Sociology 2256A/B Study Guide - Suspended Sentence, Restorative Justice, Halfway House
22 Apr 2014
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Chapter 5: alternatives to confinement: when used as an alternative to confinement, community corrections includes diversion. Corrections chapter summaries: and probation as well as a variety of intermediate sanctions and restorative justice initiatives: bill c-10 has constricted the use of alternative measures and imposed mandatory minimum sentences for offenders convicted of violent and sexual offences. Diversion: programs designed to keep offenders from being processed further into the formal criminal justice system. There are programs at the pre-charge, post-charge- and post-sentencing stages. Reduces costs and social stigmatization and helps offenders address specific factors that led to their offending. Traditional diversion programs focus on low-risk, first-time offenders: in recent years, however, cases involving more serious offences have been referred to diversion programs. Victim-offender mediation (vom) & victim-offender reconciliation (vor) programs take a restorative approach in which the victim and the offender are provided with the opportunity to express their feeling and concerns.
