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The Importance of Community Corrections  


Author:  Don  Evans.


Source: Volume 16, Number 02, Winter 2007 , pp.4-5(2)




Journal of Community Justice (formerly Journal of Community Corrections)

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Abstract: 

This article agues that there are five critical areas in which community corrections can assist and legitimate managing offenders in the community: by providing examples of programs that reduce recidivism; by advocating for both effectiveness and efficiency; by innovating; by facilitating post-release support as well as supervision; and by building community support for reentry programs.

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Affiliations:  1: Journal Editor.

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