Community Corrections

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Community Corrections

• Assumptions
• Probation
• Revocation of probation

• Intermediate sanctions
• Judicial
• Community
• Boot camps

2
Forms of Community-Based Corrections (CBC)

• Probation
• Forfeiture
• Restitution
• Shock probation / split sentencing
• House arrest
• Electronic monitoring
• Intensive probation supervision
• Residential community corrections

Module 14 - 2
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Reasons for Community Corrections

• Incarceration not always appropriate
• Cost
• Recidivism comparison
• Social costs of incarceration
• Theory of Least Restrictive Alternative

4
Relative Costs of Correctional Methods
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Probation Correction Without Incarceration

• Overview
• Origins and Evolution
• Organization
• Probation officers and workload

6
Revocation of Probation

• Reasons for revocation of probation
• Rights concerning revocation
• Mempa v. Rhay (1967)
• Gagnon v. Scarpelli (1973)

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Assessing Probation

• Effective?
• Low cost
• Felons on probation?
• Improvements

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Intermediate Sanctions in the Community

• Overview
• Judicial sanctions
• Sanctions in the community
• Boot camps

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Fines
Restitution
Judicial Sanctions
Forfeiture
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Sanctions Administered in the Community
IPS
Community Service
Electronic Monitoring
House Arrest
Day Reporting Centers
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Boot Camps
Discipline and Rigorous Training
In about 30 states
Mixed Results
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Implementing Intermediate Sanctions
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Are You Listening?

• ______ is a punishment involving supervision and
  restrictions while living in the community
• Probation
• ______ is compensation for an injury one has
  inflicted that must be paid to the victim
• Restitution
• ______ was the decision requiring hearings before
  probation could be revoked
• Gagnon v. Scarpelli
• ______ was the originator of probation as a
  volunteer, community activist in 19th Century
  Boston
• John Augustus
• ______ is the seizure by the government of
  property/assets derived from or used in criminal
  activity
• Forfeiture
• ______ is a place that probationers may be
  ordered to report to daily
• Day Reporting Center