NCJ Number
80410
Date Published
1974
Length
69 pages
Annotation
Wisconsin's sentencing procedure, correctional institutions, and alternatives to incarceration are discussed, and some of the problems faced by the ex-offender are considered.
Abstract
This report is intended to increase citizen knowledge of the criminal justice system, promote citizen awareness of correctional issues that need to be addressed, and stimulate citizen contribution to the decisionmaking process vis-a-vis improvement in the criminal justice system. Recommendations are offered for most of the areas discussed. Goals of the criminal justice system are identified as deterrence, reform, incapacitation, and restitution. Possible conflicts in the implementation of these goals, particularly between the general thrust of rehabilitation and punishment, are discussed. Among the issues addressed in the sentencing discussion are presentence activities, procedures in sex deviate offenses, sentencing alternatives, sentencing discretion, sentencing procedures, and sentencing disparity. The section on the Wisconsin correctional system focuses on programs, facilities, and rules; staff and qualifications; inmate profiles; inmate programs; views of prison reform; women offenders in corrections; and jails. Included in the consideration of alternatives to incarceration are probation and parole, the Huber law on work release, decriminalization, pretrial intervention, medical treatment, and community-based corrections. A bibliography has 48 listings.