Sentencing and corrections: overlapping and inseparable subjects / Mass incarceration: from social policy to social problem / Race, ethnicity, and punishment / The collateral effects of imprisonment on prisoners, their families, and communities / Crime victims, sentencing, and release from prison / Sentencing --Theories of proportionality and desert / Problem-solving courts: an international comparison / Searching for Sasquatch: deterrence of crime through sentence severity / Risk assessment / Restorative justice as evidence-based sentencing / Charging and plea bargaining as forms of sentencing discretion / The "traditional" indeterminate sentencing model / The sentencing commission model, 1970s to present / Procedure at sentencing / Corrections -- American corrections: reform without change / Probation, intermediate sanctions, and community-based corrections / Jails, pre-trial detention, and short term confinement / Prison governance: correctional leadership in the current era / Prison conditions: some international comparisons / Understanding the impact of drug treatment in correctional settings / The effectiveness of corrections-based work and academic and vocational education programs / Identifying, treating, and reducing risk for offenders with mental illness / Sex offender management and treatment / Female offenders and women in prison / The psychological effects of imprisonment / Living life behind bars in America / The present status and future prospects of parole boards and parole supervision / Life on the outside: transitioning from prison to the community / The characteristics of prisoners returning home and effective reentry programs and policies / Broken and beyond repair: the American death penalty and the insuperable obstacles to reform / The dark at the top of the stairs: four destructive influences of capital punishment on American criminal justice