Chapter 12
The Future of Corrections
What practices may lie in the future of corrections?
What changes can we expect in the inmate
population of prisons and jails in the future?
What kinds of problems may confront the
corrections system of the future?
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Future Correctional Philosophies
• What is the current corrections philosophy
that drives the entire system?
• What are the choices for a new philosophy?
• What forces are moving the nation toward
the choice conundrum?
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What will the future bring?
• Two factors may well shape the answer to
this question
1. Achievement of the prisoner population
“breaking point”
2. New manifestations of the “law of criminal
justice thermodynamics”
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Future Correctional Practices
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Intermediate Sanctions
Parole Supervision
Boot Camps
New Kinds of Institutions and Architecture
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Future Correctional Practices
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Prison (and Jail) Industries
Banishment
Technological Applications
Future of the Death Penalty
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Future Correctional Populations
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Race and Prisoners
Women and the Correctional System
Infectious Diseases and Crowded Facilities
Correcting Juvenile Offenders
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Future Correctional Problems
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Women in the Correctional Workplace
Legislative Trends
Controlling Correctional Costs
Dealing with Institutional Violence and
Inmate Uprisings
• Dealing with Crowding
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Future Correctional Research
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What can research do for us?
What can research not do for us?
What kinds of research do we need?
What kinds of questions should we be
asking?
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