ON COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS (FROM ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE SYSTEM - AN INTRODUCTION, 1977, BY DONALD T. SHANAHAN - SEE NCJ-40835)

• NCJ Number: 40854
• Author(s): R P MCCAULEY
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 20 pages
• Corporate Author: Holbrook Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

PAPER EXPLORES THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND CONCLUDES THAT ALTHOUGH IT IS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION, IT IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

Abstract

DISCUSSED ARE BOTH THE PRESENT LEGISLATION REGARDING COMMUNITY-BASED ALTERNATIVES AND FUTURE PLANNING...KAP