Introduction -- Gaining access to and building rapport with correctional populations -- Types of correctional data that can be collected -- Informed consent process and research ethics -- Logistics of doing research with correctional populations -- Appendix A : Agency letter of support -- Appendix B : Weekly contact sheet for staff with client caseloads in the experimental (SOCP) group -- Appendix C : Weekly contact sheet contact codesheet for staff with client caseloads in the experimental (SOCP) group -- Appendix D : Publically available data sources -- Appendix E : "Thinking for a change" facilitator peer rating form -- Appendix F : General informed consent for traditional placements in the Florida Faith and Community-Based Delinquency Treatment Initiative (FCBDTI) -- Appendix G : Example of re-consent for youths participating in the Faith and Community-Based Delinquency Treatment Initiative (FCBDTI) -- Appendix H : Informed consent form for youth interview -- Appendix I : Example IRB protocol -- Appendix J : Application for a research assistant position.
Summary:
"While many criminologists study offenders, offending, and its consequences, fewer actually journey into the correctional world. Indeed, this is not something that researchers are actively encouraged to do in some academic realms. Throughout our careers, we have learned for ourselves many valuable--and sometimes painful--lessons. Sometimes we learned them through trial and error and other times we learned from researchers more experienced than we were. These are the kinds of lessons that are generally absent from textbooks and graduate-level courses--the kinds of lessons (or stories) that are often shared among scholars after hours over coffee or cocktails. We share these lessons in this book to help equip people with the knowledge we have accumulated in our combined sixty years of experience"--Provided by publisher.
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