Reaffirming Rehabilitation [Paperback]

Reaffirming Rehabilitation , 2nd Edition,brings fresh insights to one of the core works of criminal justice literature. This groundbreaking work analyzes the rehabilitative ideal within the American correctional system and discusses its relationship to and conflict with political ideologies. Many researchers and policymakers rejected the value of rehabilitation after Robert Martinsons proclamation that nothing works. Cullen and Gilberts book helped stem the tide of negativism that engulfed the U.S. correctional system in the years that followed the popularization of the nothing works doctrine. Now Cullen traces the social impact on U.S. corrections policy. This new edition is appropriate as a textbook in corrections courses and as recommended reading in related courses. It also serves as a resource for researchers and policymakers working in the field of corrections.Foreword to the First Edition, by Donald R. Cressey Introduction: The Unique Value of This Text 1. Crisis in Criminal Justice Policy 2. Criminal Justice Theories and Ideologies 3. The Rise of Rehabilitation 4. Attacking Rehabilitation 5. The Poverty of the Justice Model: The Corruption of Benevolence Revisited? 6. Implementing the Justice Model: Problems and Prospects 7. Reaffirming Rehabilitation 8. Conclusion: The Ebb and Flow of the Rehabilitation Debate"Reaffirming Rehabilitation is a classic. It is a must read for any scholar interested in understanding U.S. corrections and correctional policy. When first written in 1982, the book provided a clear warning of the dangers of abandoning rehabilitation, forecasting the problems that would arise for a system that embraced punishment. Their forecast proved correct. They were right  the intractable rise in incarceration damaged those who were imprisoned and the communities from which they came. The cautions they provided in the book about what would happen if correctional rehabilitation was discarded are as informative today l3.