In March, 2008, the U.S. Congress passed the Second Chance Act. The bill authorized the expenditure of approximately $400 million dollars in federal funds to reduce recidivism
List and define four of the programs and discuss how they can or do impact recidivism.
The legislation funds prison-to-community transition services and programs through grants to nonprofit organizations. Such services and programs include the following: Education and job training while in prison, mentoring programs for adults and juveniles leaving confinement, drug treatment (including family-based treatment) for incarcerated parents during and after incarceration, alternatives to incarceration for parents convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, supportive programming for children of incarcerated parents, early release for certain elderly prisoners convicted of nonviolent offenses, reentry research through research awards to study parole and post-supervision revocation and related community safety issues.
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One of the major purposes for a patrol is to practice order maintenance in an assigned jurisdiction.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Family, community members, and peers enforce ______ social control.
a. informal b. positive c. negative d. formal
Conducting drills and staging scenes that mimic terrorist attacks is an example of creating a ________ environment.
A. protective B. hostile C. threatening D. secure
Most boot camps are designed for the following type of offender:
a. nonviolent b. older c. habitual d. male