Intensive Probation is Effective (From America's Prisons: Opposing Viewpoints, P 230-237, 1991, Stacey L. Tipp, ed. - See NCJ-159858)

• NCJ Number: 159887
• Author(s): J P Conrad
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 8 pages
• Sale Source: Greenhaven Press
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article argues that community-based intensive supervision programs can be used to punish the majority of nonviolent offenders.

Abstract

Intensive Probation Supervision (IPS) has demonstrated its success in reducing prison populations and recidivism among program participants. Used in at least eight States, IPS is an essential element of the complete restructuring of the criminal justice system. Nonetheless, some offenders have to be imprisoned in order to protect the public safety and to preserve the integrity of the criminal justice system. While more expensive than traditional probation, IPS is more cost-effective than imprisonment and sends a clear message about the meaning of criminal punishment.