Dean J. Champion

Measuring Offender Risk

A Criminal Justice Sourcebook

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Champion, an expert on criminal behavior, paroling, and sentencing, assesses how the justice system makes critical decisions about offender risks and needs. This sourcebook evaluates the instruments and methods used by local, state, and federal authorities at different stages and in different environments to handle both adult and juvenile offenders. Criminologists, penologists, and law enforcement personnel will see ways to optimize institutional classifications and parole board decisions, and to deal appropriately with various types of offenders. Appendices and a comprehensive bibliography, along with a complete index, enhance the usefulness of this reference tool.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 724g
• ISBN-13: 9780313285936
• ISBN-10: 0313285934
• Artikelnr.: 21730245

Autorenporträt

Dean John Champion

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Risk Assessment and Dangerousness: An Historical Analysis The
Criminal Justice System and Predictions of Risk: Variations in
Instrumentation Selective Incapacitation and Recidivism: An Examination of
the Issues Classification in Correctional Settings: Risk as a Determinant
of Level-of-Custody Decision Making Parole and Other Options: Factors
Influencing Early-Release Decisions Risk Assessment in Retrospect: Current
Trends Appendices: Forms: Adult Forms and Figure: Juvenile Cases Cited
Bibliography Name Index Subject Index