C11: Probation and Corrections  Sean Taylor:  What was his crime?  What was his sentence?  Do you think he received special treatment?

C11: Probation and Corrections  Problems with “get tough on crime”  Not enough prison room

C11: Probation and Corrections  Justification for Community Corrections  Reintegration  Most convicts will return to the community  The corrections system should make this connection  Community based corrections help this

C11: Probation and Corrections  Justification for Community Corrections  Reintegration  Definition:  A goal of corrections that focuses on preparing the offender for a return to the community unmarred by further criminal behavior

C11: Probation and Corrections  Justification for Community Corrections  Diversion  Not all offenders can be jailed  Seen as a strainer, sifting the lesser crimes back out into the community

C11: Probation and Corrections  Justification for Community Corrections  Diversion  Definition:  A strategy to divert those offenders who qualify away from prison and toward commnity-based and intermediate sanctions

C11: Probation and Corrections  Justification for Community Corrections  “Low-Cost Alternative”  In the last 10 years, states have tried to cut down on corrections costs

C11: Probation and Corrections  Justification for Community Corrections  Children and the Commercial Sex Industry p. 290

C11: Probation and Corrections  Probation: Doing Time in the Community  Sentencing Choices  Probation is usually shorter than prison sentence  An arrangement between an offender and the authorities  Define: Split Sentence Probation

C11: Probation and Corrections  Probation: Doing Time in the Community  Alternative Sentencing  Shock Incarceration  Intermittent Incarceration

C11: Probation and Corrections  Probation: Doing Time in the Community  Eligibility for Probation  Page 293, fig What do you think?

C11: Probation and Corrections  Probation: Doing Time in the Community  Conditions of Probation  Read p. 293, Discuss conditions p. 294

C11: Probation and Corrections  Probation: Doing Time in the Community  Careers in CJ - Read p Scott T. Ballock

C11: Probation and Corrections  Probation: Doing Time in the Community  Revocation of Probation  Ends two ways: completion or misbehavior

C11: Probation and Corrections  Probation: Doing Time in the Community  Revocation of Probation  Define: Technical violation

C11: Probation and Corrections  Probation: Doing Time in the Community  Revocation of Probation  Revocation Trends  More trends to be violated  More discretion used in determining violation

C11: Probation and Corrections  Probation: Doing Time in the Community  Revocation of Probation  Revocation Trends  More trends to be violated  More discretion used in determining violation

C11: Probation and Corrections  Probation: Doing Time in the Community  Does Probation Work?  Surveillance and control?  Alleviate prison crowding?  Rehabilitation?

C11: Probation and Corrections  Probation: Doing Time in the Community  The Caseload Dilemma  Probation officers can always take one more  Half of probationers probably don’t comply with conditions

C11: Probation and Corrections  Probation: Doing Time in the Community  Recidivism and Probation  Most probationers complete their terms without being arrested  Probation is often more effective at stopping repeat offenses

C11: Probation and Corrections  Intermediate Sanctions  Definition: Sanctions that are more restrictive than probation and less restrictive than imprisonment.  Examples:  Fines  Community Service  Restitution  Forfeiture (Definition p. 299)  Pretrial diversion programs (Definition p. 299)

C11: Probation and Corrections  Intermediate Sanctions  Day Reporting Centers  Offenders can remain in the community  Must spend all or part of a day in a reporting center  Cheaper for taxpayers

C11: Probation and Corrections  Intermediate Sanctions  Swedish Day-Fines p. 300  Read and discuss

C11: Probation and Corrections  Intermediate Sanctions  Intensive Supervision Probation  Definition: Punishment-oriented form of probation  Uses stricter and more frequent surveillance than probation

C11: Probation and Corrections  Intermediate Sanctions  Shock Incarceration  Definition: Short period of incarceration to shock you into not wanting more  Scared Straight programs were popular in the 1970’s  Boot Camps also used in this way

C11: Probation and Corrections  Intermediate Sanctions  Home Confinement – p. 301 – Read