
Reform in the Making
The Implementation of Social Policy in Prison
Ann Chih Lin(Author)
Princeton University Press
Published on 7. May 2000
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-0-691-00984-1 (ISBN)
Description
Is it time to give up on rehabiliting criminals? Record numbers of Americans are going to prision, and most of them will eventually return to society with a high chance of being repaet offenders. But a decision to abandon rehabilitation programmes would be premature warns Ann Chih Lin, who finds that little attention has been given to how these programmes are actually implemented and why they tend to fail. Here, she not only supplies much-needed information on the process of programme implementation but she also considers its social context - the daily realities faced by prison staff and inmates. By offering an in-depth look at common rehabilitation programmes currently in operation - education, job training and drug treatment - and examining how they are used of misused, Lin offers a practical approach to understanding their high failure rate and how the situation could be improved.
Reviews / Votes
"An important and convincing book.... A welcome addition to the literature on both the implementation of social policy and the study of prisons.... Thoughtful and well-conceived." - Malcolm M. Feeley, Law and Politics Book Review "Ann Chih Lin reopens the debate on rehabilitation while recognizing all the pitfalls that occurred under the concept of rehabilitation, such as indeterminate sentencing.... Her book could become standard reading on penology and criminal justice in the United States." - Kathleen McDermott, Columbia UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
11 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-00984-1 (9780691009841)
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E-Book
06/2015
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Person
Ann Chih Lin is Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at the University of Michigan. With Sheldon Danziger, she is the coeditor of The Social Contexts of Urban Poverty; Qualitative Research on the African-American Experience.