Introduction to Corrections

Introduction to Corrections provides students with a comprehensive foundation of corrections that is practitioner-driven and grounded in modern research and theoretical origins. Experienced correctional practitioner, scholar, and author Robert D. Hanser shows students how the corrections system works, from classification, security, and treatment, to demonstrating how and why correctional practices are implemented. The Fourth Edition includes a special emphasis on the role of technology in each chapter; new topics on medical care in jail, female drug offenders, and controversies around the death penalty; and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on correctional practices. Data and examples drawn from federal government documents, along with exercises that reinforce concepts in the text, further aid student learning.

Robert D. Hanser is a professor of criminal justice and the coordinator of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Dr. Hanser has a PhD in marriage and family therapy and a PhD in criminal justice. He also has graduate degrees in psychology (psychometrics emphasis), counseling, social work, and substance abuse administration. He is a national certified counselor, a licensed professional counselor in the states of Louisiana and Texas, a licensed addiction counselor, a certified hypnotherapist, and a certified anger management therapist. Dr. Hanser worked as a correctional officer at Eastham State Prison, in Texas, for several years. He has gained extensive practitioner experience in treatment programming in Louisiana at Richwood Correctional Center (RCC), Madison Parish Correctional Center (MPCC) and the Louisiana Transitional Center for Women (LTCW). He has expertise in therapeutic programming, mental health response, education within correctional facilities, substance use disorder treatment, and reentry. He holds a gubernatorial appointment on the Reentry Advisory Council of Louisiana, serves on the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence (LCADV), has been appointed to the Professional Educational Counsel with the American Correctional Association (ACA), and is an Executive Counselor for the Corrections section for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS). He is a past member of the 4th Judicial District's Youth Services Planning Board, a past therapeutic director of the 4^th Judicial District Drug Court, and is the lead therapist for the 4^th Judicial District Reentry Court and the 4th Judicial District Batterer's Intervention Program. Dr. Hanser is also a site surveyor for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). He has aided several organizations in obtaining and/or maintaining CARF accreditation throughout his career, with expertise in substance use and behavioral health treatment programming.

He has written Introduction to Corrections (3^rd Ed.), Community Corrections (2^nd Ed.), Juvenile Justice (10^th Ed.), Correctional Counseling, Multiculturalism in the Criminal Justice System, Special Needs Offenders, and over 60 other publications, including textbooks, anthology chapters, and peer reviewed articles.

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