The journal features original articles contributed by staff of the Correctional Service of Canada and other international researchers and practitioners. This number of the journal is divided into four sections: Research in Brief, Offender Assessment, Correctional Treatment, and Program Evaluation. The four sections contain 14 articles concerning: (1) What works in offender programming; (2) Defining correctional programs; (3) The effects of community sanctions and incarceration on recidivism; (4) General issues and considerations in offender assessment; (5) Reducing recidivism by enhancing treatment effectiveness; (6) Treatment resistance in corrections; (7) Education programming for offenders; (8) Reconceptualizing offender employment; (9) The future of young offender policy; (10) Assessment and treatment of sexual offenders; (11) Programming for violent offenders; (12) Problems of self-regulation among adult offenders; (13) Guidelines for asking the right questions and communicating results; and (14) Cost-effective correctional treatment. Notes, tables