Choosing Correctional Options That Work: Defining the Demand and Evaluating the Supply / Edition 1

by Alan Harland

Overview

This landmark volume responds to the persistent demands from criminal justice professionals, policy advisers and the general public for ‘correctional options that work'.

The contributors: define the options; seek to identify the varied concepts and hidden agendas underneath the simple phrase ‘what works?'; select three key areas in which to review relevant theory and empirical evidence - risk//needs assessment techniques; intervention//sanctioning options; programme implementation approaches; promote a dialogue amongst the key players which will prepare them for proactive decision-making on when and for whom alternatives to prison, particularly in the community, are appropriate rather than force them into panic dec

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803959316
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/14/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword - Francis X Hartmann
Introduction - Alan T Harland
Correctional Options that Work? Structuring the Inquiry - Alan T Harland
Risk-Needs Assessment and Treatment - James Bonta
Risk Prediction in Criminal Justice - Peter R Jones
Control in the Community - Francis T Cullen, John Paul Wright, and Brandon K Applegate
The Limits of Reform?
The Principles of Effective Intervention with Offenders - Paul Gendreau
Programmatic and Nonprogrammatic Aspects of Successful Intervention - Ted Palmer
Developing Community Corrections - Philip Harris and Stephen Smith
An Implementation Perspective
Improving Corrections Policy - Joan Petersilia
The Importance of Researchers and Practitioners Working Together

Editorial Reviews

Emphasizing the importance of researchers and practitioners working together to improve corrections policy, this volume critiques the possible meanings of corrections options and assesses current research to provide clarification and options to researchers, policymakers, planners, and others. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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