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Essay Instructions: DOWNLOAD AND READ THE FOLLOWING:
? Instructor?s Commentary
? Alarid and del Carmen?s Community-Based Corrections (8th edition), Chapter 7
? Recidivism and Travis County, Texas probation: http://www.tdcaa.com/node/5268
? Recidivism and Travis County, Texas probation:
http://www.co.travis.tx.us/community_supervision/tcis/probation_experiment_countymagazine_ma

Instructor's commentary and chapter 7 will be uploaded to the website

LENGTH OF ASSIGNMENT: at least 3 pages, double-spaced, 12 font.

INSTRUCTIONS:
After reading Chapter 7 and visiting the links provided above, write at least a 3 page paper discussing:

1) what the research tells us about which offenders are most likely to succeed on probation (see text).
2) What we are learning about evidence-based practices and probation and its impact on recidivism in Travis County, Texas (see links)

Make sure all four points above are addressed in the essay

Refer to the assigned readings in your paper, however DO NOT use APA in-text or reference citations when you rely on information from those readings.

Examples of how to refer to the assigned readings:
According to Alarid and del Carmen?.. (the authors of your textbook. BTW, avoid writing
things like, ?The textbook states?.? or ?In the textbook?..? Refer instead to the authors? last
names.)
As noted in the UC-Irvine Center for Evidence-Based Practices website?.
The powerpoint presentation about proactive community supervision in Maryland shows that?.
You MUST use APA in-text citations and provide a reference list if you rely on readings/websites that have not been assigned.

Topic
Probation and Recividism

Essay Instructions: Shock Probation - thoroughly explain exactly what it is, how it is to work and justify if it is a viable tool for probation and the criminal justice system..

Your paper should be a total of not less than 5 pages in length (not counting the Title page and the reference page). Illustrations and photos do not count as a page.

Page 1 should be your title page. It should have the following:

Paper Title
Class information : Community Resources In Corrections - The semester designations, example: Fall, 2006
Date submitted
YOUR full name
Email Address
Social Security: Last 4 digits if you do not wish to put the entire SS on the paper.

The TEXT should be 12 pitch, Times Roman

You should type the page, double spacing the lines. Do not single space the paper.

Use College Style writing in APA formatting (see www.apa.org).

The final page of the paper should be your Bibliography:

It should show the sources, titles, authors, or if Internet information, the URL that I could go to to verify...and again, the title, author etc.

Essay Instructions: Select your project from the choices below. Complete your selection and submit.

Your research assignment is to select one of the following three subjects:

1. Firearms - Should probation and parole officers be allowed to carry?

2. Types of Probation and Parole.

3. Programs offered by Probation and Parole Agencies.

Give an overview of your chosen subject. Your response should cover topics, which include, but are not limited to:

State regulations that are specific to the subject.
Procedural guidelines related to the implementation of the subject.
Are there Constitutional challenges?
What are the constitutional concerns?

Essay Instructions: Must compare and contrast probation and parole functions, which will constitute about 2/3rds of paper, then submit a recommendation on whether or not these two criminal justice activities should be combined and administered by one agency