Learning Objectives

  1. Define community corrections.
  2. Summarize the history of corrections in the community.
  3. Identify recent innovations in community corrections and their effect on community corrections services.
  4. Evaluate the purpose and goals of community corrections.
  5. List the various types of correction responses in the community.
  6. Critique the benefits of corrections in the community over incarceration for offenders, family members of the offenders, victims, and the overall community.
  7. Evaluate the rights of victims regarding offenders serving corrections in the community.
  8. Assess the role of a probation officer.
  9. Examine the impact of diversity for those serving sentences in the community and those serving as officers in community corrections.
  10. Demonstrate an understanding of the role of technology in community corrections.