Introduction to Corrections

Robert D. Hanser is a past professor of criminal justice and the coordinator of the Criminal Justice program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He is now a professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Dr. Hanser has a PhD in marriage and family therapy and a PhD in criminal justice. He is a national certified counselor, a licensed professional counselor in the states of Louisiana and Texas, a licensed addiction counselor, a certified hypnotherapist, and a certified anger management therapist. He is the President Elect for the Louisiana Marriage and Family Counselor chapter of the Louisiana Counseling Association. He is also the Board President for the Arkansas Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (AR-ATSA). He holds a gubernatorial appointment on the Reentry Advisory Council of Louisiana, serves on the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence (LCADV), a member of the Louisiana Domestic Abuse Fatality Review (LADAFR) board. has been appointed to the Professional Educational Counsel with the American Correctional Association (ACA), and is an Executive Counselor for the Corrections section for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS). He is a past member of the 4th Judicial District's Youth Services Planning Board, a past therapeutic director of the 4th Judicial District Drug Court, and is the director of the Northeast Louisiana Batterer's Intervention Program. For fourteen years, he was the Clinical Director for New Day Recovery with facilities in West Monroe and Shreveport. In addition, for 13 years, he was the program director at Richwood Correctional Center (RCC), Madison Parish Correctional Center (MPCC), and the Louisiana Transitional Center for Women (LTCW). He has written Introduction to Corrections (3rd ed.), Community Corrections (2nd ed.), Correctional Counseling, Multiculturalism in the Criminal Justice System, Special Needs Offenders, and over 65 other textbooks, anthologies, and peer-reviewed articles.