Community-based Corrections

by Alarid, Leanne Fiftal; del Carmen, Rolando V.

• ISBN13: 9780495812425
• ISBN10: 0495812420
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

The best-selling COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS delivers essential information on the wide array of punishment and treatment programs that constitute alternatives to prison and jail. Although some offenders need to be incarcerated for public safety reasons, this book argues that the vast majority of convicted offenders can be effectively supervised in the community using programs that meet the level of risk and needs that each individual poses. Offering a balanced approach that reflects a strong emphasis on practical and legal matters, the book provides solid coverage of numerous programs, including probation, parole, electronic monitoring, house arrest, day-treatment centers, boot camps, restitution, and fines.

Table of Contents

Principles Of Community Corrections, Diversion, And Sentencing

An Overview of Community Corrections: Goals and Evidence-Based Practices

Pretrial Release and Diversion

Sentencing and the Presentence Investigation Report

Probation

How Probation Developed: Chronicling Its Past and Present

Classification and Supervision: Techniques of Evidence-Based Practices

The Career Pathway of a Community Supervision Officer

Probation Modification and Termination

Specialized Caseloads And Intermediate Programs

Residential Community Supervision Programs

Nonresidential Community Supervision Programs

Economic and Restorative Justice Reparations

Prisoner Reentry

The History of Parole

Preparing for Prisoner Reentry: Discretionary Parole and Mandatory Release

Parole Conditions and Revocation

Special Issues In Community Corrections

Juvenile Justice, Probation, and Parole

Collateral Consequences of Conviction, Pardon, and Restoration of Rights

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