Crime and Corrections: Lessons Learned by a Career Corrections Practitioner

This book is intended to serve legislators, practitioners, academicians, and students of criminal justice. The author's goal is to pass along to others involved in criminal justice-related employment or academic studies lessons he learned during his career with the hope that these lessons will: Persuade policy makers, practitioners, academicians, and students that contrary to popular belief, the cause of criminal behavior is unknown, and neither punishment nor rehabilitation effectively deter or prevent criminal behavior Encourage them to redirect some effort and resources in scientific research designed to determine what causes criminal behavior Urge them to stop trying to reform prisons and develop alternatives for prisons using advanced technology "In the end, I felt like a farmer must feel who plowed the same field every day, never planting a seed, never harvesting a crop"