Corrections In The 21St Century ISE

John Ortiz Smykla, PhD, is retired director and professor of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University . He also held appointments at the University of Alabama, where he served as professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice; the University of South Alabama, where he served as professor and chair of the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice; and the University of West Florida,where he served as professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies and was named Distinguished University Professor . He earned the interdisciplinary social science PhD in criminal  justice, sociology, and anthropology from Michigan State University. He holds bachelors and masters degrees in sociology  from California State University at Northridge. Dr. Smykla has authored or edited five corrections books, including Probation, Parole, and Community Based Corrections (2013) and Offender Reentry: Rethinking Criminology and Criminal Justice (2014). His coauthored data set Executions in the United States, 16082003: The Espy File, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, is one of the most frequently requested criminal justice data files from the University of Michigans Inter- University Consortium for Political and Social Research. Dr. Smykla has published more than 75 research articles on corrections and policing issues. He recently completed a multiyear analysis of federal reentry court and the impact of police body cameras. In 1986, Dr. Smykla was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Argentina and Uruguay. He is a member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the Southern Criminal Justice Association.In 1996, the Southern Criminal Justice Association  named him Educator of the Year. In 1997, he served as program chair for the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. In 2000, he served as president of the Southern Criminal Justice Association. In 2017, Dr. Smykla and his colleagues received Springers Outstandï¿ing American Journal of Criminal Justice Article Award for their research on police body cameras, and in the same year, another of their articles on police body cameras was named Most Read in Criminal Justice and Behavior. He was inducted into the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice Wall of Fame in 2019.  

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO CORRECTIONS 
1 Corrections: An Overview 
2 Corrections Today: Evidence-Based Corrections and Professionalism 
3 Sentencing: To Punish or to Reform? 


PART 2 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS 
4 Probation: The Most Used Form of Punishment
5 Intermediate Sanctions and Community Corrections: Between Probation
and Incarceration 


PART 3 INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTIONS 
6 Jails: Front Door to Corrections
7 Prisons Today: Change Stations or Warehouses? 
8 Parole: Early Release and Reentry 


PART 4 THE PRISON WORLD 
9 The Staff World: Managing the Prison Population
10 The Client: Living Behind Bars 
11 The Legal World: Prisoners’ Rights 
12 Special Prison Populations: People in Prison With Substance Use Disorders, HIV/AIDS, Mental Illness, and the Elderly