Paul W. Keve was head of the department of public communications and safety of the Research Analysis Corporation, McLean, Virginia. He served previously as commissioner of corrections for the state of Minnesota. He is the author of three other books published by the University of Minnesota Press: Prison, Probation, or Parole? A Probation Officer Investigates; Prison Life and Human Worth; and A Probation Officer Investigates: A Guide to the Pre-sentence Report.