Sociology 2253A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Suspended Sentence, Conditional Sentence, Sex Offender Registry
21 Oct 2016
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Corrections is the structure and policies and programs delivered by governments to sanction punish, treat, and supervise in the community and institutions of people who are convicted of criminal offences. Protection of society - most obvious ways incarceration to protect the public. Other alternatives: probation officers and diversion, programs for offenders released for correctional institutions (parole) means are which we can still supervise and monitor offenders. Diversion: offenders can be diverted from cj process at several points: pre charge, post charge, and post-sentencing. Objective is to keep offenders from being processed further into the formal cj process - usually for first time offenders. Most require offender to accept responsibility for offending: drug treatment, community service. If conditions are met the charges are dropped. Concerns: net widening which occurs when an offender would have been released otherwise and become involved in the justice system. Coercion: offenders surrender basic procedural rights to access programs.
