Corrections

<p><em>Corrections: A Critical Approach 3rd edition</em> confronts mass imprisonment in the United States a nation boasting the highest incarceration rate in the world. This statistic is all the more troubling considering that its correctional population is overrepresented by the poor African-Americans and Latinos.</p><p>Not only throwing crucial light on matters involving race and social class this book also identifies and examines the key social forces shaping penal practice in the US - politics economics morality and technology. By attending closely to historical and theoretical development the narrative takes into account both instrumental (goal-oriented) and expressive (cultural) explanations to sharpen our understanding of punishment and the growing reliance on incarceration.</p><p>Covering five main areas of inquiry - penal context penal populations penal violence penal process and penal state - this book is essential reading for both undergraduate and graduate students interested in undertaking a critical analysis of penology.</p>