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A 6 page paper discussing the difficulties of reducing recidivism among former prisoners and reducing the number of first-time prison sentences. Groups and individuals seeking to reduce the numbers of individuals being convicted of first offenses traditionally have focused on education and community intervention programs, many of which fail to address Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Achieving greater psychological feelings of belonging to something positive – rather than street gangs or other contrarian groups – may be able to achieve the effect of making a real difference in the lives of these most at-risk individuals. The paper concludes that work release for incarcerated individuals and a similar program for those not yet serving time can produce the desired effect of probation and parole. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSparoleProb.rtf
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Overcrowding has been and continues to be a significant issue at many states prisons. One approach to easing the overcrowding situation is to release greater numbers of convicted prisoners
on parole. Many of these are released before they serve what otherwise would be a minimum length of time before being eligible for parole; others are released simply by
virtue of the nature of the crimes committed that led to their convictions. The US built prisons in earnest beginning in the 1970s, but increased spending and increased sentencing
have worked at odds to make the additional prison space an effective measure against the commission of crimes as had been hoped. The purpose here is to assess alternative
approaches to probation and parole, alternatives that have real potential for avoiding first-time incarceration and reducing recidivism. Probation and Recidivism One approach to
easing crowded conditions has been that increasing numbers of offenders have been sentenced to probation rather than to active prison sentences. "In 1997, more than 3.2 million adults were
serving probation sentences, an increase from 2.7 million in 1990" (Maxwell, Bynum, Gray and Combs, 2000, p. 1). There have been many published reports of probationers committing additional crimes
while on probation, to the extent that "the issue of recidivism among these offenders cannot be underestimated, since this has a direct impact on fiscal considerations and also public safety"
(Maxwell, et al., 2000; p. 1). Large percentages of these probationers are committing new crimes, "inevitably leading some researchers and practitioners to question
the viability of probation as a sanction and to question the potential risk such a sanction poses to the community" (Maxwell, et al., 2000; p. 1). Though these researchers
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