The best alternative towards offender recidivism is community service for 1st time offenders. Offenders and the community have the ability to rebuild their relationship at the same time the offender is able to give back. Community service allows the community and non-profit organizations the ability to get a labor force when money is not available. The labor force is provided by offenders and the material cost is covered by the community. Research shows that being exposed to inmates who have higher propensities to crime may increase criminal behavior or reinforce antisocial attitudes (Chen & Shapiro, 2007). This is an important reason that first time offenders with non-violent history should be given community service not incarceration. The US prison population is made up of 35% of probation violators (Lawrence, 2008). The effect is non-violent offenders become educated by the long time offenders. Often time’s
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The objective of the law is to reduce correctional spending and reinvest the savings. The saving will be used toward community programs. What the law did is make changes to corrections and sentencing laws. One of the goals of the Justice Reinvestment Act is to reduce the risk of reoffending. “For FY 2014 and 2015, North Carolina reinvested $4 million over two years for community-based treatment programs, as well as $18 million for 175 new probation officer positions.” The Justice Reinvestment Act repeals the Partnership Program and replaces it with a totally new program entitled the Treatment for Effective Community Supervision Program. The new program:
• Requires funds to be awarded on a “bid” contract basis to providers operating "evidence-based" programs that meet the risks and needs identified in the risk instrument. No county currently previously operating a program was assured of funds.
• Deletes any requirement for local boards or local planning but maintains a statewide advisory
The objective of the law is to reduce correctional spending and reinvest the savings. The saving will be used toward community programs. What the law did is make changes to corrections and sentencing laws. One of the goals of the Justice Reinvestment Act is to reduce the risk of reoffending. “For FY 2014 and 2015, North Carolina reinvested $4 million over two years for community-based treatment programs, as well as $18 million for 175 new probation officer positions.” The Justice Reinvestment Act repeals the Partnership Program and replaces it with a totally new program entitled the Treatment for Effective Community Supervision Program. The new program:
• Requires funds to be awarded on a “bid” contract basis to providers operating "evidence-based" programs that meet the risks and needs identified in the risk instrument. No county currently previously operating a program was assured of funds.
• Deletes any requirement for local boards or local planning but maintains a statewide advisory