NCJ Number
16770
Date Published
1974
Length
37 pages
Annotation
COMPARES THE PROVISIONS AND CONCEPTS OF THE STANDARD RULES AND OPEN INSTITUTION ANNEX TO THE SITUATION OF PLACEMENT UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OR RESIDENTIAL CARE WITHOUT CONFINEMENT.
Abstract
CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS IN CORRECTIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE HAVE PLACED INCREASING EMPHASIS ON THE MANAGEMENT, SUPERVISION AND REHABILITATION OF CONVICTED OFFENDERS IN THE COMMUNITY. AS A RESULT, THE UNITED NATIONS CONGRESS ON PREVENTION OF CRIME AND TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS WAS AMENDED AND EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS IN CUSTODY OR IN THE COMMUNITY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD MINIMUM RULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS. THIS ANALYSIS WAS DEVELOPED BY INDIVIDUALS FAMILIAR WITH PAROLE, PROBATION, AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL SUPERVISION AS IT HAS EVOLVED IN THE UNITED STATES AND, TO A SECONDARY EXTENT, IN SOME OF THE NATIONS OF WESTERN EUROPE. IT COMPARES THE PROVISION AND CONCEPTS OF THE STANDARD RULES AND OPEN INSTITUTION ANNEX TO THE SITUATION OF PLACEMENT UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OR RESIDENTIAL CARE WITHOUT CONFINEMENT. ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE STANDARD MINIMUM RULES CLEARLY RELATE TO INSTITUTIONAL CUSTODY AND THUS DO NOT READ SUITABLY AS STANDARDS FOR OPERATION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION PROGRAMS, THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE RULES ARE CONSISTENT WITH AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE GOALS AND TECHNIQUES OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. SINCE THIS ANALYSIS FOCUSES ON CONSISTENCY WITH, AND THE APPLICABILITY OF, THE STANDARD MINIMUM RULES AND THE ANNEX ON OPEN INSTITUTIONS, IT NECESSARILY IGNORES MANY IMPORTANT ISSUES UNIQUE TO COMMUNITY BASED SUPERVISION. (SNI ABSTRACT)