Assignment:
Overview:
Throughout this course, you have explored community corrections and its function with the court system, the criminal justice system and those who have been incarcerated. In this assignment you will research a current topic in Community Corrections involving the criminal justice system.
Instructions:
For this assignment you write a research paper on a current topic in the community corrections field. Topics include, but are not limited to:
• Incarceration Programs
• Privatization of Prisons
• Probation and/or Parole
These are only suggestions. You may select this short list, or consult your text book or from any research you perform. You need instructor approval for your topic by the end of Unit 1. You will research and paper must address the following:
• The past, present and future of your selected topic.
Requirements:
• Instructor approval of your topic by the end of Unit 1.
• Minmum 7 pages in length (excluding the Title and Reference pages) ,12 pt
Times New Roman font.
• APA format, including an in-text citation for referenced works.
• At least 5 resources. Resources may include cases, law reviews, professional journals, news media, articles, and academic journals or books.
• This must be an an original submission and not submitted in any other course.