Patterns of Correction

The state's involvement in correction has expanded recently from administration of one or more prisons to responsibility for several types of institutions and for supervision of adults—and, in some states, juveniles—released from these institutions. A number of states also have varying degrees of responsibility for probation and for local institutions.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67991/2/10.1177_001112876701300310.pd