Parole Chief

By David Dressler

Book Overview

"Some truly fascinating criminal material fills out this story of seventeen years work as a parole officer in New York City, and the responsibility of this type of work-towards the public which may be victimized, towards the criminal - who may- with a helping hand- be rehabilitated. Coming into parole work at a time when the system was cleaned up and freed of political interference, the intensiveness of supervision increased, Dressler worked his way up from rookie parole officer to executive director of the Parole Board. There are all kinds of cases here, of confidence men and bunco artists, pickpockets and boosters, women- harder to handle than the men, amateurs versus professionals. There are the success stories- and the ones that reverted; the backgrounds to crime- which usually begin in a rejection in the home; the failure of our prison system which rarely provides the training- or incentive- for a second start.... Serious in its presentation of the regenerative possibilities of this profession, this is also exciting in its casework."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670540471
• ISBN13: 9780670540471
• Release Date: January 1951
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.