 | Chapter Objectives
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After completing this chapter, you should be able to:
- Define community corrections and identify the goals and responsibilities of community corrections agencies and their staffs.
- Define probation and summarize the research findings on recidivism rates.
- Distinguish parole from probation.
- Explain the functions of a parole board.
- Describe how intermediate sanctions differ from traditional community corrections programs.
- Explain two major concerns about intensive-supervision probation and parole (ISP).
- Explain what day reporting centers and structured fines are.
- Explain what home confinement and electronic monitoring are.
- Identify the goal of halfway houses and compare them with other community corrections programs.
- Summarize the purposes and outcomes of temporary-release programs.
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