Discuss the "paradox of community corrections.". The benefits of community corrections are that they reduce costs, provide
What will be an ideal response?
o treatment options for offenders, and divert hundreds of thousands of nonviolent offenders from prisons and jails.
The paradox is that the more effectively offenders are controlled the more likely
o the offenders are going to be caught violating the terms of their conditional release.
Community corrections programs are evaluated according to their rates of recidivism. Increased controls will increase recidivism rates. Therefore instead
o of helping offenders leave the correctional system, increased surveillance pulls
them more deeply into it.
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Anything a person does in public is open to surveillance without a court order or warrant
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Knowledge and approval of the commission of a crime is enough to charge a person with conspiracy
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Compare and contrast micro and macro-level explanations for crime giving examples of both
What will be an ideal response?
Unlike the criminal justice system, the juvenile justice system is constitutionally guaranteed.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)