Community-Based Corrections - Softcover

Alarid, Leanne Fiftal; Del Carmen, Rolando V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495812420 ISBN 13: 9780495812425

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2010

Synopsis

Up-to-date, comprehensive, and objective, COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS, 8e delivers essential information on the wide array of punishment and treatment programs that constitute alternatives to incarceration. This best-selling text provides solid coverage of numerous programs--including probation, parole, electronic monitoring, house arrest, day-treatment centers, boot camps, restitution, and fines--designed to meet the needs and levels of risk posed by the individual offender. It also covers the practical and legal matters involved in running these programs as well as offers insight into their historical, philosophical, social, and legal underpinnings.

About this title

About the Author

Rolando V. del Carmen is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice in the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. He was assistant dean and associate professor of a school of law in the Philippines and has held various administrative and academic positions in the United States. In addition, he has taught at various universities and has written extensively, including numerous articles on legal issues and more than ten books. A consultant to criminal justice agencies in a number of states, Dr. Del Carmen served a six-year term to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. He earned the Fellow Award (1990), Bruce Smith Award (1996), and Founders Award (2005) from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He holds a B.A. and a bachelor of laws degree from the Philippines, a master of comparative law from Southern Methodist University, a master of laws from the University of California at Berkeley, and a doctor of science of law from the University of Illinois.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0495812420
• ISBN 13: 9780495812425
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 415