As prison populations increase in Australia and worldwide, Corrections Criminology is a timely stocktake of what we know about corrections. The book encompasses corrections in the community as well as private and public prisons. It is written by leading academics and senior practitioners.

The book covers seven main themes:

• Trends in Correctional Populations (in Australia and worldwide)
• The Objectives, Standards, and Efficacy of Imprisonment, including key issues such as accountability, treatment of prisoners, security, and privatisation
• Special Prison Populations, such as Indigenous, female, and ageing prisoners
• Prisoner Health, including mental health and strategies for minimising self-harm
• Rehabilitation and Reparation, including consideration of "what works?" and post-release support
• Correctional Officers, particularly considering the changing career of corrections staff and
• Future Directions in corrections.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: CORRECTIONS CRIMINOLOGY
Sean O'Toole (Assistant Director, Learning and Staff Development) & Simon Eyland (Director, Corporate Research, Evaluation and Statistics) - NSW Department of Corrective Services
CHAPTER 2: WORLD CORRECTIONAL POPULATIONS TRENDS AND ISSUES
Mike Bartlett - Manager, International Programs, NSW Dept of Corrective Services
CHAPTER 3: PRISON POPULATIONS IN AUSTRALIA
Kyleigh Heggie - Research and Information Manager, NSW Dept of Corrective Services
CHAPTER 4: AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS POPULATION TRENDS AND ISSUES
David Daley - Director, Community Corrections Victoria
CHAPTER 5: PRISONOGRAPHY: SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE AND PERSPECTIVES ABOUT PRISONS
Professor Lucien Lombard - Old Dominion University, US
CHAPTER 6: COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY AND PENAL REFORM
Professor David Brown - University of NSW
CHAPTER 7: SECURITY IN CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS
Ron Woodham - Commissioner, NSW Department of Corrective Services
CHAPTER 8: PRIVATISATION IN THE CORRECTIONS INDUSTRY
Sean O’Toole - Assistant Director, Learning and Staff Development, NSW Department of Corrective Services
CHAPTER 9: HUMAN RIGHTS IN CORRECTIONS PRACTICE
Brian Tkachuk & Eileen Skinnider - International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, Canada
CHAPTER 10: "GOOD CORRECTIONS": IMPLICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Ole Ingstrup - Commissioner, Correctional Service of Canada (1988-1992/1996-2000), President of the International Corrections and Prisons Association
CHAPTER 11: INSPECTING PRISONS
Professor Richard Harding - Inspector of Custodial Services for Western Australia
CHAPTER 12: CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE IN PRISONS
Professor Ross Homel & Carleen Thompson - Griffith University
CHAPTER 13: THE OVER-REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENOUS PERSONS IN CUSTODY
Bill Anscombe - Charles Sturt University
CHAPTER 14: RISK AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN WOMEN'S PRISONS
Professor Pat Carlen - Keele University, UK
CHAPTER 15: MANAGING AN AGEING PRISON POPULATION
Dr. John Dawes - Charles Sturt University
CHAPTER 16: PRISONER HEALTH
Michael Levy (Director) & Tony Butler (Research Manager) - Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice, Justice Health NSW
Tony Falconer - Consultant, Health & Medical, Queensland Corrections
CHAPTER 17: MANAGING MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS RELEASED FROM JAIL - THE US EXPERIENCE
Professor Dale Sechrest - University of California, US
Associate Professor Don Josi - Armstrong Atlantic State University, US
CHAPTER 18: OFFENDERS WITH DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCIES
Maria Kevin - Senior Research Officer, NSW Department of Corrective Services
CHAPTER 19: A FRAMEWORK FOR MINIMISING THE INCIDENCE OF SELF-HARM IN PRISON
Dr. Greg Dear - Edith Cowan University
CHAPTER 20: BEYOND WHAT WORKS – A RETROSPECTIVE OF ROBERT MARTINSON'S FAMOUS ARTICLE
Associate Professor Rick Sarre - University of South Australia
[This chapter was previously published under the title "Beyond 'What Works?': A 25 Year Jubilee Retrospective of Robert Martinson's Famous Article," The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 34 (1), 38-46, 2001. Reprinted with Permission]
CHAPTER 21: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PRISON AND THE COMMUNITY: POST-RELEASE SUPPORT AND SUPERVISION
Dr. Stuart Ross - Centre for Criminological Research and Evaluation, Melbourne University Private
CHAPTER 22: PRISON INDUSTRIES IN A TIME OF SCIENCE-BASED PRISON PROGRAMMING
Judy McHutchison - Senior Research Officer, NSW Department of Corrective Services
CHAPTER 23: THE EFFECT OF POST-RELEASE HOUSING ON PRISONER RE-INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY
Dr. Eileen Baldry - University of New South Wales
CHAPTER 24: ETHICS AND THE ROLE OF THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER
Anna Grant - Crime Prevention Officer, Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission
CHAPTER 25: MEASURING PRISONS AND THEIR MORAL PERFORMANCE
Alison Liebling - Director Prisons Research Centre, Cambridge University, UK
CHAPTER 26: PROFESSIONALISING THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER: THE US PERSPECTIVE
Professor Don A. Josi - University of California, US
Associate Professor Dale K. Sechrest - Armstrong State University, US
CHAPTER 27: HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYSIS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CORRECTIONS INDUSTRY
Sean O’Toole - Assistant Director, Learning and Staff Development, NSW Department of Corrective Services
CHAPTER 28: TOWARDS CRIME PREVENTION
Professor David Biles - Charles Sturt University
CHAPTER 29: WHAT FUTURE FOR THE PRISON?
Paul Wilson - Professor of Criminology, Bond University