Essentials of community corrections. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert D. Hanser, University of Louisiana at Monroe.
• Authors: Hanser, Robert D
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Definitions, History, and Development of Community Corrections; Learning Objectives; Introduction; Early Alternative Sanctions: Sanctuary; Early Alternative Sanctions: Benefit of Clergy; Early Alternative Sanctions: Judicial Reprieve; Early Alternative Sanctions: Recognizance; The Beginning of Probation; The Beginning of Parole; Philosophical Basis of Community Corrections—Both Probation and Parole; Suggested Theoretical Approach to Reintegration and Offender Treatment; Probation and Parole From 1960 Onward; Conclusion; Key Terms; End-of-Chapter Review: Sharing Your Opinion; “What Would You Do?”; Applied Exercise; Food for Thought; Chapter 2. Community Corrections: Public Safety Is Job One; Learning Objectives; Introduction; Key Criminological and Psychological-Theoretical Perspectives; Excessive Caseloads and Their Impact on Community Protection; Using the Community to Improve Safety: Volunteers and Neighborhood Programs; Improving Public Safety: How Individual Volunteers Can Make a Difference; Conclusion; Key Terms; End-of-Chapter Review: Sharing Your Opinion; “What Would You Do?”; Applied Exercise; Food for Thought; Chapter 3. Assessment and Risk Prediction; Learning Objectives; Introduction; The Presentence Investigation Report (PSI); The Basics of Risk Assessment; False Positives and False Negatives; Static and Dynamic Risk Factors; The Appropriate Use of Subjective and Objective Assessments; Recidivism Prediction; The Link Between Theory and Risk Prediction; Better Diagnosis: The Need for Improved Assessment; Classification; Conclusion; Key Terms; End-of-Chapter Review: Sharing Your Opinion; “What Would You Do?”; Applied Exercise; Food for Thought; Chapter 4. The Role of the Practitioner; Learning Objectives; Introduction; Tasks and Nature of Work for Probation Officers; Pay and Demographics of Probation Officers; Role Confusion, Stress, and Burnout Related to the Job of Probation Officers; Education, Training, and Qualifications for Probation Officers; Tasks and Nature of Work for Parole Officers; Education, Training, and Qualifications of Parole Officers; When Probation and Parole Are Combined Into One Department; Supervision Styles of Community Supervision Officers; Firearms and the Community Supervision Officer; Nature of Work for Treatment Professionals; Record Keeping, Case Notes, and Administrative Duties With the Courts; Types of Treatment Providers in the Community Corrections System; Challenges to the Work of a Correctional Treatment Provider; Conclusion; Key Terms; End-of-Chapter Review: Sharing Your Opinion; “What Would You Do?”; Applied Exercise; Food for Thought; Chapter 5. Legal Liabilities and Risk Management; Learning Objectives; Introduction; State Levels of Liability; Forms of Immunity and Types of Defense; Indemnification, Representation, and Types of Damages; Legal Issues of Disclosure With Presentence Investigation Reports; Liability of Parole Board Members for Violation of Substantive or Procedural Rights; Parole Board Liability for Released Offenders Who Recidivate; The Use of Objective Instruments as a Safeguard From Liability; Probationer and Parolee Case Law Regarding Due Process During Revocation; Conclusion; Key Terms; End-of-Chapter Review: Sharing Your Opinion; “What Would You Do?”; Applied Exercise; Food for Thought; Chapter 6. Needs-Based Case Management and Case Planning; Learning Objectives; Introduction; Basics of Case Management in Community Corrections; Client Needs Assessment; Caseload Assignment Models; Standards of Classification; Assessment; The Supervision Plan; Client Contracting and Supervision Planning; Addressing Offender Needs Holistically; Treatment Screening and Screening Tools; Treatment Planning; Conclusion; Key Terms; End-of-Chapter Review: Sharing Your Opinion; “What Would You Do?”; Applied Exercise; Food for Thought; Chapter 7. The Viability of Treatment Perspectives; Learning Objectives; Introduction; The Martinson Report—Revisited; The Need for Community-Based Treatment and the Pitfalls of Treatment Programs in Institutional Settings; Motivational Interviewing and Community Supervision Staff; Community Supervision Staff and Treatment Staff: Effective Alliances; Different Types of Treatment Modalities/Orientations in Therapy; Different Types of Treatment Programs; Different Types of Treatment Professionals; Treatment Staff, Referrals, and Increased Human Supervision; Progress in Treatment Programs and the Likelihood of Recidivism; Educating the Community About Treatment Benefits and Integrating Citizen and Agency Involvement; Conclusion; Key Terms; End-of-Chapter Review: Sharing Your Opinion; “What Would You Do?”; Applied Exercise; Food for Thought; Chapter 8. Community-Based Residential Treatment Facilities; Learning Objectives; Introduction; Initial Offender Processing in the Jail Setting; The Use of Jail Diversion Programs to Alleviate Jail Crowding; Historical Developments of Halfway Houses; Various Community Residential Treatment Centers; Rural and Urban Residential Centers; Work Release and Study Release Programs; Cost-Effectiveness and Actual Program Effectiveness; Complex Offender Cases in Residential Facilities; Typical Staff in Residential Treatment Facilities; Conclusion; Key Terms; End-of-Chapter Review: Sharing Your Opinion; “What Would You Do?”; Applied Exercise; Food for Thought; Chapter 9. Intermediate Sanctions; Learning Objectives; Introduction; Fines; Community Service; Intensive Supervision Probation/Parole (ISP); Electronic Monitoring; Global Positioning Systems; Home Detention; Day Reporting Centers; Shock Incarceration/Split Sentencing; Methods of Ensuring Compliance—Detecting Drug Use Among Offenders; Methods of Ensuring Compliance—Sex Offender Notification Programs and Community Partnerships; Conclusion; Key Terms; End-of-Chapter Review: Sharing Your Opinion; “What Would You Do?”; Applied Exercise; Food for Thought; Chapter 10. Reentry and Restorative Justice; Learning Objectives; Introduction; Reentry Defined; Restorative Justice as a Component of Reentry; Restorative Justice Defined; Types of Restorative Justice Programs; Victims, Restorative Justice, and Reentry; Cross-National Perspective: Restorative Justice in Costa Rica: New Implementation in 2012 Holds Promise; Conclusion; Key Terms; End-of-Chapter Review: Sharing Your Opinion; “What Would You Do?”; Applied Exercise; Food for Thought; Chapter 11. Diversity Issues and Cultural Competence in a Changing Era; Learning Objectives; Introduction; Why Is Diversity So Important in Community Corrections?; The Notion of Cultural Competence; African American, Latino American, and Asian American Offenders in Metropolitan Areas; Minority Caseloads, Minority Gang Affiliations, and Training for Community Supervision Staff; Female Offenders; Geriatric Offenders; Conclusion; Key Terms; End-of-Chapter Review: Sharing Your Opinion; “What Would You Do?”; Applied Exercise; Food for Thought; Chapter 12. Specialized and Problematic Offender Typologies; Learning Objectives; Introduction; Sex Offenders; Treatment Strategies for Sex Offenders; Substance Abusers; Mentally Ill Offenders; Conclusion; Key Terms; End-of-Chapter Review: Sharing Your Opinion; “What Would You Do?”; Applied Exercise; Food for
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (408 pages)
• Subjects: 365/.6; Community-based corrections
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544317656; 1544317654
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