Kyle Dowland
1-22-2013
Outline.
Title: Using community corrections to better meet the needs of the penal system, convicted offenders, and the community.
Introduction:
1. Corrections and the tools used to punish and rehabilitate offenders.
2. Introduce Community Corrections.
3. Introduce Thesis- A community corrections sentencing strategy applies a range of intermediate punishments and would better meet the needs of the penal system, convicted offenders, and the community by lowering costs and prison overcrowding, while keeping intermediate crime offenders out of jails and prisons.
Body Paragraphs:
1. How Community Corrections provides alternatives to imprisonment.
2. How Community Corrections is designed to consider both the safety of local residents as well as the treatment and rehabilitation needs of the offender.
3. How Community Corrections reduces prison overcrowding.
4. How Community Corrections allows judges' a more graduated sentencing system that offers an selection of intermediate sanctions including fines, community service, electronic monitoring, house arrest, intensive probation and boot camps.
Conclusion: How a Community Corrections sentencing strategy is effective in its ability to help rehabilitate offenders and keep prisons clear of intermediate offenders.
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Using community corrections to better meet the needs of the penal system, convicted offenders, and the community.
The United States correctional system serves two main specific functions in relation to criminal offenders. The correctional system serves as a tool for punishing offenders and forcing the offender to pay for their crimes, it also serves as a means for rehabilitating offenders and preparing them for successful reentry into society. The correctional system today uses