Articles from Corrections Compendium (June 22, 2009)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
An examination of legal cases involving the use of Tasers and stun guns on pretrial detainees.	Barua, Vidisha; Worley, Robert M.		8014
Attorney General addresses sentencing policy.	Gormsen, Lia		226
Computer use for/by inmates.			4179
Continuing education home-study quiz.			410
Corrections Calendar.		Calendar	348
Cruel and Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America.	Goodman, Joel		754
Disparate Outcomes for adjudicated delinquent youths.	Dare, Patricia Stoddard; Mallett, Christopher A.; Welch, Chiquita		5153
Dogs trained in prison for injured veterans.	Gormsen, Lia		190
In a study of more than 20,000 adults entering five local jails, researchers documented serious mental illnesses in 14.5 percent of the men and 31 percent of the women. Taken together, this comprises 16.9 percent of those studied.	Gormsen, Lia		262
Individuals first arrested for robbery at age 18 had the same arrest rate 7.7 years later as a same-age individual in the general population.	Gormsen, Lia		284
More than three-quarters (77 percent) of adults believe alternatives to incarceration do not decrease public safety.	Gormsen, Lia		176
Stressors and burnout among correctional staff.	Lambert, Eric G.; Hogan, Nancy L.; Jiang, Shanhe; Jenkins, Morris		7559
Texas officials can withdraw from inmate accounts.	Gormsen, Lia		214
Thai princess comes to the aid of female inmates.	Hill, Gary		1709
The U.S. needs to reduce its overreliance on incarceration and detention of juveniles, and instead redirect resources into proven strategies that cost less, enhance public safety and increase the success of youths who come in contact with the juvenile courts.	Gormsen, Lia		178