Preface | p. xix |
About the Authors | p. xxiii |
Probation | p. 1 |
The State of Corrections Today: Why Community Corrections Is Important | p. 2 |
The Correctional Dilemma | p. 3 |
The Paradox | p. 6 |
The Purpose of Corrections | p. 7 |
How Community Corrections Fits Correctional Goals | p. 8 |
Types of Community-Based Corrections Programs | p. 12 |
The Effectiveness of Community-Based Corrections | p. 18 |
Summary | p. 21 |
Discussion Questions | p. 21 |
Web Sites | p. 22 |
Case Study Exercise: Restorative Justice | p. 23 |
History and Legal Foundations of Probation | p. 24 |
Introduction | p. 25 |
Early Efforts to Mitigate Punishment | p. 25 |
Early American Law | p. 27 |
Recognizance and Suspended Sentence | p. 27 |
Early Probation | p. 30 |
Summary | p. 35 |
Discussion Questions | p. 36 |
Web Sites | p. 36 |
The Decision to Grant Probation | p. 38 |
Introduction | p. 39 |
What Is Probation? | p. 40 |
The Decision to Grant Probation--Sentencing | p. 42 |
Summary | p. 52 |
Discussion Questions | p. 52 |
Web Sites | p. 53 |
Case Study Exercise: The Decision to Grant Probation | p. 54 |
The Presentence Investigation Report | p. 56 |
Introduction | p. 57 |
Purposes of the Presentence Report | p. 57 |
Contents of the Presentence Report | p. 57 |
Preparing the Presentence Report | p. 61 |
Legal Problems Concerning the Presentence Report | p. 64 |
Summary | p. 68 |
Discussion Questions | p. 68 |
Web Sites | p. 69 |
Conditions, Modification, and Termination of Probation | p. 70 |
Introduction | p. 71 |
The Court Imposes Conditions of Probation | p. 71 |
Types of Probation Conditions | p. 73 |
Limitations on the Power of Courts to Impose Conditions | p. 75 |
Length of Probation | p. 81 |
Modification of Conditions of Probation | p. 82 |
Procedures for Modifying Conditions and Length of Probation | p. 82 |
Only the Judge Can Modify Conditions and Length of Probation | p. 83 |
Early Termination of Probation | p. 83 |
Special Programs to Carry Out Probation Conditions | p. 84 |
Summary | p. 89 |
Discussion Questions | p. 89 |
Case Study Exercise: Conditions and Length of Probation | p. 91 |
Organization and Administration of Probation Services | p. 93 |
Introduction | p. 94 |
Early Probation Organization | p. 95 |
Organization of Probation Services | p. 96 |
The Selections and Appointment of Probation Officers | p. 101 |
Qualification and Training of Probation and Parole Officers | p. 102 |
Salaries of Probation and Parole Officers | p. 105 |
Firearms Policies for Probation and Parole Officers | p. 107 |
Interstate Compacts on Probation | p. 109 |
Summary | p. 110 |
Discussion Questions | p. 111 |
Web Sites | p. 111 |
Supervision in Probation and Parole | p. 112 |
Introduction | p. 113 |
Changing Concepts of Supervision | p. 113 |
An Integrated Model of Supervision | p. 117 |
A Typology of Probation Officer Work Styles | p. 121 |
Classification: The First Step in Supervision | p. 122 |
Summary | p. 130 |
Discussion Questions | p. 131 |
Web Sites | p. 131 |
Case Study Exercise: Supervision in Probation and Parole | p. 132 |
Probation Revocation | p. 134 |
Introduction | p. 135 |
The Decision to Revoke | p. 135 |
Differing Perceptions of Revocation by Probation Officers | p. 137 |
Revocation and the Community | p. 137 |
Types of Probation Violation | p. 138 |
Revocation Procedure | p. 141 |
Revocation Rights of Probationers | p. 144 |
Other Legal Issues in Probation Revocation | p. 145 |
Revocation after the Term of Probation Has Expired | p. 149 |
Alternatives to Revocation | p. 150 |
Probation Revocation and the Interstate Compact | p. 151 |
The Effectiveness of Probation | p. 151 |
Summary | p. 153 |
Discussion Questions | p. 154 |
Case Study Exercise: Probation Revocation | p. 155 |
Parole | p. 157 |
The Development of Parole: From Its Origin to the Present | p. 158 |
Introduction | p. 159 |
The Origins of Parole | p. 162 |
Transportation and Ticket-of-Leave | p. 164 |
