CCJ 101 Lecture Notes - Presentence Investigation Report, Social Cost, Drug Abuse Resistance Education
Document Summary
Ccj chapter 10: correctional responses in the community. Corrections in the community: correctional responses in the community: criminal sanctions less serious than full-time incarceration but more severe than probation, decision to sentence an offender to community corrections is influenced by: Offender characteristics such as employment; childcare responsibilities. The perception of community tolerance: more effective (cost and crime reduction), less stigmatizing, lessens social cost large scale: only 23% of adult offenders sentenced to prison, 11% to jail in 2016. In 1841, posted bail for one man accused of being a drunk. Persuaded judge to release the drunk into his custody for 3 weeks. At the end of the 3 weeks, augustus convinced the judge the man had been reformed. From 1841 to 1859, augustus acted as a volunteer probation officer for more than 1,800 individuals. Recruited others to volunteer; it later became a paid position filled by police.
