Professional Lives of Community Corrections Officers: The Invisible Side of Reentry - Softcover

Lutze, Faith E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452242267 ISBN 13: 9781452242262

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2013

Synopsis

One of the first contemporary works to bring together research focused on community corrections officers, Professional Lives of Community Corrections Officers: The Invisible Side of Reentry, by Faith E. Lutze, helps readers understand the importance of community corrections officers to the success of the criminal justice system. The author brings the important work of these officers out from the shadows of the prison and into the light of informed policymaking, demonstrating how their work connects to the broader political, economic, and social context. Arguing that they are "street-level boundary spanners" who are in the best position to lead effective reentry initiatives built on interagency collaboration, the author shows how community corrections officers can effectively lead a fluid response to reentry that is inclusive of control, support, and treatment. This supplement is ideal for community corrections or probation and parole courses to supplement core textbooks.

About this title

About the Author:

Faith E. Lutze (Ph.D., Administration of Justice, Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University. Her current research interests include drug courts, the professional role of community corrections officers, offender adjustment to community corrections supervision, and gender and justice with an emphasis on masculinity in prisons. She teaches criminal justice courses on corrections, violence toward women, ethics, and gender and justice. Dr. Lutze has published her research on boot camp prisons, masculine prison environments, community corrections officers, and drug courts in various journals including Justice Quarterly, Crime & Delinquency, Criminology and Public Policy, and The Journal of Criminal Justice. She received the Coremae Richey Mann Leadership Award (2010) presented by the Minorities and Women Section of ACJS and the ACJS Corrections Section Award (2010) for scholarship and service in corrections.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1452242267
• ISBN 13: 9781452242262
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296