Trends in Corrections (eBook, ePUB)

Interviews with Corrections Leaders Around the World, Volume One
Redaktion: Singer, Jennie K.; Ahlin, Eileen; Das, Dilip K.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting interviews with corrections officials and leaders, this volume discusses the personal views and thoughts of those in the trenches. Well-respected scholars from each country offer unique vantage points on international corrections practices. The interviews cover career satisfaction, changes experienced on the job, personal correctional philosophy, problems and successes, theory and practice, and transnational relations. The book provides essential information for corrections leaders, scholars, judges, and lawmakers with a view towards improving the effectiveness of correctional institutions worldwide.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 285
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466581104
• Artikelnr.: 39289019

Autorenporträt

Jennie K. Singer, PhD, is a faculty member in the Division of Criminal Justice at California State University in Sacramento. She teaches courses in corrections, criminal theory, and research methods. She has worked in several clinical settings with children, adolescents, and adults in both outpatient and inpatient settings. In addition, she has held several psychologist positions with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Dr. Singer worked as a key researcher with the California Sex Offender Management Board and published several government reports on sex offender management, as well as articles on corrections, intelligence assessment, and sex offender policy. She is currently a researcher and an advisor to a new cognitive behavioral life skills diversion program, Ascend-implemented in California as part of AB 109, a plan to divert some state prisoners to local jails. Dilip K. Das, PhD , has years of experience in police practice, research, writing, and education. Dr. Das is a professor of criminal justice, a former police chief, and a human rights consultant to the United Nations. He is the founding president of the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES), where he manages the affairs of the organization in cooperation with an appointed group of police practitioners, academia members, and individuals from around the world. Dr. Das is also the founding editor of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of more than 30 books and numerous articles and has received several faculty excellence awards. Eileen M. Ahlin, PhD , is a Senior Study Director with Westat. With more than 15 years of research experience, she has directed multisite and statewide evaluations, including randomized intervention trials. Dr. Ahlin's research has focused on evaluations of community corrections, including kiosk supervision of probationers, adult treatment drug courts, family treatment courts, the effectiveness of countermeasures to driving while intoxicated, and criminological theory. Her recent publications have appeared in the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Criminal Justice, the Journal of Experimental Criminology, Traffic Injury Prevention, and Accident Analysis and Prevention. She has conducted interviews with incarcerated homicide and drug offenders for the Pittsburgh Youth Study and served as a mentor to inmates preparing for release. Dr. Ahlin also teaches courses in criminological theory and corrections.

Inhaltsangabe

Interview with Hazael Ruiz, Ex-Director of the Penal Systems in Mexico
City. Interview with Assistant Commissioner Luke Grant of Offender Services
and Programs in New South Wales. Interview with Dusko Sain, Director of
Corrections for the Republic of Srspka. Interview with Dr. Antal Kökényesi,
Lieutenant General, Commander of the Hungarian National Prison Service.
Interview with John Rougier, Commissioner of Prisons of Trinidad and
Tobago. Interview with John Pastorek, Warden at North Fraser Pretrial
Centre in British Columbia. Interview with Michael Boileau, Warden of
Matsqui Institution, Correctional Service Canada, Vancouver, British
Columbia. Interview with Robert Jennings from the Western Australia
Corrective Services. Interview with Timothy Leo, Chief Psychologist of the
Singapore Prison Service. Interview with Sue Hall, Chief Officer of West
Yorkshire Probation. Interview with Robert Ambroselli, Director of Parole,
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Interview with
"CM". Conclusion. International Police Executive Symposium (IPES)
www.ipes.info IPES Institutional Supporters. Index.