Concept information
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social problems encyc
crime and deviance
community corrections
history, development, and definitions
Preferred term
community corrections as an alternative to imprisonment
Definition
- Community corrections enable local treatment of offenders through nonincarcerative official responses to crime. Community corrections mobilize local resources such that qualifying offenders serve their sentences within the community, under the supervision of local correctional agencies, programs, and staff. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community Corrections; Community Corrections as an Alternative to Imprisonment]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/community_corrections_as_an_alternative_to_imprisonment
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