Experiencing Corrections : From Practitioner to Professor.

Cover -- Brief Contents -- Detailed Contents -- Preface -- 1 - Introduction -- 2 - Looking Back -- 3 - Presentence Officers as Beasts of Burden -- 4 - Experiencing the ISP Movement -- 5 - Patient Evaluations R Us -- 6 - Re-discovering Possibility -- 7 - Administrative Work in Institutional Corrections -- 8 - The Experiences of an Outsider Spending Time Inside -- 9 - Learning Corrections -- 10 - Corrections -- 11 - An Attempt to Change Disproportionate Minority Contact by Working in Youth Corrections -- 12 - Helping Residential Youth Pursue Their Interests -- 13 - Experiencing the Parallels Between Juvenile and Adult Community Corrections -- 14 - Working With Minority Youth in Residential Treatment -- 15 - Working in Corrections and Teaching About the Field -- 16 - Experiencing the Criminal Justice System -- 17 - Conclusion -- Index -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors.

Bringing together essays by scholars with experience in the field, this collection provides readers with a valuable exploration of correction, from both a theoretical and practical standpoint.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.