In section I, the text and five cases are designed to help the reader better understand the correctional impact of the law enforcement officer, particularly in the area of 'preventive' corrections. Five cases and text in section II focus on the impact of the courts on corrections through a child abuse case and other cases requiring the court to decide the appropriate purpose and limits of a presentence investigation and a disposition for a juvenile recidivist. In section III, seven cases and text place the reader in correctional situations from a variety of community perspectives, followed by another seven cases in section IV that provide insight into the prison inmates' world. Seven cases pertinent to the correctional officer focus on the demands placed on the typical corrections officer, with attention to crisis intervention skills, peer group pressures, and riot control. Dealing with inmate depression, anger, and deception is part of a correctional counselor's work as presented in the seven cases of section VI. The concluding section provides a sampling of problems that a correctional administrator might confront, including being a female superintendent of a women's prison, dealing with political pressures from within and without the agency, and attempting to resolve problems of sexuality in prison. Case discussion questions.