Objective, comprehensive, and completely up to date, the best-selling COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS, 9E, International Edition provides an excellent introduction to the procedures, practices, and personnel involved in community-based corrections. Students learn about the wide array of effective punishments and treatment programs that constitute alternatives to incarceration, and which aredesigned to meet the level of risk posed by, and the needs of, each individual. These include probation, parole, electronic monitoring, house arrest, day-treatment centers, boot camps, restitution, fines, and more. The book's balanced approach reflects a strong emphasis on practical and legal matters, and places the programs in their historical, philosophical, social, and legal context.In addition, input from professionals in the field gives students invaluable insight into real-world practice. INDICE: Part I: AN OVERVIEW AND EVOLUTION OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. 1. An Overview of Community Corrections: Goals and Evidence-Based Practices. 2. How Probation Developed: Chronicling Its Past and Present. 3. History of Parole and Mandatory Release. Part II: TECHNIQUES OF EVIDENCE-BASED COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL SUPERVISION. 4. Pretrial Supervision, Sentencing, and the Presentence Investigation Report. 5. Classification and Supervision. 6. Community Supervision for Offenders with Special Needs. 7. Community Supervision Modification and Revocation. Part III: ENHANCEMENTS AND GRADUATED SANCTIONS. 8. Residential Community Supervision Programs. 9. Nonresidential Graduated Sanctions. 10. Restorative Justice and Economic Reparations. Part IV: SPECIAL ISSUES IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. 11. Prisoner Reentry. 12. Career Pathways in Community Corrections. 13. Juvenile Justice, Probation, and Parole. 14. Collateral Consequences of Felony Convictions and Restoration of Rights.
- ISBN: 978-1-133-48936-8
- Editorial: Wadsworth
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 432
- Fecha Publicación: 19/02/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés