The alleged goal of probation from the perspective of alteration is rehabilitation or/and to prevent recidivism. By far the most used alternative to incarceration is probation. Probation is an efficient and cost-effective way to reduce the immense financial and executive affliction of prison. It is also a good alternative way to reduce prison crowding. It is also a practical way to dispense with a great number of petty crimes or ‘’normal’’ such as shoplifting and other minor property crimes, vandalism, simple assaults etc. Not only probation gives this opportunity but also other community services which serve as an alternation to prison. (Voigt, 1994, pg 549)
Parole, on the other hand, is the conditional release of an inmate before serving the his/her full sentence. After part of the sentence is served, the offender is referred to a correctional institution, under the condition that the offender remains under full scrutiny by the agency the State has sent him to, until a final discharge is established. Parole was first introduced as a formal release system in 1876 with the creation of the Elmira Reformatory in New York. This system employed unspecified sentences and early supervised release for good …show more content…
(Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, 2002) The traditional components of a modern correctional system include imprisonment, probation and parole. Interchangeably referred to as a ‘’continuum of correctional sanctions’’ and ‘’corrections continuum’’ as imposed by criminologists Norval Morris and Michael Tonry (1990). In their opinion, this continuum showed a spectrum where probation is the least restrictive form of punishment whereas incarceration is the most restrictive source of punishment. They also discussed that not all wrongdoers should be imprisoned and what we needed was a ‘graduated scale of
Parole, on the other hand, is the conditional release of an inmate before serving the his/her full sentence. After part of the sentence is served, the offender is referred to a correctional institution, under the condition that the offender remains under full scrutiny by the agency the State has sent him to, until a final discharge is established. Parole was first introduced as a formal release system in 1876 with the creation of the Elmira Reformatory in New York. This system employed unspecified sentences and early supervised release for good …show more content…
(Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, 2002) The traditional components of a modern correctional system include imprisonment, probation and parole. Interchangeably referred to as a ‘’continuum of correctional sanctions’’ and ‘’corrections continuum’’ as imposed by criminologists Norval Morris and Michael Tonry (1990). In their opinion, this continuum showed a spectrum where probation is the least restrictive form of punishment whereas incarceration is the most restrictive source of punishment. They also discussed that not all wrongdoers should be imprisoned and what we needed was a ‘graduated scale of