Probation, parole, and community-based corrections : supervision, treatment, and evidence-based practices / Gerald Bayens, John Ortiz Smykla.
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TextSeries: Connect, learn, succeedPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2013Description: 404 pages : illustration, maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780078111501 [paperback]Subject(s): Community-based corrections -- United States | Probation -- United States | Parole -- United StatesDDC classification: | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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364.60973 B34 2013 (Browse shelf) | Available | 3UCBL000021982 |
Includes bibliographical and index.
Contents: 1. Why study community-based corrections?: using evidence-based practices, risk assessment, and intermediate sanctions to reduce crime and protect the community -- 2. Legislation, apprehension, adjudication, and corrections: the four filters affecting community-based corrections -- 3. Theories of offender treatment: reasons to have a theoretical roadmap -- 4. Assessing risk: the importance of classification -- 5. Pretrial release and diversion: suspending progression through the formal justice process -- 6. Economic sanctions: fines, restitutions to victims, and community service -- 7. Probation and isp: the most common methods of correctional supervision in america -- 8. Parole: The crucial phase of reentry -- 9. Boot camps and jail-based community supervision: unique alternatives to traditional community-based corrections practices -- 10. Residential, day reporting, and drug courts: offenders living among us -- 11. Special populations: offenders with mental health problems, sex offenders, and women offenders -- 12. Community-based corrections for juveniles: giving kids the chance they need.
Criminology
English
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