After almost 50 years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children are all making catastrophes of their own lives. Enid however, has her heart set on one last family Christmas.

This book examines corrections not just from an academic view, but from those who are at the center of the system. It includes correctional history and theory, yet concentrates on what professionals do, why they do it, and the challenges they face every day. Taking an insider’s view, this edition discusses the impact of budgetary challenges, alternatives to incarceration and updates to legal decisions. This book is fully updated to include the latest on: This is just the standalone book.

• Problems solving courts (mental health)
• Evidence-based practices
• Staff recruitment and retention issues
• Private prisons
• Correctional technology
• Prisoner reentry 

Some new features to this edition include:

• New! A new section on the impact of budgetary challenges
• New! A new section on alternatives to incarceration 
• New! Updated legal decisions

This is a perfect resource for individuals and taxpayers interested in today's criminal justice system, and an understanding of how programs operate and how much they cost.

Stretching from the Midwest at mid-century to contemporary Wall Street, this story of a family's breakdown brings an old-fashioned world of civic virtue and sexual inhibitions into collision with the era of home surveillance, do-it-yourself mental healthcare, and globalized greed.