Probation and Parole: Corrections in the Community, 13th edition

Realistic insider’s view of the field

• Draws 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 and PhD in sociology)
• Gives students an authentic view of the field, allowing them to appreciate the policy/political environment in which community corrections operates
• Highlights controversial issues such as determinate and indeterminate sentences, control vs. rehabilitation, the carrying of firearms, and making arrests
• Captures the sometimes conflicting need to maximize community safety while controlling the costs associated with building and operating prisons
• Uses authentic reports, forms, and narratives from agencies throughout the country to help students understand the real world of probation and parole officers
• Examines the various roles of probation and parole officers in a separate chapter, offering insight into the qualifications needed for a career in community corrections
• Provides the historical development of prisons and corrections in the community
• Discusses important problems in community corrections, such as drug abuse and sex offenses, and the associated special probation and parole units and techniques
• Explores the issue of ex-offender employment and efforts to aid offenders to secure gainful employment
• Reviews data and research on the effectiveness of community corrections
• Considers the future of efforts at offender rehabilitation and community corrections

Relevant psychological and sociological theory

• Applies social science theory to the practicalities of community corrections, enabling students to integrate important theories with probation and parole practice
• Gives students a practitioner’s view with an examination of the relevant psychological theories and counseling techniques as they are used in probation and parole

Reflects recent changes that have occurred in community corrections and updates material so that it remains cutting-edge

• UPDATED: Examines and analyzes current areas of controversy in probation and parole
• UPDATED: Updates material on statutory changes that impact probation and parole
• UPDATED: Examines recent research on the success/failure of probation and parole
• UPDATED: Incorporates updated probation and parole-related statistics
• NEW: Includes a new long-form pre-sentence investigation report
• UPDATED: Reflects changes and trends in community supervision

Learner-focused, “active learning” with strong pedagogical support

• UPDATED: Content is reorganized and streamlined for a better teaching and learning experience in the classroom
• NEW: Opens each chapter with new learning objectives and ends with an extensive summary and new review questions to engage students in the material
• Contains pedagogical features proven to promote learning and mastery, including chapter openers explaining what the reader can expect in each chapter, extensive chapter summaries, Internet sites, and comprehensive review questions
• Provides comprehensive instructor support–including PowerPoint presentations covering the entire text, MyTest test bank, and an instructor's resource manual with test bank
• Links key terms to a complete glossary, giving students a single reference for all the terminology they are likely to need

• Examines and analyzes current areas of controversy in probation and parole
• Updates material on statutory changes that impact probation and parole
• Examines recent research on the success/failure of probation and parole
• Incorporates updated probation and parole-related statistics
• Includes a new long-form pre-sentence investigation report
• Reflects changes and trends in community supervision

Learner-focused, “active learning” with strong pedagogical support

• Content is reorganized and streamlined for a better teaching and learning experience in the classroom
• Opens each chapter with new learning objectives and ends with an extensive summary and new review questions to engage students in the material