Community Corrections
Nicole Daniels Lang
Community Corrections
CCJ4400
Robert Mark McWilliams
February 22, 2015
Community Corrections
Community Corrections is made up of many different types of agencies working together. There are deterrence programs, parole officers and re-entry personnel to help an inmate who is going to be able to use community corrections after release from prison or jail. These people and agencies help the inmate to transition back into the community and also help them to use the available information to help deter them from becoming another statistic of the criminal justice system. Community Corrections are intended for selected criminals convicted of nonviolent crimes. These are low-level drug offenders, probationers and parolees who have committed technical violations but no new crimes.
Community corrections has two parts: punishment and requirements to change behavior. The punishment comes from depriving criminals of their freedom and/or demanding payment for victims or the community in which their crime(s) were committed. The second part is requiring behavioral changes. This forces offenders to deal with those traits that led them to crime in the first place, to reduce the possibility of future crime by the defendant (Community Corrections). The punishments are delivered through a variety of programs which may include things such as fines, intensive supervision, restitution, substance abuse treatment, electronic monitoring, boot camps and halfway houses. Different punishments may be coupled together to help maintain a happy medium. These may be things such as restitution with intensive supervision or substance abuse treatment, or boot camp followed by intensive supervision.
Deterrence is the use of punishment as a threat to deter people from offending or re-offending in the Criminal Justice System. Deterrence is often contrasted with retributivism, which holds that punishment is a necessary consequence of a crime and should be
Community Corrections
CCJ4400
Robert Mark McWilliams
February 22, 2015
Community Corrections
Community Corrections is made up of many different types of agencies working together. There are deterrence programs, parole officers and re-entry personnel to help an inmate who is going to be able to use community corrections after release from prison or jail. These people and agencies help the inmate to transition back into the community and also help them to use the available information to help deter them from becoming another statistic of the criminal justice system. Community Corrections are intended for selected criminals convicted of nonviolent crimes. These are low-level drug offenders, probationers and parolees who have committed technical violations but no new crimes.
Community corrections has two parts: punishment and requirements to change behavior. The punishment comes from depriving criminals of their freedom and/or demanding payment for victims or the community in which their crime(s) were committed. The second part is requiring behavioral changes. This forces offenders to deal with those traits that led them to crime in the first place, to reduce the possibility of future crime by the defendant (Community Corrections). The punishments are delivered through a variety of programs which may include things such as fines, intensive supervision, restitution, substance abuse treatment, electronic monitoring, boot camps and halfway houses. Different punishments may be coupled together to help maintain a happy medium. These may be things such as restitution with intensive supervision or substance abuse treatment, or boot camp followed by intensive supervision.
Deterrence is the use of punishment as a threat to deter people from offending or re-offending in the Criminal Justice System. Deterrence is often contrasted with retributivism, which holds that punishment is a necessary consequence of a crime and should be
References: Clear, T.R., Cole, G.f., Reisig, M.D. (2013). American corrections, 10th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Community Corrections. (n.d.). Retrieved February 22, 2015, from http://www.discovercorrections.com/explore/community-corrections Indiana Code 9-30-9 Retrieved January 23, 2014, from http://www.crimesolutions.gov/ProgramDetails.aspx?ID=65 Wikipedia. (n.d.). The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 23, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deterrence_%28legal%29