NCJ Number
42241
Date Published
1977
Length
178 pages
Annotation
FOURTH IN A SERIES OF FIVE REPORTS ON ALTERNATIVES TO THE USE OF JAIL INCARCERATION, THIS VOLUME REVIEWS A BROAD RANGE OF SENTENCING OPTIONS AND DISCUSSES THE RATIONALES FOR THEIR USE BASED ON COMTEMPORARY PRACTICES AND VIEWS.
Abstract
THIS SERIES ON ALTERNATIVES TO JAIL WAS WRITTEN FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS SEEKING HELP IN FORMULATING POLICIES TO REDUCE OR CONTAIN JAIL POPULATIONS THROUGH THE USE OF VIABLE ALTERNATIVES. THE STUDY SOUGHT TO IDENTIFY PROMISING ALTERNATIVES TO PRE- AND POST-TRIAL DETENTION IN USE IN THE UNITED STATES AND TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES ON SELECTING, INITIATING, OPERATING, AND ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED. MATERIALS FOR THESE VOLUMES WERE GATHERED THROUGH A LITERATURE REVIEW, A NATIONAL CENSUS OF SELECTED ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS, DATA COLLECTED FROM PROGRAMS, AND SITE VISITS TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES. THE EMPHASIS OF THIS VOLUME IS ON THE MANY ALTERNATIVES TO A TRADITIONAL JAIL SENTENCE AND THE METHODS OF IMPLEMENTING THESE SENTENCES. A REVIEW OF SUCH ISSUES IN SENTENCING AS THE PURPOSE OF SENTENCING, BENEFITS AND COSTS OF VARIOUS SENTENCES, AND PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATIONS IS INCLUDED. A NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVES TO CONFINEMENT ARE THEN DISCUSSED, INCLUDING DIVERSION, REPARATIONS, CONDITIONAL RELEASE, PROBATION, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. EXAMPLES OF SPECIFIC ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS FOR NON-SERIOUS OFFENDERS AND HIGHER RISK CASES ARE PROVIDED. FINALLY, MODIFICATIONS TO THE USE OF CONFINEMENT ARE INVESTIGATED. AMONG THESE ARE PARTIAL CONFINEMENT, EARLY RELEASE, AND 'VOLUNTARY' CONFINEMENT. FOR OTHER VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES, SEE NCJ-42223, 42224, 42240, AND 42251.