Offering rare insiders perspectives, Trends in Corrections: Interviews with Corrections Leaders Around the World is a comprehensive survey of correctional programming and management styles used across nations. Twelve chapters present transcribed interviews of corrections leaders along with a brief portrait of the corrections system in those jurisd
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Jennie K. Singer, PhD, is a faculty member in the Division of Criminal Justice at California State University in Sacramento. She teaches courses in corrections, criminal theory, and research methods. She has worked in several clinical settings with children, adolescents, and adults in both outpatient and inpatient settings. In addition, she has held several psychologist positions with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Dr. Singer worked as a key researcher with the California Sex Offender Management Board and published several government reports on sex offender management, as well as articles on corrections, intelligence assessment, and sex offender policy. She is currently a researcher and an advisor to a new cognitive behavioral life skills diversion program, Ascend implemented in California as part of AB 109, a plan to divert some state prisoners to local jails.
Dilip K. Das, PhD Eileen M. Ahlin, PhD
Zusammenfassung
Offering rare insiders' perspectives, Trends in Corrections: Interviews with Corrections Leaders Around the World is a comprehensive survey of correctional programming and management styles used across nations. Twelve chapters present transcribed interviews of corrections leaders along with a brief portrait of the corrections system in those jurisdictions. The leaders interviewed represent a variety of cultures, political environments, and economic systems and come from North America (Canada, Mexico, and the United States), Asia (Singapore), Australia, the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago), and Europe (England, Hungary, and Bosnia-Herzegovina).Topics discussed in this insightful collection of interviews include:Working conditions for correction officersHow governmental changes can impact a prison systemOvercrowding problems and efforts to modernize prisonsRecidivism concerns and programs that facilitate offender reintegration into society upon releaseEffects of the media's portrayal of prisons on communitiesThe final chapter reflects on the interviews and summarizes the common themes evident throughout the book. Advancing knowledge about corrections systems worldwide, this volume bridges the gap of knowledge that exists between scholars and researchers in academia and practitioners in the field. The candid discussions presented herein are destined to open further dialogue among these professionals, adding value to current operations and informing future directions.
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Interview with Hazael Ruiz, Ex-Director of the Penal Systems in Mexico City. Interview with Assistant Commissioner Luke Grant of Offender Services and Programs in New South Wales. Interview with Dusko Sain, Director of Corrections for the Republic of Srspka. Interview with Dr. Antal K k esi, Lieutenant General, Commander of the Hungarian National Prison Service. Interview with John Rougier, Commissioner of Prisons of Trinidad and Tobago. Interview with John Pastorek, Warden at North Fraser Pretrial Centre in British Columbia. Interview with Michael Boileau, Warden of Matsqui Institution, Correctional Service Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia. Interview with Robert Jennings from the Western Australia Corrective Services. Interview with Timothy Leo, Chief Psychologist of the Singapore Prison Service. Interview with Sue Hall, Chief Officer of West Yorkshire Probation. Interview with Robert Ambroselli, Director of Parole, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Interview with "CM". Conclusion. International Police Executive Symposium (IPES) www.ipes.info IPES Institutional Supporters. Index.