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Seiter, Richard P.
Correctional administration.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2002
(OCoLC)762936879
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Richard P Seiter
ISBN: 0130871478 9780130871473
OCLC Number: 46928732
Description: xxi, 502 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Correctional administration : past to present --
Leadership and management of corrections --
Creating a vision, mission statement, and strategic plan --
Punishment and other correctional goals --
Programs and services --
Offender classification and risk assessment --
Staff organization and functions --
Creating a safe and secure environment --
Managing violent and disruptive inmates --
The basics : food, housing, and medical care --
Human resource management for corrections --
Supervising and empowering employees --
The role of staff in corrections --
Critical issues for correctional administration --
Confronting the increasing costs of corrections --
The future and correctional administration.
Responsibility: Richard P. Seiter.

Abstract:

Discusses theory and practice of correctional administration.

Reviews

User-contributed reviews
Retrieving weRead reviews...
Retrieving GoodReads reviews...
Retrieving Amazon reviews...

Tags

Be the first.
Confirm this request

You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway.

Close Window

Please sign in to WorldCat 

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.