Probation and Parole : Theory and Practice

"Probation and Parole: Theory and Practice, Ninth Edition "takes a look inside the real world of probation and parole. Featuring a front-line "practitioner' s" insights based on the author' s extensive experience as a senior New York State parole officer, this book exposes readers to the complex, " real" world of probation and parole. Comprehensive in approach, this book provides a "thorough "understanding of the field of probation and parole covering these topics: history and administration, sentencing and the pre-sentence investigation, juvenile court, probation, institutions, and aftercare, prisons and community-based corrections, indeterminate and determinate sentences, the theory and practice of rehabilitation, parole supervision and special problems and programs. For future or practicing probation and parole officers.Abadinsky, Howard is the author of 'Probation and Parole : Theory and Practice', published 1990 under ISBN 9780318682884 and ISBN 0318682885.