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Community corrections

Community corrections are dictated on convicted adults or adjudicated juveniles that take place

in a community or residential setting outside jail or prison. The punishments are imposed by

agencies or courts with legal authority over the adult or juvenile law breaker. Community

corrections programs are usually enforced by probation agencies, and parole agencies.

Criminal punishments applied in place of imprisonment that fall under community

corrections.

Probation

Probation point out to law breakers who courts place on supervision in the community via a

probation agency, usually in place of imprisonment. Nevertheless, some authorities do place

probationers in both a short-term imprisonment sentence right away followed by probation, this

is known as a split sentence. Probationers can have a number of diverse supervision statuses,

inclusive of active supervision, which means they are expected to report frequently to a

probation authority in person, which is by means or mail, or telephone. A number of probationers

may be on an inactive status, this means that they are eliminated from frequently reporting, this

could be as a result of a number of reasons. For example, some probationers may be put under

inactive status right away since the asperity of the offense was minimal or some may acquire a

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reduction in supervision and hence, may be shifted from an active to an inactive status.

Alternative statuses are inclusive of probationers who only have financial conditions left, have

fled, or those with active warrants. In many occasions, amid probations, law breakers are

expected to bring into completion various conditions of their supervisions such as, taking part in

treatment programs, paying fines, fees or court costs and heed to certain rules of conduct while in

the community. The lack to follow agreement or instructions of any conditions can lead to

imprisonment. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Community 2017).

Probation and possible choices to imprisonment are types of community corrections. They

permit the offender to preserve ties with their families, community and employment amid under

correctional supervision. Community supervision confines an offenders freedom and oversees

every activity they do. The court may come to a resolution reached that the offender should

undergo extra conditions of probation such as going to community-based treatment, or

alternative programs addressing the person’s wants and state of affairs in their lives that were

partly responsible for the offense. These programs may be inclusive of mental health counseling,

occupational training, family therapy, or substance abuse treatment. The court can also decide to

put constraints on the law breaker to assure public safety and lessen the chances of relapse, like

limiting the client from visiting various neighborhoods or correlating with known criminals or

victims of the offender’s crime. Probation normally is inclusive of a termination of confinement

sentence. As a part of watching carefully under probation supervision, the probation officer as

frequent contact with the client, in his office as well as in the field. The officer gets to visit the

client’s home, place of work, he gets to talk to the family, co-workers, and friends. (Joan Barnett

Lee, 2015)

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NAME OF STUDENT NAME OF TUTOR COURSE DATE Community corrections Community corrections are dictated on convicted adults or adjudicated juveniles that take place in a community or residential setting outside jail or prison. The punishments are imposed by agencies or courts with legal authority over the adult or juvenile law breaker. Community corrections programs are usually enforced by probation agencies, and parole agencies. Criminal punishments applied in place of imprisonment that fall under community corrections. Probation Probation point out to law breakers who courts place on supervision in the community via a probation agency, usually in place of imprisonment. Nevertheless, some authorities do place probationers in both a short-term imprisonment sentence right away followed by probation, this is known as a split sentence. Probationers can have a number of diverse supervision statuses, inclusive of active supervision, which means they are expected to report frequently to a probation authority in person, which is by means or mail, or telephone. A number of probationers may be on an inactive status, this means that they are eliminated from frequently reporting, this could be as a result of a number of reasons. For example, some probationers may be put under inactive status right away since the asperity of the offense was minimal or some may acquire a reduction in supervision and hence, may be shifted from an active to an inactive status. Alternative statuses are inclusiv ...
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