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Legal aspects of corrections management / Daryl Kosiak.

By: Kosiak, Daryl.
Burlington, Massachusetts, USA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2022Edition: Fourth edition.Description: xvi, 469 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9781284211535 (pbk).Other title: Corrections management.Subject(s): Correctional law -- United States | Prisoners -- Civil rights -- United States | Corrections -- United StatesDDC classification: 344.73035 K84
Contents:
An introduction to the law and to the legal aspects of corrections management Corrections and the criminal justice system Habeas, torts, and Section 1983 Going to court A general view of prisoners' rights under the Constitution Access to courts First Amendment : inmate mail First Amendment: inmate association rights and visiting First Amendment: religion Fourth Amendment: search and seizure, and privacy Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments: due process : inmate discipline Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments: due process : classification, transfers, personal injuries, and property loss Fourteenth Amendment: equal protection : female offenders and others Eighth Amendment: the death penalty and other sentencing issues Eighth Amendment: conditions of confinement : cruel and unusual punishment Eighth Amendment: health care Probation and parole, community corrections, and fines Statutory and administrative law Federal statutes: equal employment, disabilities, and tort claims Jails Juveniles and young offenders Privatization issues in corrections Loss of rights of convicted persons In conclusion: a postscript
Summary: Helps students evaluate how laws and court decisions drive the creation of correctional policies in America's jails and prisons. The text provides long-term perspective by citing data that spans over 60 years to demonstrate how changes in the past may impact future changes to the operations of correctional facilities.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to the law and to the legal aspects of corrections management
Corrections and the criminal justice system
Habeas, torts, and Section 1983
Going to court
A general view of prisoners' rights under the Constitution
Access to courts
First Amendment : inmate mail
First Amendment: inmate association rights and visiting
First Amendment: religion
Fourth Amendment: search and seizure, and privacy
Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments: due process : inmate discipline
Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments: due process : classification, transfers, personal injuries, and property loss
Fourteenth Amendment: equal protection : female offenders and others
Eighth Amendment: the death penalty and other sentencing issues
Eighth Amendment: conditions of confinement : cruel and unusual punishment
Eighth Amendment: health care
Probation and parole, community corrections, and fines
Statutory and administrative law
Federal statutes: equal employment, disabilities, and tort claims
Jails
Juveniles and young offenders
Privatization issues in corrections
Loss of rights of convicted persons
In conclusion: a postscript

Helps students evaluate how laws and court decisions drive the creation of correctional policies in America's jails and prisons. The text provides long-term perspective by citing data that spans over 60 years to demonstrate how changes in the past may impact future changes to the operations of correctional facilities.

College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Science in Criminology

Text in English

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