NCJ Number
98623
Journal
Crime and Delinquency Volume: 31 Issue: 3 Dated: (July 1985) Pages: 411-422
Date Published
1985
Length
12 pages
Annotation
Pilot programs for intensive probation supervision now under way in Georgia and Alabama are described.
Abstract
The deterioration of American corrections under the pressures of increased felony commitments may be corrected with the introduction of intensive supervision for the two aims of keeping offenders out of prison in the first place, and taking them out as soon as it can safely be done in the second place. The pilot programs described offer realistic prospects for a wide-ranging renovation of American penology. They deserve emulation wherever prison overcrowding is a major concern. (Author abstract)