Innovations in Corrections
About the Book Series
An emphasis on innovation is evident in the field of corrections. While changes in policies and public opinion regarding sentencing philosophies such as mass incarceration bump up against the reality that budgets continue to be tightened and the division of these revenues is more competitive, innovative strategies become all the more valuable. The premise behind innovation is effecting improvements without sacrificing the overall safety and security of the institution. Through research and evaluation, we seek to identify what works and what does not work. Books in the Routledge Innovations in Corrections series explore innovations in the field of corrections and offer the latest insight into the field through research, theoretical applications, case studies, and evaluations.
Transformation During Incarceration: Breaking the System
1st Edition
By Deanna Evans
August 29, 2025
This book moves beyond rehabilitative strategies in corrections to engage a more holistic understanding of the communal experiences behind prison walls. Behavioral deficit models dominate the field of corrections theory: rehabilitation, retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, and restoration. Even...
Health and Well-Being in Prison Design: A Theory of Prison Systems and a Framework for Evolution
1st Edition
By Alberto Urrutia-Moldes
January 29, 2024
This book establishes a new framework for prison design to promote the health and well-being of all prison users. Based on international research in Norway, Finland, the USA, and Chile, and drawing on the expertise of key international advisors, this book uniquely reveals the perspectives of both ...
Prisons and Community Corrections: Critical Issues and Emerging Controversies
1st Edition
Edited
By Philip Birch, Louise Sicard
April 29, 2022
This edited collection brings together leading international academics and researchers to provide a comprehensive body of literature that informs the future of prison and wider corrective services training, education, research, policy and practice. This volume addresses a range of 21st century ...
Prisoner Reentry in the 21st Century: Critical Perspectives of Returning Home
1st Edition
Edited
By Keesha M. Middlemass, CalvinJohn Smiley
June 30, 2021
This groundbreaking edited volume evaluates prisoner reentry using a critical approach to demonstrate how the many issues surrounding reentry do not merely intersect but are in fact reinforcing and interdependent. The number of former incarcerated persons with a felony conviction living in the ...
Recalibrating Juvenile Detention: Lessons Learned from the Court-Ordered Reform of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center
1st Edition
By David W. Roush
March 31, 2021
Recalibrating Juvenile Detention chronicles the lessons learned from the 2007 to 2015 landmark US District Court-ordered reform of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) in Illinois, following years of litigation by the ACLU about egregious and unconstitutional conditions of ...
Correctional Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Communities: Reducing Recidivism Through Behavior Change
1st Edition
By Jennifer Pealer
September 27, 2018
Drawing on original research on the effectiveness of a therapeutic community (TC) in reducing recidivism among juvenile male offenders, Correctional Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Communities: Reducing Recidivism Through Behavior Change provides a comprehensive review of the current state of drug ...
Rural Jail Reentry: Offender Needs and Challenges
1st Edition
By Kyle Ward
August 23, 2018
Today’s high recidivism rates, combined with the rising costs of jails and prisons, are increasingly seen as problems that must be addressed on both moral and financial grounds. Research on prison and jail reentry typically focuses on barriers stemming from employment, housing, mental health, and ...