Development of Parole in the United States | p. 167 |
Development of Federal Parole | p. 168 |
The Medical Model: 1930s-1960s | p. 169 |
A Philosophical Change | p. 171 |
A Decline in the Use of Discretionary Parole | p. 174 |
Functions of Parole Today | p. 176 |
Summary | p. 183 |
Discussion Questions | p. 184 |
Web Sites | p. 185 |
The Parole Board and Parole Selection | p. 186 |
Introduction | p. 187 |
Organizational Models of Parole | p. 187 |
Eligibility for Parole | p. 188 |
The Parole Board | p. 190 |
The Parole Hearing | p. 191 |
The Parole Release Decision | p. 194 |
Prisoners' Perceptions of Parole Selection | p. 200 |
Due Process during Parole Hearings | p. 202 |
Imposing Parole Conditions | p. 205 |
Summary | p. 205 |
Discussion Questions | p. 206 |
Web Sites | p. 206 |
Case Study Exercise: Parole Board and Parole Selection | p. 208 |
Parole Conditions and Revocation | p. 210 |
Introduction | p. 211 |
Prisoner Perspectives of Getting Out | p. 211 |
The Field Parole Officer | p. 214 |
Conditions of Parole | p. 215 |
Parole Absconders | p. 220 |
Parole Revocation | p. 223 |
Legal Issues of Parole Revocation | p. 226 |
Parole Effectiveness | p. 233 |
The Future of Parole | p. 236 |
Summary | p. 237 |
Discussion Questions | p. 238 |
Web Sites | p. 238 |
Case Study Exercise: Parole Conditions and Revocation | p. 240 |
Intermediate Sanctions and Special Issues | p. 241 |
Residential Intermediate Sanctions | p. 242 |
Introduction | p. 243 |
Shock Incarceration | p. 244 |
Residential Community Corrections Facilities | p. 255 |
Other Types of Residential Community Corrections Facilities | p. 263 |
Summary | p. 268 |
Discussion Questions | p. 268 |
Web Sites | p. 269 |
Case Study Exercise: Intermediate Sanctions: When Traditional Probation is Not Enough | p. 270 |
Nonresidential Intermediate Sanctions | p. 271 |
Introduction | p. 272 |
Intensive Supervision Probation | p. 272 |
House Arrest | p. 276 |
Electronic Monitoring | p. 278 |
Day Reporting Centers | p. 283 |
Restitution | p. 287 |
Community Service | p. 292 |
Fines and Day Fines | p. 295 |
Summary | p. 299 |
Discussion Questions | p. 299 |
Web Sites | p. 300 |
Case Study Exercise: Alternatives to Incarceration | p. 301 |
Juvenile Justice, Probation, and Aftercare | p. 302 |
Introduction | p. 303 |
Background and History | p. 304 |
Juvenile Justice and Adult Justice Systems Compared | p. 306 |
Juvenile Courts | p. 307 |
Transfer of Jurisdiction from Juvenile Court to Adult Court | p. 310 |
An Overview of the Juvenile Justice Process | p. 310 |
Major U.S. Supreme Court Cases in Juvenile Justice | p. 314 |
Juvenile Probation and Aftercare | p. 317 |
Conditions of Probation and Aftercare | p. 320 |
Supervision | p. 321 |
Revocation | p. 323 |
Special Programs | p. 324 |
Some Challenges to Juvenile Probation | p. 327 |
A Juvenile Justice System for the 21st Century | p. 330 |
Summary | p. 331 |
Discussion Questions | p. 332 |
Web Sites | p. 333 |
Case Study Exercise: Sentencing in the Juvenile Justice System | p. 334 |
Direct and Collateral Consequences of Conviction | p. 335 |
Introduction | p. 336 |
Civil Disabilities Today | p. 338 |
Civil and Political Rights Affected by Conviction | p. 340 |
Social Stigmatization of Ex-Offenders | p. 350 |
Summary | p. 351 |
Discussion Questions | p. 351 |
Web Sites | p. 352 |
Pardon and Restoration of Rights | p. 353 |
Introduction | p. 354 |
Pardon | p. 354 |
Automatic Restoration of Rights | p. 358 |
Expungement | p. 358 |
Sealing | p. 359 |
Restoration of Rights upon Application | p. 360 |
Court Decisions | p. 360 |
Restoring Good Moral Character | p. 361 |
The Status of Civil Disabilities Today | p. 362 |
Summary | p. 363 |
Discussion Questions | p. 364 |
Web Sites | p. 364 |
Endnotes | p. 365 |
Glossary | p. 389 |
Table of Cases | p. 395 |
Name Index | p. 396 |
Subject Index | p. 398 |
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