Francis T. Cullen & Cheryl Lero Jonson 
The American Prison 
Imagining a Different Future

For the first time in four decades, prison populations are declining and politicians have reached the consensus that mass imprisonment is no longer sustainable. At this unique moment in the history of corrections, the opportunity has emerged to discuss in meaningful ways how best to shape efforts to control crime and to intervene effectively with offenders. This breakthrough book brings together established correctional scholars to imagine what this prison future might entail. Each scholar uses his or her expertise to craft—in an accessible way for students to read—a blueprint for how to create a new penology along a particular theme. For example, one contributor writes about how to use existing research expertise to create a prison that is therapeutic and another provides insight on how to create a ‘feminist’ prison. In the final chapter the editors pull together the ‘lessons learned’ in a cohesive, comprehensive essay.

Daftar Isi

Chapter 1. The Therapeutic Prison – Paula Smith and Myrinda Schweitzer

Chapter 2. The Restorative Prison – Lois Presser

Chapter 3. The Faith-Based Prison – Byron R. Johnson

Chapter 4. The Virtuous Prison – Francis T. Cullen, Jody L. Sundt and John F. Wozniak

Chapter 5. The Feminist Prison – Kristi Holsinger

Chapter 6. The Racially Just Prison – Craig Hemmens and Mary K. Stohr

Chapter 7. The Safe Prison – Benjamin Steiner and Benjamin Meade

Chapter 8. The Healthy Prison – Roberto Hugh Potter and Jeffrey W. Rosky

Chapter 9. The Private Prison – Kevin A. Wright

Chapter 10. The Green Prison – Mary K. Stohr and John F. Wozniak

Chapter 11. The Small Prison – Cheryl Lero Jonson, John E. Eck and Francis T. Cullen

Chapter 12. The Accountable Prison – Francis T. Cullen, Cheryl Lero Jonson and John E. Eck

Chapter 13. Lessons Learned – Mary K. Stohr, Cheryl Lero Jonson and Francis T. Cullen

Tentang Penulis

Mary K. Stohr is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University. She received a Ph D (1990) in political science from Washington State University, with specializations in criminal justice and public administration. Many moons ago, and before she earned her graduate degrees, she worked as a correctional officer and then as a counselor in an adult male prison in Washington State. Professor Stohr has published more than 100 academic works in the areas of correctional organizations and operation, correctional personnel, inmate needs and assessment, program evaluation, gender, policing, victimization, and drug policy outcomes. Books coauthored with others include The American Prison (with Cullen and Jonson); Corrections: The Essentials (with Walsh); Correctional Assessment, Casework and Counseling (with Walsh); Corrections: A Text Reader (with Walsh and Hemmens); Criminal Justice Management: Theory and Practice in Justice-Centered Organizations (with Collins); and The Prison Experience (with Hemmens). She was the executive director of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) for 5 years, received the Fellows Award from ACJS in 2018, received the Founders Award in 2009, and is a cofounder of the Corrections and Minorities and Women Sections of ACJS.