“I rely on this case studies text as a supplemental resource when discussing case planning of community corrections officers. Students are more engaged and tuned in when applying concepts to real cases.” — Shenique Davis, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY

“I love having these case studies on hand so students are able to think through potential real-life situations they may encounter on the job. I also love the opportunity that the cases provide for group work.” — Vanessa Price, Northeast State Community College

“Excellent text for my Interviewing & Counseling class. Case studies are relevant and contemporary in regard to decisions faced by correctional professionals today. I highly recommend it to any individual teaching in the correctional field.” — Keith Twitchell, Diablo Valley College

Section I: THE COURT AND CORRECTIONS
Introduction / Presentence Diversion / Juvenile Courts / Diversionary Practices

1. Presentence Investigation: A Fair Shake?
2. The Court and Child Abuse
3. Probation for Profit
4. Statutory Rapist
5. What's Best for the Family? What's Best for the Wife?
6. Lost Boys, Inc.
7. Murder by Internet
8. Where Does Protest End and Crime Begin?

Section II: RETHINKING PUNISHMENT
Introduction / The Role of the Community in Punishment / Incarceration / Parole / Reentry / Community Corrections

1. The Minister and the Ex-Offender
2. See No Evil, Hear No Evil
3. Corrections in Jail: Mental Health vs. Custody
4. A Family of Offenders
5. The Teacher, the Delinquent, and the Gang
6. A Farmer's Dilemma
7. Revocation or Yet Another Chance?
8. Peer Mentoring—Benefit or Bureaucratic Morass?

Section III: THE INMATE
Introduction / Inmate Classification / The Prison Environment / Inmate Misconduct / The Effects of Imprisonment

1. Bust or Parole?
2. Six Months to Go
3. An Expression of Grief
4. Something for Nothing?
5. What’s for Supper?
6. Home Sweet Home
7. The Prison Schoolhouse
8. From Troublemaker to Peacemaker

Section IV: THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER
Introduction / Employment / Correctional Officer and Inmate Attitudes / Prison Work

1. The First Day
2. A Legacy of Corruption
3. Man in the Middle
4. A Matter of Discretion
5. Elder Abuse
6. A Riot in the Making?
7. A Question of Policy
8. Family Connections

Section V: THE COUNSELOR
Introduction / The Counseling Process / Types of Offender Counseling / Treatment Categories

1. Wet Behind the Ears
2. Confidentiality or Security?
3. A Captive Audience?
4. The Group
5. The Despairing Client
6. Dealing with Anger
7. Counseling a Hostage Victim
8. Suicide by Counselor

Section VI: THE CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
Introduction / Social and Political Influences / Correctional Traditions and Fragmentation / Correctional Management

1. Anyone Want a Job?
2. Who’s Running the Prison?
3. Prison Sexuality
4. Progressive Administration, Punitive Community
5. Too Little Supervision or an Unfortunate Incident?
6. Managing a Women’s Prison
7. Where Do You Begin?

Section VII: CORRECTIONAL ETHICS AND LEGAL ISSUES
Introduction / Correctional Ethics / Evolution of Prisoners' Rights / Overcrowding / Privatization of Correctional Facilities / The Ultimate Punishment: Death

1. Offender Rights and Public Expectations
2. A Choice of Punishments
3. Sexual Harassment
4. The Public Has a Right to Know
5. Watch What You Say
6. Outsourcing for Profit
7. The Last Meal