Chapter One

Definitions,History, and Development of Community Corrections

Community corrections consists of the supervision of criminal offenders in a residential
population. Instead of being in a facility, offenders are supervised though probation and parole. I
learned that though probation, offenders are able to be close to family. Being with family or own there
own, they are encouraged to work and also keep their bodies clean from narcotics. robation officers,
periodically, check up on offenders making sure that the don!t violate their parole.
robation and parole dates back to the middle ages where harsh punishments were acceptable
targeting adults and children even if the offense wasn!t so serious. "ohn #ugustus is known as the
$%ather of robation.& "ohn #ugustus attended police court to bail out a drunkard man, which was the
first probationer. 'ater, the Committee arranged probation to work in various parts of the state. (heir
main goal was to develop it statewide and to find ways to better the program with installed standards
and guidelines for local probation services.
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Community Corrections) ublic *afety is "ob One
In this chapter I discovered that there!s not only four but five purposes of punishment. (hey are)
incapacitation, deterrence, restitution, retribution, and rehabilitation. Incapacitation is when a felon is
incarcerated and can not commit any crimes. Deterrence is a system that is used to threaten or
discourage people from engaging in illegal acts. +estitution is when the felon is obligated to take some
action to return the unfortunate person to the status quo ante (the way things were before). +etribution
is when the criminal mistreats society and the victim is entitled to inflict harm in return. (he process of
rehabilitation occurs when the felon!s punishment changes in order to make him or herself a better
citi,en. *ome of the punishments can conclude drug treatment, mandatory vocational training,
community service, and counseling.
-any correctional facilities throughout the .nited *tates have various programs, which targets
inmates into becoming better citi,ens. (he main ob/ective of these programs are to pursue the programs
ultimate goal, which is to reduce recidivism. arole agencies as well as many should be clear about
their goals, define criteria for success and set benchmarks for performance. 0ot every wrongdoer needs
the same type or amount of supervising. In my opinion, if the offender has a more serious or higher
priority case, then it will result in a greater level of supervision. (his will cause the officer to have
more fre1uent visits with that offender. If the offender has a less serious or lower priority case, then it
will result in lesser supervision. Because of the lower priority cases, the time demand for that caseload
will be lesser.
Chapter 2
#ssessment and +isk rediction
In this chapter I leaned the importance of the 3isconsin +isk #ssessment *ystem as well as
the presentence investigation report 4*I5. (he 3isconsin +isk #ssessment *ystem is a well known
risk assessment systems, which e6amines 78 specific factors. (his assessment has been widely used for
many probation and parole systems here in the .nited *tates. (his instrument includes the number of
prior periods of probation9parole supervision9revocations, felony convictions, and percentage of time
employed in the 7: months. (he *I is a file that includes a wide range of background information on
the offender. (his document is very important and isn!t to be taken lightly. (he information can include
the offender!s education, shot records, allergies, demographic, and records of prior offending patterns.
(his is important to ensure the type of treatment the offender must partake in.
(he *I document is primarily used in the court system. It provides the court with information
that will help the decide what type of sentence is recommended for the offender. (he information that
is gathered for the *I is obtained from personal interviews of the offender. It is very important that
when each offender is interrogated for this type of information that the process is professional. #ny
form of unprofessional interviewing can result in the loss of important information.
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'egal 'iabilities and +isk -anagement