Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections (4th Edition) - Hardcover

Champion, Dean John; Champion, Dean J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130408522 ISBN 13: 9780130408525

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2001

Synopsis

Suggesting that all components of the criminal and juvenile justice systems are interrelated to varying degrees, this thorough study describes the objectives of probation and parole for criminally convicted adults and juveniles and whether these objectives are achieved. Helping readers deepen their understanding of these philosophies through an examination of the history of parole and probation in the United States, it describes probation and parole programs, considers various classes of offenders, and highlights several problems associated with the selection and training of probation and parole officers—including their relationships with offender-clients. It remains the only major volume of its kind to combine the standard topics in probation and parole with full coverage of recent trends in community corrections. Exceptionally well organized, it emphasizes a legalistic approach, noting key legal cases where appropriate and including our most recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The volume provides a complete analysis of probation, community corrections, and the sentencing process; jails, prisons, and parole; the administration of probation and parole organizational operations; special populations of offenders and juvenile probation; and parole and program evaluation. For those involved in criminal justice, probation, parole or community corrections fields.

About this title

From the Publisher

Aimed primarily at students who will be working in the field, this book offers a thorough, practical overview of the way our current system of probation and parole deals with convicted adults and juvenile offenders. This new edition is the only major text to combine the standard topics in probation and parole with full coverage of recent trends in community corrections, including such options as electronic monitoring, home incarceration, community day reporting centers, and victim compensation programs. Besides describing the range of current programs, the text discusses various classes of offenders, with a special section on the problems posed by juveniles. It also examines such professional topics as training and officer effectiveness, as well as the larger issues of economic and political influences on the system. The book is exceptionally well organized and emphasizes a legalistic approach, noting key legal cases where appropriate and including U.S. Supreme Court decisions up to 1994.

About the Author

Dean John Champion is Professor of Criminal Justice, Texas A & M International University; Laredo, Texas. Dr. Champion has taught at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, California State University-Long Beach, and Minot State University.  He earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University and B.S. and M.A. degrees from Brigham Young University.  He also completed several years of law school at the Nashville School of Law.

 

            Dr. Champion has written over 35 texts and/or edited works and maintains memberships in eleven professional organizations.  He is a lifetime member of the American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the American Sociological Association.  He is a former editor of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences/Anderson Publishing Company Series on Issues in Crime and Justice and the Journal of Crime and Justice.  He is a contributing author for the Encarta Encyclopedia 2000 for Microsoft.  He has been a Visiting Scholar for the National Center for Juvenile Justice and is a former president of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association. He has also designed and/or offered numerous online courses for the University of Phoenix, Excelsior University, and the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.

 

            Among his published books for Prentice-Hall include Administration of Criminal Justice: Structure, Function, and Process (2003); Basic Statistics for Social Research (1970, 1981); Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology 3/e (1993, 2000, 2006); The Juvenile Justice System: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law 4/e (1992, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 forthcoming); Corrections in the United States: A Contemporary Perspective 4/e (1990, 1998, 2001, 2005); Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections 5/e (1990, 1996, 1999, 2005); Policing in the Community (w/George Rush) (1996); and The Administration of Justice Systems (2001). Dr. Champion's specialty interests include juvenile justice, criminal justice administration, corrections, and statistics/methods.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0130408522
• ISBN 13: 9780130408525
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 635