Gary Bayens, John Ortiz Smykla

Probation, Parole, and Community-Based Corrections: Supervision, Treatment, and Evidence-Based Practices

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

More than 8 million adults and juveniles are under correctional supervision in the United States, and even those who are confined will eventually be supervised by professionals in the field of community-based corrections. The first scholars to do so, Gerald Bayens and John Smykla explain in this first edition of Probation, Parole, and Community-Based Corrections, that community-based corrections is more than just programs in the community.Utilizing the latest data, up-to-the-minute news, profiles of professionals working in the field, policy discussions, pedagogical tools, and international perspectives, the authors have created an exciting book for students learning about community-based corrections.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 203mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9780078111501
• ISBN-10: 0078111501
• Artikelnr.: 35203694

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
CHAPTER 1: Why Study Community-Based Corrections?: Using Evidence-Based
Practices, Risk Assessment, andIntermediate Sanctions to Reduce Crime and
Protect theCommunity
CHAPTER 2: Legislation, Apprehension, Adjudication, and Corrections: The
Four Filters Affecting Community-BasedCorrections
CHAPTER 3: Theories of Offender Treatment: Reasons to Have a Theoretical
Roadmap
CHAPTER 4: Assessing Risk: The Importance of Classification
CHAPTER 5: Pretrial Release and Diversion: Suspending Progression through
the Formal Justice Process
CHAPTER 6: Economic Sanctions: Fines, Restitution to Victims, and Community
Service
CHAPTER 7: Probation and ISP: The Most Common Methods of Correctional
Supervision in America
CHAPTER 8: Parole: The Crucial Phase of Reentry
CHAPTER 9: Boot Camps and Jail-Based Community Supervision: Unique
Alternatives to Traditional Community-Based Corrections Practices
CHAPTER 10: Residential, Day Reporting, and Drug Courts: Offenders Living
Among Us
CHAPTER 11: Special Populations: Offenders with Mental Health Problems, Sex
Offenders, and Women Offenders
CHAPTER 12: Community-Based Corrections for Juveniles: Giving Kids the
Chance They Need
Glossary
Credits
Case Index
Subject Index