Probation and parole
Subtitle: principles and practices.
Publisher: C. C. Thomas
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Springfield, Ill
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Probation -- United States; Parole -- United States
Notes: Bibliography: p. 175-178.
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Probation, parole and the correctional cycle. Probation and parole : a part of -- Relation to law enforcement -- Relation to correctional institutions -- Relation to courts -- Suggested problems -- Probation : its origins and philosophies. Extramural treatment of offenders -- Effective supervision -- Suggested problems -- Probation in practice. Actual practice in juvenile courts -- Selection of offenders -- Caseloads -- Summary probation -- Limitations on probation -- Suggested problems -- Probation : its origins and objectives. Early parole : necessity for -- The Indeterminate sentence law -- The power to grant parole -- Caseloads -- Conditions of parole -- Predicting success on parole -- Suggested problems -- Parole in practice. Politics, caseloads -- Relation to law enforcement -- Community attitudes towards parole -- Conditions of parole -- Success on parole -- Suggested problems -- The detention process. Juvenile detention homes : design, construction and operation -- Purposes and objectives of detention -- Services and activities -- Education -- Recreation -- Religion -- Intake policies -- Personnel -- Suggested problems -- Records and case recording. Content of case records -- Techniques of case recording -- Ethics of recording -- Suggested problems -- The preliminary investigation, pre-sentence investigation, and pre-parole report. Content -- Arguments for and against the preliminary report -- The pre-sentence investigation -- The pre-parole report --Guide for recording initial social study (preliminary investigation) -- Suggested problems -- Fundamentals of human behavior. Basic knowledge -- Influence of the past -- Psychosis and legal insanity -- Suggested problems -- Social casework. Definition -- Relation to probation and parole -- Social diagnosis -- Treatment of the individual offender. Treatment methods -- Family relationships -- Foster home care -- Use of authority -- Use of volunteers -- Suggested problems -- Typical tasks. Interviewing -- Recording -- Court appearances -- Transportation -- Apprehension of violators -- Paper work -- Suggested problems -- Supervision of offenders. Principles -- Skills -- Limitations -- Supervision of special offenders. Suggested problems -- Employment counseling and job finding. Necessity -- Techniques -- Do’s and do not’s -- Aids to job finding -- Suggested problems -- Group therapy.  Use with offenders -- New concepts -- Values -- Limitations -- Suggested problems -- Education and Training for probation and parole officers. Lack of specific program -- Divergence of opinions -- Suggested undergraduate curriculum -- Suggested graduate curriculum -- In-service training -- Suggested problems -- Administration. Personnel management -- Organization -- Communications -- Public relations and publicity -- Supervision of staff -- Budgeting -- Suggested problems -- Inter-state compact. Purpose -- Organization -- Operation -- Suggested problems -- The federal probation and parole system. Origin -- Juvenile and youth offenders -- Workload -- Dual functions -- Use of volunteers -- Evaluation -- Suggested problems -- The centralized authority concept. Philosophy and basic concepts -- The English Borstal system -- The California experience -- Contributions to parole -- Oppositon to centralized authority systems -- Limitations of the centralized authority system -- Suggested problems -- Appendix A : preliminary investigation -- Appendix B : pre-sentence investigation -- Appendix C : pre-parole report -- Appendix D : parole violation report -- Appendix E : case record - chronological data.