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Canadian Corrections, 7th Edition provides a comprehensive overview of the organization, history, and contemporary issues shaping Canada’s correctional systems. Widely used across university and college programs, this text blends descriptive and analytical coverage with practical applications drawn from the experiences of correctional personnel and justice-involved individuals. Students will develop a critical understanding of the forces that influence society’s responses to crime, and those who come into conflict with the law.
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Part 1: Canadian Corrections: Setting the Framework
Chapter 1: Perspectives on Crime and Punishment
Chapter 2: The Origins and Evolution of Canadian Corrections
Chapter 3: Contemporary Canadian Corrections
Chapter 4: Sentencing: Beginning the Corrections Process
Part 2: Corrections in the Community: Alternatives to Confinement
Chapter 5: Alternatives to Confinement
Part 3: Incarceration
Chapter 6: Correctional Institutions
Chapter 7: Working Inside: The Experience of Correctional Officers
Chapter 8: Doing Time: The Experience of Incarcerated Persons
Chapter 9: Case Management, Classification, and Correctional Programming
Part 4: Returning to the Community: Release, Re-Entry, and Reintegration
Chapter 10: Release from Incarceration
Chapter 11: Re-entry and Life After Prison
Part 5: Going Forward: Challenges and Opportunities in Canadian Corrections
Chapter 12: Creating Effective Systems of Corrections
Glossary
Index