Introduction to the Monograph Series

Perspectives, the professional journal of the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA), was first published as a newsletter in 1976. Since that time, it has grown into a respected journal for community corrections professionals in the United States, Canada and other countries.

Over the almost thirty years of publication, a great amount of material has been published. Each issue contained articles on a variety of topics from differing viewpoints. Most of that knowledge has unfortunately become locked up in the past issues. If you are like me, you may still have the old issues, but they are not readily accessible. For others, the old issues may have been thrown out. Newer members will only have the recent issues. APPA has a compilation of the articles published since 1992 on the organization’s website, www.appa-net.org – but that is available to members only.

For these reasons, we have decided to reclaim the relevant and timeless content from past issues and make it more readily accessible to both our members and others. To accomplish this, we introduce the Perspectives Monograph Series. Each monograph will focus on one topic and will feature articles drawn from the journal since 1992.

The content of each article is the same as was originally published, although we have made editorial changes to accommodate the format.

We would like to hear from you about the series, both your reaction to this first monograph as well as your thoughts about subjects for future issues.

Volume 1 Now Available