Author: Mark JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Probation
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
Between Prison and Probation
Author: Norval MorrisPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195361199
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Across the country prisons are jammed to capacity and, in extreme cases, barges and mobile homes are used to stem the overflow. Probation officers in some cities have caseloads of 200 and more--hardly a manageable number of offenders to track and supervise. And with about one million people in prison and jail, and two and a half million on probation, it is clear we are experiencing a crisis in our penal system. In Between Prison and Probation, Norval Morris and Michael Tonry, two of the nation's leading criminologists, offer an important and timely strategy for alleviating these problems. They argue that our overwhelmed corrections system cannot cope with the flow of convicted offenders because the two extremes of punishment--imprisonment and probation--are both used excessively, with a near-vacuum of useful punishments in between. Morris and Tonry propose instead a comprehensive program that relies on a range of punishment including fines and other financial sanctions, community service, house arrest, intensive probation, closely supervised treatment programs for drugs, alcohol and mental illness, and electronic monitoring of movement. Used in rational combinations, these "intermediate" punishments would better serve the community than our present polarized choice. Serious consideration of these punishments has been hindered by the widespread perception that they are therapeutic rather than punitive. The reality, however, Morris and Tonry argue, "is that the American criminal justice system is both too severe and too lenient--almost randomly." Systematically implemented and rigorously enforced, intermediate punishments can "better and more economically serve the community, the victim, and the criminal than the prison terms and probation orders they supplant." Between Prison and Probation goes beyond mere advocacy of an increasing use of intermediate punishments; the book also addresses the difficult task of fitting these punishments into a comprehensive, fair and community-protective sentencing system.
Intensive Probation Supervision in Georgia, Massachusetts, and New Jersey
Author: Mark JonesEncyclopedia of Criminology
Author: J. Mitchell MillerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135455449
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1969
Book Description
This three-volume work offers a comprehensive review of the pivotal concepts, measures, theories, and practices that comprise criminology and criminal justice. No longer just a subtopic of sociology, criminology has become an independent academic field of study that incorporates scholarship from numerous disciplines including psychology, political science, behavioral science, law, economics, public health, family studies, social work, and many others. The three-volume Encyclopedia of Criminology presents the latest research as well as the traditional topics which reflect the field's multidisciplinary nature in a single, authoritative reference work. More than 525 alphabetically arranged entries by the leading authorities in the discipline comprise this definitive, international resource. The pivotal concepts, measures, theories, and practices of the field are addressed with an emphasis on comparative criminology and criminal justice. While the primary focus of the work is on American criminology and contemporary criminal justice in the United States, extensive global coverage of other nations' justice systems is included, and the increasing international nature of crime is explored thoroughly. Providing the most up-to-date scholarship in addition to the traditional theories on criminology, the Encyclopedia of Criminology is the essential one-stop reference for students and scholars alike to explore the broad expanse of this multidisciplinary field.
Corrections in the Community
Author: Edward J. LatessaPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317523571
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
Corrections in the Community is an introductory text that provides a solid foundation of the most recent and salient information available on the broad and dynamic subject of community corrections. It explores the issues and practices facing community corrections, using the latest research in the field, in a way that makes it easy to use and understand. This book provides students with a thorough understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects of community corrections.
Federal Probation
Author: Poor Discipline
Author: Jonathan SimonPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226758572
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Reveals how modern strategies of punishment - and their failure - relate to political and economic transformations in society at large. The author uses the practice of parole in California as a window to the changing historical understanding of what a corrections system does and how it works.
Intermediate Sanctions
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alternatives to imprisonment
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Working with Offenders
Author: Gill McIvorPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781853022494
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Contributors consider the implications of UK research in social work involving offenders and their families, in areas such as assessment, intensive probation, community services, reparation and mediation, social work with prisoners, and work with sex offenders. They discuss related issues such as effectiveness, race, and gender, and locate recent developments in practice within the context of broader policy changes in social work and criminal justice. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Probation
Author: James Malcolm ByrnePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Sentencing Guidelines
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal JusticePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description