Description
Book SynopsisWith a fresh set of interviews exploring cross-cultural differences and similarities, Volume Three of this book includes lessons from practitioners in a diverse array of countries including Honduras, Japan, Lithuania, the Philippines, Thailand, the Slovak Republic, South Africa, and the United States. This book series is based on the premise that comparing countries around the world and getting ''inside'' information about each country's correctional system can be best derived by having people who are seasoned practitioners in each country share their views, experiences, philosophies and ideas.
Since most correctional practitioners do not have the time or inclination to encapsulate their experiences into a book chapter, the insight of the practitioner can be best captured by a revealing interview with a researcher given the questions and interview guidelines associated with each chapter. Researchers selected are scholars in corrections, will possibly have conducted original re
Table of Contents
1. Contextualising the Issue: Leadership in Corrections (Mark A. Nolan, Martha Henderson Hurley, Dilip K. Das and Philip Birch); Section I: Europe; 2. Živilė Mikėnaitė, Director General of the Prison Department of Lithuania (Ilona Laurinaitytė (Čėsnienė)); 3. Martin Lulei, Project Manager, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, Slovak Republic (Pavol Kopinec); Section II: North America; 4. Danny W. Pirtle, Deputy Director of Executive and Administrative Services (former), Dallas County Juvenile Justice Department (David C. Hurley); 5. Adonay Davila, Senior Warden (retired), Texas Department of Criminal Justice (Michael Sanchez); 6. Stephen Anderson, Major for Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, and Director of Cherokee County Detention Facility Gaffney, SC, USA (Fred Lux); Section III: South America; 7. Orlando Garcia Maradiaga, Director, National Penitentiary Institute of Honduras (Brian Norris); Section IV: Asia; 8. Satoshi Tomiyama, Director-General of the Japanese Correction Bureau (Carol Lawson); 9. Randel Latoza, Jail Superintendent, Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory, Philippines (Raymund Narag); 10. Nathee Jitsawang, Ex-General Director of Department of Corrections, Thailand (Dittita Tititampruk); Section V: South Africa; 11. Mr Johan Ellis Le Grange, Prison Leader – South African Department of Correctional Service (Anni Hesselink); 12. Reflecting on Leaders in Corrections (Philip Birch, Mark A. Nolan, Martha Henderson Hurley and Dilip K. Das)
