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| Definitions, History, and Development of Community Corrections | |
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| Early Alternative Sanctions: Sanctuary | |
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| Early Alternative Sanctions: Benefit of Clergy | |
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| Early Alternative Sanctions: Judicial Reprieve | |
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| Early Alternative Sanctions: Recognizance | |
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| The Beginning of Parole | |
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| The Beginning of Probation | |
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| Philosophical Basis of Community Corrections - Both Probation and Parole | |
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| Suggested Theoretical Approach to Reintegration and Offender Treatment | |
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| Probation and Parole from 1960 On | |
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| An Overview and State-by-State Comparison of Community Supervision Models | |
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| Community Corrections: Public Safety is Job One | |
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| Key Criminological and Psychological Theoretical Perspectives That Can Be Applied to Community Supervision | |
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| The Application of Theory to Specific Issues in Community Supervision | |
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| The Application of Theory to Improve Public Safety | |
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| Routine Activities Theory: A Model Theory for Improving Public Safety | |
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| Excessive Caseloads and Their Impact on Community Protection | |
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| The Use of the Community Itself to Improve Safety - Volunteers and Neighborhood Programs | |
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| Improving Public Safety: Examples of How Individual Volunteers Can Make A Difference | |
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| Assessment and Risk Prediction | |
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| The Pre-Sentence Investigation Report (PSI) | |
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| The Basics of Risk-Assessment | |
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| False Positives and False Negatives | |
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| Static and Dynamic Risk Factors | |
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| The Appropriate Use of Subjective and Objective Assessments | |
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| Recidivism Prediction | |
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| The Link Between Theory and Risk Prediction | |
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| Better Diagnosis: The Need for Improved Assessment | |
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| Agency-Created Assessment Instruments | |
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| Classification | |
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| The Role of The Practitioner | |
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| Tasks and Nature of Work for Probation Officers | |
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| Pay and Demographics of Probation Officers | |
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| Role Confusion, Stress, and Burnout Related to the Job of Probation Officers | |
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| Education, Training, and Qualifications for Probation Officers | |
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| Tasks and Nature of Work for Probation Officers | |
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| When Probation and Parole are Combined into One Department | |
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| Firearms and the Community Supervision Officer | |
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| Nature of Work for Treatment Professionals | |
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| Record Keeping, Case Notes, and Administrative Duties with the Courts | |
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| Types of Treatment Providers in the Community Corrections System | |
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| Challenges to the Work of A Correctional Treatment Provider | |
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| Legal Liabilities and Risk Management | |
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| State Levels of Liability | |
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| Forms of Immunity and Types of Defenses | |
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| Indemnification, Representation, and Types of Damages | |
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| Legal Issues of Disclosure with the Pre-Sentence Investigation Reports | |
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| Liability of Parole Board Members for Violation of Substantive or Procedural Rights | |
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| Parole Board Liability for Released Offenders that Recidivate - Typically No Liability | |
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| The Use of Objective Instruments as a Safeguard from Liability | |
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| Probationer and Parolee Case Law Regarding Due Process During Revocation | |
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| Legal Issues with Court Shaming and the Use of Polygraph Examinations | |
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| Specific Aspects Related to Probation | |
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| Models of Probation Administration | |
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| Objectives and Advantages of Probation | |
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| Public Probation and Private Probation Agencies | |
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| The Sentencing Hearing and the PSI Revisited | |
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| The Court and the Role of the Judge: Setting Conditions for Supervision | |
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| Purpose of Probation, Evaluation, and Compliance with Conditions of Probation | |
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| Alternative Probation Methods | |
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| Probation Revocation Procedures | |
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| Specific Aspects Related to Parole | |
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| Models of Parole Administration | |
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| Federal Parole: A Remnant of the Past | |
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| The Financial Aspects of Parole | |
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| The Granting of Parole | |
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| Subjective and Objective Indicators in Parole Determinations | |
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| Pre-Release Planning and Institutional Parole Officers | |
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| Supervision From Beginning to End of Sentence | |
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| Conditions of Parole | |
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| Evaluation of Compliance and Modifications to Parole | |
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| Parole Revocation Proceedings | |
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| Victims and Restorative Justice | |
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| Needs-Based Case Management and Case Planning | |
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| The History and Evolution of Case Management | |
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| Client Needs Assessment | |
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| Reliability and Validity of Needs Assessment Scales | |
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| The Assessment System Should Use Highly Reliable Information, instruments and Techniques | |
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| Methods Used Which Are Specifically Valid for and Relevant to the Assessments and Decisions | |
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| Assessment Approaches Must Provide for the Potential for Change Across Time and Settings | |
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| Mental Illness and Classification - the DSM-IV-TR | |
