Essentials of Community Corrections
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Essentials of Community Corrections

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Essentials of Community Corrections

About this book

Essentials of Community Corrections offers students a concise and practical perspective on community corrections while emphasizing successful offender reentry through strong community partnerships. Author Robert D. Hanser draws on his expertise with offender treatment planning, special needs populations, and the comparative criminal justice fields to present a complete introduction to community corrections today. A variety of practical pedagogical tools offer students insights into the daily lives of those working in the field, encouraging students to start thinking like practitioners. 

Key Features: 

  • What Would You Do? assignments give students the chance to apply what they have learned by analyzing real-world scenarios to determine the best course of action for common challenges in community supervision. 
  • Applied Theory inserts throughout the book provide a focused application of a specific theory to particular issues in community corrections. 
  • Cross-National Perspective boxes demonstrate common themes in community corrections around the world, as well as different approaches used in other countries. 
  • Applied Exercises encourage students to 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. 
  • Food for Thought features at the end of each chapter guide students through a recent research study related to community corrections and include follow-up questions to help students think critically.
  • Sharing Your Opinion questions at the end of each chapter empower students to express their own views on the issues covered in the text.

The free, open-access Student Study site features carefully selected video links, access to SAGE journal articles, and more! Instructors.

 

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Information

Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781506359762
eBook ISBN
9781544317649
Edition
1
Topic
Sozialwissenschaften
Subtopic
Kriminologie

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Brief Contents
  7. Detailed Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. 1 Definitions, History, and Development of Community Corrections
  11. 2 Community Corrections Public Safety Is Job One
  12. 3 Assessment and Risk Prediction
  13. 4 The Role of the Practitioner
  14. 5 Legal Liabilities and Risk Management
  15. 6 Needs-Based Case Management and Case Planning
  16. 7 The Viability of Treatment Perspectives
  17. 8 Community-Based Residential Treatment Facilities
  18. 9 Intermediate Sanctions
  19. 10 Reentry and Restorative Justice
  20. 11 Diversity Issues and Cultural Competence in a Changing Era
  21. 12 Specialized and Problematic Offender Typologies
  22. 13 Program Evaluation, Evidence-Based Practices, and Future Trends in Community Corrections
  23. Glossary
  24. References
  25. Index
  26. About the Author