Community-Based Corrections
Community-Based Corrections by Leanne Alarid, published by Cengage Learning on February 21, 2007, is a comprehensive resource that explores various punishment and treatment programs serving as alternatives to incarceration. This edition, consisting of 414 pages, provides an objective overview of programs such as probation, parole, electronic monitoring, and house arrest, among others, designed to address the needs and risks of individual offenders.
Readers will find detailed discussions on the practical and legal aspects of managing these community-based programs. The book also delves into the historical, philosophical, social, and legal foundations that inform these alternatives, making it a valuable resource for those interested in social science and criminology. This edition is presented in English and offers a thorough examination of the complexities surrounding community corrections.
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Up-to-date, comprehensive, and objective, COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS gives you essential information on the wide array of punishment and treatment programs that constitute alternatives to incarceration. You’ll be introduced into a number of programs–such as 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. Additionally, you will learn about the practical and legal matters involved in running these programs, and you’ll gain insight into their historical, philosophical, social, and legal underpinnings.
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