This book is filled with current and compelling case excerpts that highlight a full range of legal issues facing corrections professionals today. But that's just the beginning of its value to aspiring and practicing corrections officers. Christopher Smith, legal scholar, teacher, and best-selling author, also includes illuminating narratives to accompany each case excerpt that guide you beyond the confusing legal jargon and facts to the underlying legal principles involved.<BR><BR>Comprehensive in coverage, Smith's Law and Contemporary Corrections not only offers an indepth look at prisoners' right, but also contains a broad range of corrections law topics often neglected in other books such as decision-making process affecting corrections cases, and the impact of law on corrections personnnel.