Corrections: The Essentials
Second Edition
Learning Objectives
- Understand the origins and purpose of probation
- Know the advantages of probation over incarceration for some offenders
- Know the advantages of probation over incarceration for the community offenders
- Understand the probation officer role and models of probation supervision
- Understand the purpose of graduated sanctions for technical violations of probation
- Be able to describe the benefits of engaging the community in offender rehabilitation
- Be able to identify the various intermediate community sanctions and what they have to offer