The Principle Goal of Community Corrections Is To

question 63

Multiple Choice

The principle goal of community corrections is to:

• A) punish the offender as severely as possible.
• B) teach the offender to resist temptation by increasing the offender's contact with the criminal world.
• C) punish the offender with the least restrictive alternative.
• D) humanize the offender in the eyes of the community.
• E) attend to the needs of the community rather than those of the offender.

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