Description
Using 600- 800 words please respond to the following prompts:
Respond to the following questions:
- Can recidivism be used to measure the success or failure of a community corrections program?
- How would you evaluate a diversion program based on recidivism?
- List your criteria for evaluation.
Explanation & Answer
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Recidivism and Community Corrections Program
Community corrections program is at the core of determining previous offenders are fully
reformed or not. As a result, of this fundamental role played by community corrections program
it is then inevitable to fathom that it does not in any way attribute to the levels of recidivism. For
instance, for every one person who is incarcerated in prison, there are about two other persons
serving their sentences on parole or probation at a fraction of the cost that could have been
incurred from their incarceration (Boone and Fulton, 1996).
Due to the interest generated by this topic over the last two decades, researchers and correctional
professionals have identified a number of community correction programs or community-based
strategies that are successful in reducing the rate at which the persons on parole or probation
return to pri...