classification and risk assessment
Community corrections refers to the supervised handling of juvenile and adult criminal offenders, convicted or facing possible conviction, outside of traditional penal institutions. It includes a wide range of programs intermediate between incarceration and outright release, such as probation, parole, pretrial release, and house arrest. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Community Corrections]
community corrections
concepts
corrections (penology)
crime and deviance
diversion and probation
history, development, and definitions
intermediate sanctions
parole
sentencing and incarceration
theory and treatment in the community