Correctional facilities and correctional treatment : : international perspectives / / edited by Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves.

• TeilnehmendeR: Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : IntechOpen,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 pages)

This book provides international perspectives on corrections, correctional treatment, and penitentiary laws. Although its focus is on African and South American countries, the information provided can be easily expanded to North America and Europe. The chapters present legal frameworks and applied research on prisons and their potential to deter crime and reduce recidivism rates. The book puts the human rights agenda at the forefront and is a useful resource for those who work in corrections, including prison, education, and probation officers.

Table of Contents

1. Perspective Chapter: Purposes of Judgment of a Person Convicted for International Crimes in Light of the International Criminal Law -- 2. Perspective Chapter: Phenomenology and Legal Framework for Recognition and Responding to Prison Discrimination -- 3. Forgive and Regret: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Forgiveness in the US and Rwandan Criminal Justice Systems -- 4. Predictors Hampering Treatment of Offenders in Nigeria's Custodian Centres -- 5. Penitentiary Treatment: Its Perspectives in Argentina - Legal and Criminological Analysis -- 6. Preventive Prison as the Last Ratio -- 7. Mental Health Burden and Burnout in Correctional Workers -- 8. "This Place Is Going to Burn": Measuring Prison Climate in Three Facilities.