Full Description
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 officers
How governmental changes can impact a prison system
Overcrowding problems and efforts to modernize prisons
Recidivism concerns and programs that facilitate offender reintegration into society upon release
Effects of the media's portrayal of prisons on communities
The 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.
Contents
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 Kökényesi, 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.
