Research on corrections. Refers to one of the components of the criminal justice system. This includes halfway houses, parole programs, prisons, and probation programs. In some countries, as well as in Western countries in the past, this also included judicially-ordered corporal punishment. Corrections is the process of trying to correct an individual so that they do not engage in criminal ... [MORE] States@ (43) 1. Community Corrections - Alternatives to incarceration including research studies on this topic. 2. Community Corrections of Pennsylvania - An association of corrections professionals who work with offenders in various community settings. 3. Criminal Offenders Statistics - Information, statistics, and publications about criminal offenders in the United States. 4. Female Inmates in Oklahoma: An Updated Profile and Programming Assessment - Oklahoma has more female inmates (per capita) than any other state; this paper examines whether the state's correctional facilities meet the needs of women. 5. Oriana House Inc. - Oriana House, Inc. of Ohio is a private, nonprofit agency that assists people in overcoming chemical dependencies and provides suitable, reintegrating community corrections programs 6. Parole Source - Providing non-attorney guidance for parole preparation including support for inmates and families wishing to understand the Texas parole process. Providing community and family re-entry strategies. 7. Seiter Correctional Consulting - Provides professional solutions to correctional issues. 8. Sentencing Project - Information about crime, courts, sentencing, criminal justice policy analysis, punishment, alternatives to incarceration and reform. 9. A Description of Speak Outs in Oklahoma Prisons - Describes speak out programs, as they evolved from the "Scared Straight" program of the 1970s. 10. A Profile of Women Inmates in the State of Oklahoma - Describes the differences and similarities between Oklahoma's female inmates and other female inmates nation-wide. 11. Adding It Up - Develops a conceptual framework for examining the economic impact of incarceration on human capital, families and communities. 12. Correctional Service of Canada - Research reports on offenders, substance abuse, and federally sentenced women and men. 13. Corrections Connection - Resource for research on prison issues. 14. Federal Bureau of Prisons - Statistical data on federal prison populations by gender, race, ethnicity, age and other demographic characteristics. 15. Growing Up Behind Bars: Confinement, Youth Development and Crime - Presents an exploration of the net impact of confinement on youth age 16 and younger and proposes a research plan to examine this issue. 16. National Institute of Corrections - Provides access to resources, targeted toward corrections practitioners and research. 17. Profile of Women Incarcerated For Murder in Oklahoma - Survey data of female inmates in Oklahoma are utilized to study the characteristics of women incarcerated for murder. 18. Substance Abuse Among Female Prisoners in Oklahoma - Using a volunteer sample of 547 women prisoners, this study compares female drug users and nondrug users by race. 19. United States Sentencing Commission - Agency establishes sentencing policies and practices for the Federal courts. Contains reports to Congress, publications, Federal sentencing guidelines, and Federal sentencing statistics.

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