Trends in Corrections: Interviews with Corrections Leaders Around the World, Volume One

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.

Interview with Hazael Ruiz, Ex-Director of the Penal Systems in Mexico City; Elena Azaola
Interview with Assistant Commissioner Luke Grant of Offender Services and Programs in New South Wales; Lauren Benton, Elias Mpofu and Rodd Rothwell
Interview with Dusko Sain, Director of Corrections for the Republic of Srspka; Laurence Armand French and Goran Kovacevic
Interview with Dr. Antal Koekenyesi, Lieutenant General, Commander of the Hungarian National Prison Service; Jozsef Boda and Zsolt Molnar
Interview with John Rougier, Commissioner of Prisons of Trinidad and Tobago; Dianne Williams
Interview with John Pastorek, Warden at North Fraser Pretrial Centre in British Columbia; Danielle Murdoch
Interview with Michael Boileau, Warden of Matsqui Institution, Correctional Service Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia; Richard Parent
Interview with Robert Jennings on Corrective Services, Western Australia; Ann-Claire Larsen
Interview with Timothy Leo, Chief Psychologist of the Singapore Prison Service; Andrew Day and Sharon Casey
Interview with Sue Hall, Chief Officer of West Yorkshire Probation; Clare Beckett
Interview with Robert Ambroselli, Director of Parole, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Mary Maguire
Interview with "CM"; Joanna Spink
Conclusion; Jennie K. Singer, Eileen M. Ahlin and Dilip K. Das
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