The Mafia in America: An oral history

Biographies & Memoirs

Abadinsky, Howard

True Crime

Praeger

Featuring front-line practitioner's insights based on the author's extensive experience as a senior New York parole officer, this book explores the complex, "real" world of adult and juvenile probation, institutions, and parole. It focuses on the cutting-edge of both practice. Relates front-line experiences of juvenile and adult probation and parole agencies throughout the country. Discusses some of the newest, often controversial, concepts that have had an impact on both the theory and practice of probation and parole--community-based corrections, justice model, determinate sentencing, graduated sanctions, intermediate punishments, blended sentences, restorative justice, mandatory sentences, sanctioning flexibility, law enforcement role of probation/parole officers, the supervision of drug and alcohol abuse offenders and sex offenders. For anyone who interested in the state-of-the-art in the theory and practice of probation and

Probation and Parole (7th Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

PRENTICE/HALL

Based on the author's extensive experience as a senior New York State parole officer, this book features in-the-trenches practitioner's insights of the complex, “real” world of probation and parole. Comprehensive in approach, it explores the cutting-edge of both practice and theory with regard to all aspects of adult and juvenile probation, institutions, and parole—and highlights the current controversial issues. Includes actual materials (reports, forms, and narratives) encountered in the field of juvenile and adult probation and parole agencies throughout the country. Coverage ranges from history and administration; to sentencing and the presentence investigation; juvenile court, probation, institutions, and aftercare; prisons and community-based corrections; the indeterminate sentence and punishments; parole administration and services; theory and practice of rehabilitation; parole supervision; special problems and programs; and probation and parole in the Twenty- First Century. For those involved in Probation and Parole and Community Corrections.

Probation and Parole: Theory and Practice (8th Edition)

For sophomore/senior-level courses in Probation and Parole and Community Corrections. Featuring a front-line practitioner's insights based on the author's extensive experience as a senior New York State parole officer. This text exposes students to the complex, "real" world of probation and parole. Comprehensive in approach, it explores the cutting-edge of both practice and theory with regard to all aspects of adult and juvenile probation, institutions, and parole.

Probation and Parole: Theory and Practice

Prentice Hall College Div.

Probation and Parole: Theory and Practice, Ninth Edition takes a look inside the real world of probation and parole. Featuring a front-line practitioner's insights based on the author's extensive experience as a senior New York State parole officer, this book exposes readers to the complex, ";real"; world of probation and parole. Comprehensive in approach, this book provides a thorough understanding of the field of probation and parole covering these topics: history and administration, sentencing and the pre-sentence investigation, juvenile court, probation, institutions, and aftercare, prisons and community-based corrections, indeterminate and determinate sentences, the theory and practice of rehabilitation, parole supervision and special problems and programs. For future or practicing probation and parole officers.

Probation And Parole: Theory And Practice

Pearson College Div

Law and Justice: An Introduction to the American Legal System, Sixth Edition offers a thorough examination of the system of justice used in the United States: civil and criminal, juvenile, and therapeutic. This new edition continues its critical review of the legal system and examines issues such as the conflict between the legal system’s need for predictability and the desire for flexibility; the pros and cons of therapeutic jurisprudence and restorative justice; the issues involved with medical malpractice and more! Provides a comprehensive look at the justice system from various perspectives. Discusses many aspects of law and judicial process such as: the role of natural law, statutory law, legal reasoning, case law, legal education, the legal profession, the court systems, the appellate court process, the constitution, judges, prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys etc. Ideal for anyone interested in the American Legal System.

Law and Justice: An Introduction to the American Legal System

Philosophy

Written by former community corrections professional, this book provides a state-of-the-art view of probation and parole. Offering a new two-color design, this revision contains updated material from agencies throughout the country and features 12 chapters that focus on all aspects of topic from the practitioner’s point of view. Throughout the book, controversial issues are addressed and capture the conflict between the need to maximize community safety and the need to control the cost of operating prisons. Additional attention is paid to both the juvenile and adult populations and the book considers how the probation officers work with each.

Probation and Parole: Theory and Practice (10th Edition)

Pearson

Written from an insider’s view, this text provides an up-to-date and comprehensive examination of a field that is undergoing significant change. Probation and Parole: Theory and Practice, 12e looks at the history of the field, how it moved from a focus on treatment/rehabilitation and the indeterminate sentence, toward a model based on control/law enforcement and the determinate sentence. It offers a logical, student-friendly approach. Written by a former community corrections professional, the author provides an insider’s view on how these changes affected the roles and responsibilities of probation and parole officers. In contrast to competing texts, the author weaves his experience with the practices of probation and parole agencies throughout the United States to provide a realistic, state-of-the-art view of the field. The use of cognitive behavior therapy and motivation interviewing, “broken windows”/community-based supervision, and the importance of evidence-based practice are examined. Teaching and Learning Experience This book will help students gain an insider’s view of the rapidly changing field of community corrections/probation and parole. It provides: <ul>
<li> Realistic insider’s view of the field: Drawn from the author's vast experience as a retired community corrections professional with the NYS Division of Parole, as well as his academic credentials (MSW, PhD) </li>
<li> Relevant psychological and sociological theory: Applies social science theory to the practicalities of community corrections </li>
<li> Learner-focused, “active learning” with strong pedagogical support: Reinforces chapter information to ensure mastery, and offers extensive pedagogical support for more effective study </li> </ul>

Abadinsky: Probation and Parole_12 (12th Edition)

For use in Community Corrections/Probation and Parole courses An insider’s view of the rapidly changing field of community corrections/probation and parole Probation and Parole: Corrections in the Community, Thirteenth Edition, looks at the history of the field, and how it moved from a focus on treatment/rehabilitation and the indeterminate sentence toward a model based on control/law enforcement and the determinate sentence. Written by a former community corrections professional, the author provides an insider’s view on how these changes affected the roles and responsibilities of probation and parole officers. In contrast to competing texts, the author weaves his experience with the practices of probation and parole agencies throughout the United States to provide a realistic, state-of-the-art view of the field. Cutting-edge topics examined and critiqued include: restorative justice, broken windows/community-based supervision, place-based supervision, evidence- based practice, motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral therapy, "truth-in-sentencing" and “three-strikes-and-you’re-out”. Additionally, this edition features a thorough examination of how "tough on crime” and “war on drugs” has resulted in a need for "justice reinvestment" and a new focus on community-based correction.

Probation and Parole: Corrections in the Community

Written by a former community corrections professional, PROBATION AND PAROLE, 11/e provides an insider's view of probation and parole. Featuring a two-color design, it addresses both juvenile and adult populations and includes authentic reports, forms and narrative from agencies throughout the country. This edition features material on motivational interviewing, restorative justice, community-based supervision, evidence-based practice, offender re-entry, and other state-of-the-art practices. Expanded review questions engage students in material as they examine the controversial issues impacting the system.

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The Mafia in America: An oral history

Probation and Parole (7th Edition)

Probation and Parole: Theory and Practice (8th Edition)

Probation and Parole: Theory and Practice

Probation And Parole: Theory And Practice

Law and Justice: An Introduction to the American Legal System

Probation and Parole: Theory and Practice (10th Edition)

Abadinsky: Probation and Parole_12 (12th Edition)

Probation and Parole: Corrections in the Community

Probation and Parole: Theory and Practice