Lesson 4: Residential Community-Based Sanctions
Lesson Overview
This lesson examines the category of community-based sanctions that occur in a controlled setting or location other than a correctional institution. Such an environment enhances the supervisory aspect of the sanction while simultaneously the controlled environment facilitates treatment regimens prescribed for individual offenders. Examples of these sanctions include halfway houses, boot camps, and work release facilities. Discussed within the lesson are empirical assessments of the efficacy of the various sanctions as well as the political issues that surround residential community-based sanctions. It concludes with directions for the future and the plausibility of expanding non-institutional treatment and supervision.
Lesson Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
- Differentiate between the various intermediate residential community-based sanctions available;
- Evaluate the successes and failures of various community-based strategies such as halfway houses, boot camps, and work release centers.
- Describe the political issues that surround residential community-based correctional programs.