NCJ Number
178217
Journal
Alternatives to Incarceration Volume: 5 Issue: 3 Dated: May/June 1999 Pages: 14-18
Editor(s)
Thomas S. Kapinos
Date Published
1999
Length
5 pages
Annotation
In recent years, many police and corrections agencies have formed partnerships to collaborate in ways that benefit both agencies, interest in police-corrections partnerships appears to be growing rapidly, and enhanced supervision represent the largest category of police-corrections partnerships.
Abstract
Enhanced supervision programs involve police and corrections agencies in joint supervision or joint performance of other functions for offenders on probation or parole. Several programs are described that have been implemented in jurisdictions in Massachusetts, Minnesota, Connecticut, Washington, and Arizona. The programs vary, ranging from a single line staff member within a prison who has cultivated personal working relationships with police officers to an ongoing collaboration of top officials and leaders of key criminal justice organizations. Police-corrections partnerships are viewed as a viable tool to solve a wide range of mutual problems and provide mutual benefits for partners. 4 photographs