Community-Based Corrections

Leanne Fiftal Alarid is an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Texas-El Paso. She double majored in Psychology and Sociology at the University of Northern Colorado. She worked in Denver as a counselor in a girls group home and then as a case manager at an adult halfway house before returning to school to earn an M.A. and Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University. She was on the faculty at the University of Missouri-Kansas City from 1996-2006, and at the University of Texas at San Antonio from 2006-2013. Her research areas are post-conviction offender behavior, issues of mentally ill offenders, and correctional policy. She has also partnered with a number of criminal justice agencies as a researcher, consultant, and program evaluator. Dr. Alarid has authored more than fifty journal articles and book chapters. She has co-authored/edited seven other books and received the Fellow Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in 2011 for her outstanding contribution to criminal justice education and service. Rolando V. del Carmen is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice in the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. He was assistant dean and associate professor of a school of law in the Philippines and has held various administrative and academic positions in the United States. In addition, he has taught at various universities and has written extensively, including numerous articles on legal issues and more than ten books. A consultant to criminal justice agencies in a number of states, Dr. Del Carmen served a six-year term to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. He earned the Fellow Award (1990), Bruce Smith Award (1996), and Founders Award (2005) from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He holds a B.A. and a bachelor of laws degree from the Philippines, a master of comparative law from Southern Methodist University, a master of laws from the University of California at Berkeley, and a doctor of science of law from the University of Illinois.

• Part I: AN OVERVIEW AND EVOLUTION OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. 1. An Overview of Community Corrections: Goals and Evidence-Based Practices. 2. How Probation Developed: Chronicling Its Past and Present. 3. History of Parole and Mandatory Release. Part II: TECHNIQUES OF EVIDENCE-BASED COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL SUPERVISION. 4. Pretrial Supervision, Sentencing, and the Presentence Investigation Report. 5. Classification and Supervision. 6. Community Supervision for Offenders with Special Needs. 7. Community Supervision Modification and Revocation. Part III: ENHANCEMENTS AND GRADUATED SANCTIONS. 8. Residential Community Supervision Programs. 9. Nonresidential Graduated Sanctions. 10. Restorative Justice and Economic Reparations. Part IV: SPECIAL ISSUES IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. 11. Prisoner Reentry. 12. Career Pathways in Community Corrections. 13. Juvenile Justice, Probation, and Parole. 14. Collateral Consequences of Felony Convictions and Restoration of Rights.

Part I: AN OVERVIEW AND EVOLUTION OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. 1. An Overview of Community Corrections: Goals and Evidence-Based Practices. 2. How Probation Developed: Chronicling Its Past and Present. 3. History of Parole and Mandatory Release. Part II: TECHNIQUES OF EVIDENCE-BASED COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL SUPERVISION. 4. Pretrial Supervision, Sentencing, and the Presentence Investigation Report. 5. Classification and Supervision. 6. Community Supervision for Offenders with Special Needs. 7. Community Supervision Modification and Revocation. Part III: ENHANCEMENTS AND GRADUATED SANCTIONS. 8. Residential Community Supervision Programs. 9. Nonresidential Graduated Sanctions. 10. Restorative Justice and Economic Reparations. Part IV: SPECIAL ISSUES IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. 11. Prisoner Reentry. 12. Career Pathways in Community Corrections. 13. Juvenile Justice, Probation, and Parole. 14. Collateral Consequences of Felony Convictions and Restoration of Rights.