Marcel A. Fredericks

This book addresses the contemporary ideological conflict among professionals, both academics and practitioners, as to the appropriate response toward criminal and juvenile justice offender populations. Since the mid-seventies there has been a philosophical debate among the 'hard-liners' and the 'born again' liberals over delivery of a 'just desserts' model for the deviant within our population. Still others cling to the correctional practice history of humane intervention. This monograph attempts to reconcile a few of the current rguments, where the lack of agreement over philosophy has so heavily impacted upon strategical and tactical implementation of public policy contingencies. Contents: Foreword; The Setting; The Supporting Cast; The Protagonist; The Plot; The Audience; Epilogue; References.

This book is an innovative attempt to examine and restructure the field of qualitative research methods. It develops a series of -rules- which not only give qualitative inquiry a firmer methodological grounding but also serve as specific guidelines for the practicing researcher. Additionally, the book situates the conduct of qualitative inquiry the broader framework of epistemological concerns drawn from contemporary debates in the philosophy of science and social science. The book can be used, then, as an in-depth introduction to qualitative research methods as well as a social epistemological foundation for the justification of these methods."

This book addresses the contemporary ideological conflict among professionals, both academics and practitioners, as to the appropriate response toward criminal and juvenile justice offender populations. Since the mid-seventies there has been a philosophical debate among the "hard-liners" and the "born again" liberals over delivery of a "just desserts" model for the deviant within our population. Still others cling to the correctional practice history of humane intervention. This monograph attempts to reconcile a few of the current rguments, where the lack of agreement over philosophy has so heavily impacted upon strategical and tactical implementation of public policy contingencies. Contents: Foreword; The Setting; The Supporting Cast; The Protagonist; The Plot; The Audience; Epilogue; References.