NCJ Number
40021
Date Published
1977
Length
352 pages
Annotation
TEXTBOOK THAT PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS OF PROBATION AND PAROLE, FOCUSING ON LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS, ADVANCES IN CORRECTIONAL PHILOSOPHY, AND INNOVATIONS IN TREATMENT APPROACHES.
Abstract
RECENT TRENDS AND REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTS IN PHILOSOPHY, IN TREATMENT APPROACHES, AND IN JUDICIAL MANDATES ARE INTEGRATED IN THE TEXT. EMPHASIZED IS THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUAL MOTIVATION, RATHER THAN GENERAL CAUSATION, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY NEGLECTED. PARTICULARLY TREATED ARE THE ISSUE OF DECISIONMAKING AND THE PROBLEM OF SUPERVISING DRUG ADDICTS. ALSO DISCUSSED AND INTERPRETED ARE THE MAJOR LEGAL DECISIONS WHICH HAVE STIRRED PRACTITIONERS AND WHICH HAVE REFORMED PROBATION AND PAROLE. APPENDICES CONTAIN STANDARDS FROM THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND GOALS FOR BOTH PROBATION AND PAROLE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP