Community Corrections

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• A new chapter on restorative justice and community corrections has been added.
• Increased emphasis is offered on evidence-based practices in community corrections.
• Sharing Your Opinion questions at the end of each chapter allow students an opportunity to express their own views on issues touched on in the chapters.
• Food for Thought questions at the end of each chapter follow a summary of a relevant research article to have students to think critically about the issues presented in the article summary.
• Updated data and photos are included throughout the book.

KEY FEATURES

• Incorporates What Would You Do? assignments that ask students to determine the best course of action for legal issues dealing with specific challenges in community supervision.
• Includes Focus Topics boxes to add depth and detail to selected important and interesting topics and issues.
• Offers Applied Theory inserts throughout the book to provide a clear and focused application of a specified theory to a particular issue or set of issues in community corrections.
• Presents specialized needs caseload models to help students understand the increasing need for community supervision officers to be well-versed on special offender typologies, including sex offenders, mentally ill offenders, those with communicable diseases, and drug offenders.
• Gives students hands-on practice in community corrections through the completion of mock Pre-sentence Investigation Reports (PSIs).
• Provides Cross-National Perspective boxes to demonstrate common themes in community supervision around the world, as well as different but viable approaches used in other countries.
• Offers Applied Exercises at the ends of chapters to help students reflect on their understanding of each chapter's content and to demonstrate their competence in using the information, techniques, and processes that they have learned.