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Covers receipts and expenditures of appropriations and other funds.
The Oxford Handbook of Prisons and Imprisonment provides the only single source that bridges social scientific and behavioral perspectives, providing graduate students with a more comprehensive understanding of the topic, academics with a body of knowledge that will more effectively inform their own research, and practitioners with an overview of evidence-based best practices.
"An evidence-based approach to crime and justice policy can go a long way toward ensuring that the best available research is considered in decisions that bear on the public good. However, the term "evidence-based" is characterized by a great deal of rhetoric. Indeed, there remains a marked disjuncture between calls for "evidence-based" policy and an understanding of what it means for policy to be "evidence-based." The calls for evidence-based policy nonetheless provide a powerful foundation for propelling a movement toward bringing about rational, cost-effective, and humane policies for the betterment of society. This handbook showcases the state of research on evidence-based crime and just...
A historical and theological account of the development of the Latino Ministries in the New England Conference.
Millions of children around the world continue to be adversely impacted when they suffer the loss of a mother or father due to incarceration. Nothing is more powerful than being up close and personal with children of the incarcerated who share their real-life stories in this poignant and insightful book. Their first-hand accounts help the reader to put a face to the numbers and see life from their vantage point. Judges, social workers, prison superintendents, corrections department administrators, formerly incarcerated fathers, incarcerated mothers and fathers, and caregivers, including mothers and grandmothers, also share eye-opening stories. This powerful book provides an opportunity to learn about international programs, as well as programs in the US, that are making a difference in the lives of these children and to learn about policies and best practices for engaging with children of the incarcerated, their parents, and caregivers.