NCJ Number
141229
Editor(s)
E E Rhine
Date Published
1993
Length
120 pages
Annotation
The chapters in this monograph grew out of the work of the American Correctional Association's Committee on Probation, Parole, and Supervised Release. It attempts to provide a benchmark on state-of-the-art in probation and parole technologies.
Abstract
The first chapter discusses how to structure violation and absconding policies and chronicles the dramatic increase in parole revocations and their effect on prison crowding and construction. Federal, State, and local strategies for responding to violations by offenders under community supervision are summarized. Two programs demonstrating the effectiveness of intermediate sanctions for Federal parole violators are described. Another chapter reviews the parole revocation process in New York State and the use of various intermediate sanctions including electronic monitoring, a high-impact incarceration program, and special substance abuse treatment facilities. Similar State- and local-level intermediate sanctions programs operating in Missouri, Georgia, Mississippi, Ontario, South Carolina, Illinois, and New Jersey are discussed. In the final chapters, the authors conclude that intermediate sanctions are a reasonable response to the challenges of prison overcrowding, uneven responses, and policies that have led to staff confusion, increased costs, and less effective supervision. Chapter references