Scientific classification provides researchers and practitioners with a method for structuring and organizing the rich complexities of scientific phenomena. Despite classification having a significant foothold on research and practice, our current approaches in the correctional domain suffer from several conceptual problems. In this paper, first, we outline the epistemic foundations of correctional practice, briefly highlighting the scientific paradigm underpinning our practices, as well as some key correctional stakeholders, their tasks and the types of values that guide their work. Second, we argue that our current approaches to correctional classification are not able to account for this level of plurality for two main reasons. Finally, we highlight the importance of providing multiple task-specific classification systems and develop the Correctional Classification Hub as a framework to achieve pluralistic classification in a coordinated, structured, and organized sense.

科学分类为研究人员和从业人员提供了一种构建和组织科学现象丰富复杂性的方法。尽管分类在研究和实践中占有重要地位，但我们目前在矫正领域的方法存在几个概念问题。在本文中，我们首先概述了矫正实践的认知基础，简要强调了支撑我们实践的科学范式，以及一些关键的惩教利益相关者、他们的任务和指导他们工作的价值观类型。其次，我们认为我们目前的矫正分类方法无法解释这种多元化水平，主要有两个原因。最后，我们强调提供多个特定于任务的分类系统的重要性，并将惩教分类中心开发为一个框架，以在协调、结构化和有组织的意义上实现多元化分类。