Parole System Anomie: Conflicting Models of Casework and Surveillance

From: Federal Probation | Date: December 1, 2006| Author: Caplan, Joel M | Copyright information

PAROLE IS GRANTED to an offender after a period of time in prison; it allows the individual to serve the remainder of his or her time in the community under supervision. The parole system has evolved since its inception in the 18th century; however, until the 1970s, it had consistently centered its practices on a medical model of casework, treatment, and community reintegration. A relatively rapid change to a more punitive system of corrections, beginning in the 1970s, forced parole agencies ...

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