SOC 1500 Chapter 13: Chapter 13

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Favour surveillance and control: supporters of the due process perspective. Agree with rehabilitative model: attempt to balance these two approaches. John augustus: founded probation, advocated on behalf of youth and adults accused of minor crimes. Introduced probation in 1878: concept was popular, adult probation was slow to be accepted in canada, 1889 parliament passed an act to permit the conditional release of first offenders in certain. Federal parole: alexander maconochie, ticket of leave a release established in penal colonies for prisoners who had demonstrated positive changes and were considered rehabilitated. Probation: moving toward specialization: urban areas, caseloads are more specialized, rural areas, caseloads tend to be mixed, specialized caseloads tend to be smaller, higher risk, such as sexual assault. Low risk offenders are higher because they require less supervision: average probation officer caseloads was 53, most adult cases were relatively minor offences, 5 most frequent types of cases were.