Community Corrections
Chapter Eight
Community Corrections
• Comprehensive community supervision
comprises a multitude of human
resources, programs, automation and
communication systems, and specialized
supervision approaches.
Diversion
• Designed to funnel offenders away from the
criminal justice system and into community
programs
Diversion (continued)
• Commonly referred to as the “front door”
program
What Are Intermediate
Sanctions?
• Range of sanctions between prison and
traditional probation
Types of Intermediate Sanctions
• Vary from state to state
• Most common forms:
Types of Intermediate Sanctions
(continued)
• Other forms:
Types of Intermediate Sanctions
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• Intensive supervision probation (ISP)
Types of Intermediate Sanctions
(continued)
• House arrest (AKA home confinement)
Types of Intermediate Sanctions
(continued)
• Electronic monitoring
Types of Intermediate Sanctions
(continued)
• Fines
Types of Intermediate Sanctions
(continued)
• Restitution
Types of Intermediate Sanctions
(continued)
• Community service
Types of Intermediate Sanctions
(continued)
• Boot camps
Shock Incarceration
• Created in 1983, shock
incarceration/probation programs are also
known as “boot camps.”
Shock Incarceration (continued)
• In 1984, there were only 2 states, Georgia
and Oklahoma, who had boot camp
programs.
Characteristics of Shock
Incarceration
Evaluation of Boot Camp
Programs
• Major goal is to reduce recidivism by
means of rehabilitation and deterrence.
Evaluation of Boot Camp
Programs (continued)
• It is hoped that the difficult nature of the
military-style training and the harsh reality
of prison life will deter participants from
future offending and thus reduce
recidivism.
Catalyst for Change
• Shock incarceration is designed to induce
stress, therefore making inmates more receptive
to personal changes.
Rehabilitative Programming
• Appropriate treatment is guided by these 3
principles:
Attitude Change
• It is frequently assumed that the pains of imprisonment
lead to negative attitudes toward prison, staff, and
programs, thus prison will have a detrimental impact on
offenders.
Attitude Change (continued)
• Research comparing the attitudes of
inmates in both boot camps and prisons
has shown that boot camp entrants
became more positive about the
experience over the course of the
programs.
Recidivism
• Offenders who are released from shock
incarceration programs appear to perform just
as well as those who serve longer prison terms.
Judicial and Correctional
Philosophy
• Community service should support the overall
philosophical orientation of the criminal justice
system and its judicial and correctional decision
makers specifically.