SOC 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Probation Officer, Suspended Sentence, Conditional Sentence
12 Apr 2016
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Ccj chapter 10: corrections in the community: alternatives to confinement: Programs that are designed to keep offenders from being processed further into the formal criminal justice system. Most programs require offender to beware of responsibility for their behavior and agree to fulfill certain conditions within a specified time. If these conditions are successfully met, the charged are withdrawn and the person does not have a criminal record. Traditional diversion programs focus on low risk, first time offenders. Net widening- a potential, unanticipated consequence of diversion programs in which persons who would otherwise have been released outright by the police or not charged by the crown counsel are involved in the justice system. Some problems with diversion programs is the fact that they may infringe on the rights of the accused persons. A term used to describe a wide range of correctional programs that generally fall between probation and incarceration, although specific initiatives may include either of these penalties as well.
