Acknowledgments

• Jurisdiction: United States

Acknowledgments

Teaching correctional courses for over fifteen years often requires us to expand the discussion beyond the boundaries of the course curricula. Many times, students are eager to understand why some policies and practices are the way they are, and why some Justices decided the way they did. Attempting to explain such decisions always leads back to basic penological explanations and basic correctional concepts. It is within this context that the idea of this book came to life. For this, we are thankful to all our corrections and penology students who challenged us through the years, and placed their intellect and curiosity in the forefront of their learning. We are also thankful to our colleagues at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham for their mental support and advice during the daunting stages of writing.

Beth Hall, from Carolina Academic Press, deserves special recognition and applause for her critical role in bringing this project to publication...