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| Caseload Assignment Models | |
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| The Specialized Needs Caseload Model | |
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| Standards of Classification | |
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| Case Management Classification - Presentation of a Model System Assessment | |
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| The Supervision Plan | |
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| Use of Technology | |
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| Client Contracting and Supervision Planning | |
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| Addressing Offender Needs Holistically | |
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| Treatment Screening and Screening Tools | |
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| Treatment Planning | |
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| Progress Notes, Record Keeping, and Connecting the Case Plan with Supervision | |
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| The Viability of Treatment Perspectives | |
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| The Martinson Report - Revisited | |
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| The Need for Community-Based Treatment and the Pitfalls of Treatment Programs in Institutional Settings | |
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| Community Supervision Staff and Treatment Staff: Effective Alliances | |
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| Different Types of Treatment Modalities/Orientations in Therapy | |
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| Different Types of Treatment Programs | |
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| Different Types of Treatment Professionals | |
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| Community Partnerships and Agency Alliances | |
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| Treatment Staff, Referrals, and Increased Human Supervision | |
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| Progress in Treatment Programs and the Likelihood for Recidivism | |
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| Educating the Community About Treatment Benefits and Integrating Citizen and Agency Involvement | |
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| Community-Based Residential Treatment Facilities | |
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| Initial Offender Processing in the Jail Setting | |
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| The Use of Jail Diversion Programs to Alleviate Jail Crowding | |
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| Historical Developments in Halfway Houses | |
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| Various Community Residential Treatment Centers | |
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| Rural and Urban Residential Centers | |
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| Work Release and Study Release Programs | |
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| Cost-Effectiveness and Actual Program Effectiveness | |
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| Complex Offender Cases in Residential Facilities | |
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| Typical Staff in Residential Treatment Facilities | |
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| Intermediate Sanctions | |
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| Fines | |
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| Community Service | |
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| Intensive Supervision | |
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| Electronic Monitoring | |
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| Global Positioning Systems | |
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| Home Detention | |
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| Day Reporting Centers | |
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| Shock Incarceration/Split Sentencing | |
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| Methods of Ensuring Compliance - Detecting Drug Use Among Offenders | |
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| Testing Technologies - Immunoassay and Chromatography | |
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| Testing Methods - Instrument Testing and Point-of-Contact Tests | |
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| Methods of Ensuring Compliance - Sex Offender Notification Programs and Community Partnerships | |
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| Intermediate Sanctions in Different States | |
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| Juvenile Offenders | |
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| The Early History of Juvenile Probation | |
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| The Nature of Juvenile Probation | |
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| The Juvenile Court System | |
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| Juvenile Records | |
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| Adjudication Processes and Difference for Adult Courts | |
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| The Role of Child Protection | |
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| Family Services and Family Interventions | |
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| Risk Factors and Protective Factors for Juveniles | |
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| Juvenile Intensive Probation Supervision | |
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| Residential Treatment Programs | |
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| Treatment Programs and Types of Therapy | |
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| The Juvenile Gang Offender | |
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| Restorative Justice Techniques, Family Conferences, and Teen Courts | |
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| Specialized and Problematic Offender Typologies | |
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| Adult Sex Offenders | |
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| Sex Offender Typologies: Victim Chosen is Adult | |
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| Sex Offender Typologies: Child as Victim | |
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| Adult Sex Offenders in the Community | |
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| Substance Abusers | |
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| The Therapeutic Community | |
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| The Use of Drug Courts | |
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| Substance Abusers on Community Supervision | |
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| Self-Help Groups | |
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| Mentally Ill Offenders | |
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| Common Types of Mental Disorders in the Criminal Justice System | |
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| Anxiety and Stress-Related Disorders | |
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| Antisocial Personality Disorder, Psychopathy, and Other Mentally Disordered Offenders Who Have Heightened Risks of Violence | |
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| Diversity Issues and Cultural Competence in A Changing Era | |
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| Why is Diversity an Important Consideration? | |
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| The Notion of Cultural Competence | |
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| African American, Latino American, and Asian American Offenders in Metropolitan Areas | |
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| Minority Caseloads, Minority Gang Affiliations, Training for Community Supervision Staff | |
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| Female Offenders | |
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| Applied Theory: Feminist Criminology and the Female Offender | |
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| Program Evaluation and Future Trends in Community Corrections | |
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| Evaluation Research | |
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| Staffing Community Corrections Programs | |
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| Community Harm with Ineffective Programs | |
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| The Future of Community Corrections | |
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| The Media and Community Corrections | |