Reports on a growing practice in American corrections: developing policies that guide discretionary responses to probation and parole violations. Includes topics on reason for the increasing numbers of violators and absconders, detection, changes of types of offenders on probation and parole, trends in responding to violationss, improved manaement practices, responses to absconders, efforts to locate absconders, and more. Tables.

During the past decade, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) helped 29 jurisdictions address parole & probation violation issues by providing onsite technical assistance. Among the lessons learned is that goals, resources, & values differ from one place to another. Jurisdictions must work through a process leading to informed policy options that meet their particular needs. This handbook is built around what the NIC has learned about how agencies effectively address violations policy. Expanding on information & examples from the 29 jurisdictions, this document will lead agency policy teams through a series of activities to help them develop their own set of violation policies.

"[The report] finds that supervision -– probation and parole -– drives high numbers of people, disproportionately those who are Black and brown, right back to jail or prison, while in large part failing to help them get needed services and resources. In states examined in the report, people are often incarcerated for violating the rules of their supervision or for low-level crimes, and receive disproportionate punishment following proceedings that fail to adequately protect their fair trial rights."--Publisher website.