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When Offenders Break the Rules: Smart Responses to Parole and Probation Violations
Publication year:
2007
| Cataloged on:
Jan. 31, 2008
ANNOTATION: A strategy that "seeks to protect the community, to hold violators accountable with interventions that address the reasons for the violations, and to reduce reincarceration and the resulting costs to taxpayers" (p. 2). Sections following an executive summary include: defining the issue; violators -- a leading driver of prison population growth; parole vs. probation; condition violation or new crime; types of violations; revocation rates vary widely among states; current practice -- the three approaches; elements of a strategic approach; and action steps for policymakers. Also included are answers to seven key questions.