@article{433687,
      author = {Hanser, Robert D.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/433687},
      title = {Community corrections /},
      publisher = {Sage,},
      abstract = {Product Description:  Offering comprehensive coverage with  an applied, practical perspective, Community Corrections  covers all the major topics in the field while emphasizing  reintegration and community partnerships and focusing  strongly on assessment, risk prediction, and  classification. Author Robert D. Hanser draws on his  experience with offender treatment planning, special needs  populations, and the comparative criminal justice fields to  present a complete assessment of the issues and challenges  facing community corrections today. Insights into how the  day-to-day practitioner conducts business in community  corrections are illustrated by such things as the  increasing role technology plays in the field. Key  Features:  Incorporates "What Would You Do?" assignments  that ask students to determine the best course of action  for legal issues dealing with specific challenges in  community supervision; Includes Focus Topics boxes to add  depth and detail to selected important and interesting  topics and issues; Offers Applied Theory inserts throughout  the book to provide a clear and focused application of a  specified theory to a particular issue or set of issues in  community corrections; Presents specialized needs caseload  models to help students understand the increasing need for  community supervision officers to be well-versed on special  offender typologies, including sex offenders, mentally ill  offenders, those with communicable diseases, and drug  offenders; Gives students hands-on practice in community  corrections through the completion of mock Pre-sentence  Investigation Reports (PSIs); Provides Cross-National  Perspective boxes to demonstrate common themes in community  supervision around the world, as well as different but  viable approaches used in other countries; Offers Applied  Exercises at the ends of chapters to help students reflect  on their understanding of each chapter's content and to  demonstrate their competence in using the information,  techniques, and processes that they have learned.},
      recid = {433687},
      pages = {xx, 531 p. :},
      address = {Los Angeles :},
      year = {2010},
}