NCJ Number
163569
Date Published
1996
Length
461 pages
Annotation
This book contains 25 articles on change and contemporary practice in the field of community corrections, including several which focus on alternate sanctions, and the effectiveness issue.
Abstract
Articles in the first part of the book examine the historical roots of community corrections; the philosophy that directs policy formulation and day-to-day activities of those who work in the field; goals; probation systems; and costs and benefits, subsidy modes and start-up recommendations. Part Two focuses on Investigation and Offender Supervision, including: a typology of presentence probation investigators; the problems faced by probation and parole agencies; and probation supervision. Part Three describes alternative sanctions: Intensive Supervision Probation, Intensive Rehabilitation Supervision, community service, and electronic monitors. Part Four discusses the effectiveness of institutional and community-based programs, measuring the performance of community corrections, and predictors of success. Part Five addresses legal and ethical issues. Part Six concerns the future of community corrections and consists of a single article on reintegrating the concept of community into community-based corrections. Tables, references, charts, notes, bibliographies, figures, exhibits