CRIM 3417 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Halfway House, Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
26 Mar 2019
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Felony offenders who pose a minimum or medium risk. Intermediate sanction: community-based sentence that provides more freedom than prison, less freedom than traditional probation. Don"t require 24 hour supervision (like prison/jail) More restrictive than traditional probation, less restrictive than jail/prison. Can be used as part of a diversion attempt. Back-end programs: sanctions designed to transition offenders from more restrictive to less restrictive supervision. Trap-door/side-door programs: generally used as a mechanism to control jail/prison populations. Where we see riskier offenders being released. Net-widening: widens the net of offenders under supervision. Formal sanctions for offenders that might not otherwise receive them. If we use intermediate sanctions a lot, it could have negative consequences on the cost. The wing of a prison could get shut down. Run the risk of sending them back to prison/jail. Even if we use it for the people it is appropriate for, it could have good long-term effects.
