NCJ Number
156430
Journal
Corrections Today Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Dated: (February 1995) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
K S Olsson
Date Published
1995
Length
93 pages
Annotation
These six articles examine several aspects of intermediate sanctions, including research findings on the effectiveness of community corrections programs, the five principles of effective community corrections, efforts to address prison crowding in Ohio, and the evolution of Michigan's community corrections law.
Abstract
A summary of research findings notes that programs that have reduced recidivism 25 to 60 percent have several common characteristics, including a style and mode of treatment matched to offender's learning style and personality and services targeted to criminological needs such as antisocial attitudes and values rather than noncriminological needs such as anxiety and depression. Michigan's Community Corrections Act of 1988 has received unprecedented participation, largely because it clearly defines the relationship between State and local governments. The five basic principles of community corrections that should underlie State and local partnerships include decentralization, linking of jail and prison crowding, fiscal responsibility, decisionmaking that is policy-driven and data-informed, and public education. Photographs, news items, and reference lists