Description: Maroun/Siegel/Bartollas' CORRECTIONS TODAY, 5th EDITION, is a concise, visual paperback alternative to hardback Introduction to Corrections texts. This innovative text examines the field of corrections through the lens of students who are giving serious thought to a career in the field, or who are working in corrections while seeking an advanced degree. Updated with new professional profiles and coverage of the latest insights into restorative justice, recidivism, special offender populations, the use of private prisons, COVID-19 impact and more, this edition offers an application based and thoroughly authoritative introduction to corrections. What's more, the MindTap that accompanies this text helps students practice and master techniques and key concepts while engaging them with video cases, career-based decision-making scenarios and visual summaries.
Brief description: Rimonda R. Maroun, Ph.D., completed her doctoral work at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and is currently a faculty member in the criminal justice department at Endicott College. Her primary research interests include evidence-based treatment modalities in corrections, juvenile justice policy and practice, and race and ethnicity across the justice system from initial contact to sentencing and correctional treatment. Her recent monograph, Contextual Characteristics in Juvenile Sentencing, examines the impact of community characteristics, specifically concentrated disadvantage, on juvenile court outcomes. Dr. Maroun has a passion for challenging students to think critically about how they can have a positive effect on the criminal justice system, no matter what career path they take.