Corrections: The Essentials
Third Edition
Learning Objectives
- Understand the origins of corrections
- Appreciate that what we do now in corrections is often grounded in historical experience (or a repeat of it)
- Know the different types of corrections used historically
- Identify some of the key Enlightenment thinkers, their ideas, and how they changed corrections
- Describe colonial jails and early prisons in America and how they operated
- Understand historical innovations in corrections (e.g., the panopticon) and how they worked out