Handbook of Probation
Author: Loraine Gelsthorpe
Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK)
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781843921905
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →akes account of the changes that the Probation Service has undergone.
Author: Loraine Gelsthorpe
Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK)
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781843921905
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →akes account of the changes that the Probation Service has undergone.
Author: Edward M. Read
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781568381015
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Partners In Change
Author: Pamela K. Lattimore
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-11-10
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 1000204758
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume addresses major issues and research in corrections and sentencing with the goal of using previous research and findings as a platform for recommendations about future research, evaluation, and policy. The last several decades witnessed major policy changes in sentencing and corrections in the United States, as well as considerable research to identify the most effective strategies for addressing criminal behavior. These efforts included changes in sentencing that eliminated parole and imposed draconian sentences for violent and drug crimes. The federal government, followed by most states, implemented sentencing guidelines that greatly reduced the discretion of the courts to impose sentences. The results were a multifold increase in the numbers of individuals in jails and prisons and on community supervision—increases that have only recently crested. There were also efforts to engage prosecutors and the courts in diversion and oversight, including the development of prosecutorial diversion programs, as well as a variety of specialty courts. Penal reform has included efforts to understand the transitions from prison to the community, including federal-led efforts focused on reentry programming. Community corrections reforms have ranged from increased surveillance through drug testing, electronic monitoring, and in some cases, judicial oversight, to rehabilitative efforts driven by risk and needs assessment. More recently, the focus has included pretrial reform to reduce the number of people held in jail pending trial, efforts that have brought attention to the use of bail and its disproportionate impact on people of color and the poor. This collection of chapters from leading researchers addresses a wide array of the latest research in the field. A unique approach featuring responses to the original essays by active researchers spurs discussion and provides a foundation for developing directions for future research and policymaking.
Author: Faye S. Taxman
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2016-11-10
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13: 1317402839
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Handbook on Risk and Need Assessment: Theory and Practice covers risk assessments for individuals being considered for parole or probation. Evidence-based approaches to such decisions help take the emotion and politics out of community corrections. As the United States begins to back away from ineffective, expensive policies of mass incarceration, this handbook will provide the resources needed to help ensure both public safety and the effective rehabilitation of offenders. The ASC Division on Corrections & Sentencing Handbook Series will publish volumes on topics ranging from violence risk assessment to specialty courts for drug users, veterans, or the mentally ill. Each thematic volume focuses on a single topical issue that intersects with corrections and sentencing research.
Author: Elizabeth Jeglic
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-12-04
Total Pages: 767
ISBN-13: 3030775658
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This handbook provides a holistic and comprehensive examination of issues related to criminal justice reform in the United States from a multidisciplinary perspective. Divided into five key domains of reform in the criminal justice system, it analyzes: - Policing - Policy and sentencing - Reentry - Treatment - Alternatives to incarceration Each section provides a history and overview of the domain within the criminal justice system, followed by chapters discussing issues integral to reform. The volume emphasizes decreasing incarceration and minimizing racial, ethnic and economic inequalities. Each section ends with tangible recommendations, based on evidence-based approaches for reform. Of interest to researchers, scholars, activists and policy makers, this unique volume offers a pathway for the future of criminal justice reform in the United States.
Author: Jeffery T. Ulmer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-10-16
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 1315410354
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Handbook on Punishment Decisions: Locations of Disparity provides a comprehensive assessment of the current knowledge on sites of disparity in punishment decision-making. This collection of essays and reports of original research defines disparity broadly to include the intersection of race/ethnicity, gender, age, citizenship/immigration status, and socioeconomic status, and it examines dimensions such as how pretrial or guilty plea processes shape exposure to punishment, how different types of sentencing decisions and/or policy structures (sentencing guidelines, mandatory minimums, risk assessment tools) might shape and condition disparity, and how post-sentencing decisions involving probation and parole contribute to inequalities. The sixteen contributions pull together what we know and what we don’t about punishment decision-making and plow new ground for further advances in the field. The ASC Division on Corrections & Sentencing Handbook Series publishes volumes on topics ranging from violence risk assessment to specialty courts for drug users, veterans, or people with mental illness. Each thematic volume focuses on a single topical issue that intersects with corrections and sentencing research.
Author: Joan Petersilia
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015-04
Total Pages: 777
ISBN-13: 0190241446
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Originally published: 2012. First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 2015.