Rehabilitation, reintegration and reentry are immediate and pressing concerns in our society, as the rate of incarceration continually climbs. Recent activity in this field of study has generated an abundance of data which will inform and influence future policy. Rethinking Corrections is an edited text that will explore the challenges faced by convicted offenders over the course of rehabilitation and reintegration, and will meet the needs of upper level and graduate students as a primary text in required courses. The book's scope will span the earliest stages of incarceration (intake of risk and assessment), and extend through release into the community, including post-release supervision, employment concerns, healthcare and family life. Each of sixteen chapters will focus on a specific phase of the rehabilitation and reintegration process, using original, evidence-based text developed by contributors recruited for their expertise and reputation in their fields.

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: Corrections in an Era of Reentry - Lior GideonCHAPTER TWO: Public Attitudes Toward Rehabilitation and Reintegration - Lior Gideon and Natalie LovelandCHAPTER THREE: Treatment of Offender Population: Implications for the Risk Management and Community Reintegration - Elizabeth Jeglic, Christian Maile, Cynthia Calkins MercadoCHAPTER FOUR: Major Rehabilitative Approaches - Hung-En Sung and Lior GideonCHAPTER FIVE: Probation: An Untapped Resource in U.S. Corrections - Doris Layton MacKenzieCHAPTER SIX: Diversion Programs - Rachel PorterCHAPTER SEVEN: Prison-Based Substance-Abuse Program - Wayne N. WelshCHAPTER EIGHT: Prison-Based Educational and Vocational Programs - Georgen GuerreroCHAPTER NINE: The Community Re-integration of Violent/Sex Offenders: Issues and Challenges for Community Risk Management - Patrick Lussier, Melissa Dahabieh, Nadine Deslauriers-Varin, and Chris ThomsonCHAPTER TEN: Seeking Medical and Psychiatric Attention - Elizabeth Corzine McMullanCHAPTER ELEVEN: Faith-Based Prisoner Reentry - Beverly D. FrazierCHAPTER TWELVE: Parole: Moving the Field Forward Through a New Model of Behavioral Management - Faye S. TaxmanCHAPTER THIRTEEN: Employment Barriers to Reintegration - Mindy TarlowCHAPTER FOURTEEN: Barriers to Reintegration - Andrea LeverentzCHAPTER FIFTEEN: Preparedness of Current College Curricula to Issues of Prisoner Reentry - Lior GideonCHAPTER SIXTEEN: Integrative Theory of The Triple Rs (Rehabilitation, Reentry, and Reintegration) - Lior Gideon and Hung-En Sung