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1992
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Diversionary Effectiveness of Community Alternative Programs
By Whitehead, John T.; Miller, Larry S.; Myers, Laura B..
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
Tennessee Dept. of Correction (Nashville, TN); East Tennessee State University. Dept. of Criminal Justice and Criminology (Johnson City, TN).
Two programs (Community Corrections and Intensive Probation Supervision) implemented by the Tennessee Department of Correction to divert some felony offenders from incarceration are evaluated. Findings indicate that about 50 percent of offenders sentenced to these programs were diverted from an incarcerative sentence. A number of legal and social variables, such as custody status, drug problem, prior record variables and offense severity, explain the sentencing decisions of the judges. This stud... Read More
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53 p.
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1989
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Evaluating the Impact of Ohio's Community Corrections Programs on Public Safety and Costs: Final Report
By Austin, James; Quigley, Peter; Cuvelier, Steve.
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA).
The impact of the state of Ohio subsidized, county-operated Community Corrections Act programs (CCA), Intensive Diversion Units (IDU), and the Community Based Correctional Facilities (CBCF) are reviewed. The study concludes that these programs do serve to divert offenders from state prisons.... Read More
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72 p.
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1989
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The Effectiveness of the New Intensive Supervision Programs
By Byrne, James M.; Lurigio, Arthur J.; Baird, Christopher.
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Robert J. Kutak Foundation (Omaha, NE).
"This monograph examines the effectiveness of a variety of intensive supervision programs that function either as front-end intermediate sanctions or back-end early release mechanisms. Although it focuses primarily on intensive supervision, we also briefly highlight research on the effectiveness of house arrest, electronic monitoring, split sentencing, and residential community corrections programs." (p. 1) Observations on the research summary are presented by Greg Markley, Donald Cochran, and G... Read More
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75 p.
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