Introduction to Correctional Services In Kenya. Origin, Organization And Development

      Аннотация: Criminal Justice, Criminology, Penology and Security are new disciplines taught in Kenyan Universities and Colleges with no local specific textbook readily available to students and practitioners. This is the first introductory textbook dealing exclusively with Correctional Services in Kenya and provides useful information about the workings of the Prisons,Probation,Community Service(CSO),After Care,Borstal Institutions,Youth Correctional Training Centres(YCTC)and Approved Schools. It is useful to Probation Officers, Police officers, Children Officers, and students taking Certificate, Diploma and Degree courses in Criminology, Criminal Justice, Penology, Sociology, Social Work and legal Studies with pertinent information in Correctional Services. It has a concise explanation of the origin, development of departments, Organization, Structures and workings of the Correctional agencies in Kenya. The writers have paid special emphasis to the Kenya framework of Correctional Agencies. African states have different Correctional regimes, command and Administration. The text has incorporated provisions of the New Constitution of Kenya 2010 in relation to Correctional Agencies and programmes

Ключевые слова: Prison, Corrections, jails, Borstal Inatitutions, Approved Institutions, Rehabilitation Homes