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

Featuring A Front-line Practitioner's Insights Based On The Author's Extensive Experience As A Senior Parole Officer, This Best-selling 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. Book Jacket.--jacket. 1. Probation And Parole In Criminal Justice -- The Reality Of Criminal Justice -- American Criminal Justice -- What Is A Crime? Who Is A Criminal? -- Index Crimes -- Responding To Crime -- Classical View -- Neoclassicalism -- Positive View -- The American System Of Criminal Justice -- Entering The System -- Pretrial Court Appearances -- Pretrial Hearings -- Trial Or Guilty Plea -- Sentencing -- Appeals -- Probation And Parole: Why Bother? -- Part 1. Probation -- 2. Juvenile Court And Juvenile Justice -- The History Of The Juvenile Court -- Houses Of Refuge And Orphan Asylums -- The Child Savers -- The Juvenile Court Emerges -- Procedures In The Juvenile Court -- Intake -- Preliminary Hearing -- Adjudicatory Hearing -- Predisposition Report -- Disposition Hearing -- Status Offenders -- Juvenile Court Judges -- Juveniles In Criminal Court -- Blended Sentence -- Legal Decisions -- 3. Juvenile Probation, Institutions, And Aftercare -- Juvenile Dispositions And Their Administration --^ Probation Supervision -- Day Treatment -- The Group Home -- Residential Treatment Center -- Training School -- The Youth Authority -- Aftercare And Parole -- Administration Of Juvenile Services -- In The Criminal Court -- 4. Probation And The Courts: History And Administration -- Court Systems: Federal And State -- Jurisdiction -- The State Courts -- Federal Courts -- Probation History -- Early Probation And John Augustus -- Early Probation Statutes -- Probation At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century -- Administration Of Probation -- Granting Probation -- Conditions Of Probation -- Length Of Supervision -- Violation Of Probation -- Preliminary/probable Cause Hearing -- Revocation Hearing -- Street Time -- Legal Decisions -- Conditions Of Probation -- Probation Violation And The Three Theories Of Probation -- 5. Sentencing And The Presentence Investigation (psi) -- Requiring A Psi Report -- Purposes Of A Psi Report -- Content Of A Psi Report -- Gathering Information For The Psi --^ Interviews -- Review Of Records And Reports -- Short- And Long-form Psi Reports -- Sentencing Guidelines, Mandatory Sentences, And The Classical Psi -- Plea Bargaining And The Pre-plea Investigation -- Confidentiality Of The Psi Report -- Criticism Of The Psi Report -- Part 2. Parole -- 6. American Prisons And Community-based Corrections -- America's Prison Crisis -- Origins Of The American System Of Prisons -- Pennsylvania: Walnut Street And Other Early Prisons -- Pennsylvania After Walnut Street -- Auburn System -- Convict Labor -- The Big House -- Corrections -- Correctional Institutions: Divisions, Rebellions, And Riots -- Attica -- Just Deserts: Contemporary Correctional Institutions -- Infectious Diseases -- Drug-abusing And Mentally Ill Inmates -- Prison Violence -- Prisons And The Courts -- Community-based Corrections -- Prisons For Profit -- 7. Parole And The Indeterminate Sentence -- Transportation To America -- Maconochie And Norfolk Island --^ Crofton And The Irish System -- Developments In The United States -- Elmira Reformatory -- Indeterminate Sentence And Parole -- Positivism Reemerges As The Medical Model -- Indeterminate And Determinate Sentencing -- Determinate Sentencing, Prosecutorial Discretion, And Disparate Justice -- The Why? Of Parole -- 8. Parole Administration And Services -- Administration Of Parole Services -- Conditional Release -- The Parole Board -- Parole Board Procedures -- Victim Participation -- Parole Board Procedures -- Parole Board Guidelines -- Parole Services-institutional -- Parole Services-field -- Conditions Of Parole -- Length Of Supervision -- Violation Of Parole/conditional Release -- Preliminary Hearing -- Revocation Hearing -- Street Time -- Parole Services: Executive Clemency -- Reprieve -- Commutation -- Pardon -- Legal Decisions Affecting Parole -- Parole Release And Parole Hearings -- Parole Violation And The Three Theories Of Parole -- Parole Board Liability --^ Part 3. Rehabilitation And Supervision In Probation And Parole -- 9. Rehabilitation: Theory And Practice -- Theory -- Psychoanalytic Theory -- Stages Of Psychological Development -- Crime And The Superego -- Psychoanalytic Treatment -- Social Casework -- Assessment -- Evaluation -- Intervention -- Learning Theory/behavior Modification -- Reality Therapy -- Group Work -- Sociological Theory -- Anomie -- Differential Association -- Delinquent Subcultures -- Neutralization -- Differential/limited Opportunity -- Social Control Theory -- Drift -- Labeling -- Conflict Theory -- 10. Probation And Parole Officers -- The Tasks Of Probation/parole Officers -- Probation/parole Officer Roles And Agency Models -- The Probation/parole Officer As An Agent Of Rehabilitation -- The Probation/parole Officer As Broker Or Advocate -- The Probation/parole Officer As Law Enforcement Agent -- Should Probation/parole Officers Make Arrests And Carry Firearms? --^ Probation And Parole Officers: The Powers Of Search And Seizure -- Selecting Probation And Parole Officers -- Personal Qualities -- Volunteers -- Probation/parole Officer Legal Liability -- 11. Probation And Parole Supervision -- Classification In Probation And Parole -- Risk/needs Assessment -- Probation/parole Supervision -- Case Assignment -- Initial Interview -- Pretrial Supervision -- Ongoing Supervision -- Offender Employment -- The Stigma Of Conviction -- Restorative And Community Justice -- Restorative Justice -- Community Justice/broken Windows -- 12. Special Problems And Programs In Probation And Parole -- Substance-abusing Clients -- Methadone Treatment -- Behavior Modification -- Therapeutic Community -- Chemical Dependency Programs -- Alcoholics And Narcotics Anonymous -- Drug Testing -- Hiv/aids -- Federal Hiv/aids Specialists -- New York State Division Of Parole Aids Caseloads -- Sex Offenders -- Texas Sex Offender Caseload -- Hunt County Sex Offender Unit --^ Maricopa County Sex Offender Program -- Jefferson County Juvenile Sex Offender Unit -- New Haven Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Unit -- Orange County Probation Department Adult Sex Offender Unit -- Intoxicated Drivers -- Nassau County Dwi Unit -- Offenders Who Are Mentally Retarded -- Cuyahoga County (cleveland), Ohio, Mentally Retarded Offender Unit -- Erie County Special Probation Services -- Gang Intervention Unit -- Restitution And Community Service -- Community Service -- Probation/parole Fees -- Work Release -- Halfway Houses -- Massachusetts Halfway Houses, Inc. -- St. Leonard's House -- Hopper Home -- Interstate Adult And Juvenile Compacts -- 13. Intermediate Punishments -- Intensive Probation/parole Supervision -- Florida Community Control -- Georgia Intensive Probation Supervision -- Cook County (chicago, Illinois) Juvenile Intensive Probation Supervision -- New York And Colorado -- Somerset County (pennsylvania) Day Report Intensive Probation Program --^ Lucas County (toledo, Ohio) Juvenile Intensive Probation Supervision -- Dauphin County (pennsylvania) Intensive Juvenile Probation -- Texas Intensive Supervision Program -- Intensive Supervision: Research Findings -- California -- Georgia -- Louisiana -- Minnesota -- New Jersey -- New York -- Ohio -- Washington State -- Wisconsin -- Electronic Monitoring -- Shock Probation/parole -- Shock Incarceration/boot Camp -- Day Reporting Centers -- 14. Probation And Parole In The Twenty-first Century -- Probation And Parole: Success Or Failure? -- Felony Probation -- Goals Of Probation And Parole -- Where Have We Been, Where Are We Now, And Where Are We Going? Howard Abadinsky. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 476-513) And Indexes.