CRIM 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: The Need, Dual Role, Probation Officer
4 Apr 2018
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Does not imply community support and participation. Offenders do not view imprisonment as the most severe sanction. The risk principle: match programs with risk level of offender. The need principle: treatment must address factors related to offending behaviour. The responsivity principle **: match interventions with learning styles/abilities of offender. Varying objectives (rehabilitation, cost reduction, reintegration, labelling theory) Concerns: net widening (bringing in more people, widening the net) *** Versatile: designed to provide supervision of offenders in community. Most widely used alternative: 45% of all sentences. May be used alone of following imprisonment (after you do 2 years, most offenders are released, 2-5 years in prison and 1-2 years on probation: 2 years or less. Must be on probation conditional discharge, suspended sentence, intermittent sentence. May be on probation fine, imprisonment of 2 years less a day, conditional sentence. Objective: prevent reoffending (apply to everyone, most.
