For this first discussion, you will be required to respond to the question below. You will need to draw on previous knowledge or information obtained on women in the CJ system from previous CJ (or psych or sociology) courses.

We will start off with a fairly simple post so that you can get acquainted with the process.

FOR ALL DISCUSSIONS, make certain to review the guidelines on discussion posts (see syllabus) if you are uncertain of how to approach the post. More importantly, you MUST submit a substantive reply to another student’s post, AND, you should always provide evidence to support your argument. Again, see the course syllabus for an example.

ALWAYS PROOFREAD BEFORE SUBMITTING TO CHECK FOR SPELLING AND GRAMMAR.

POST:

First, what do you think of when you hear the term community corrections? By this I mean, what do you think community corrections encompasses and what role does it play in either the penalizing phase or the post release phase of an offender’s journey within the criminal justice system. Second, provide the link to at least TWO(2) peer-reviewed articles that investigate the role of “community corrections”.

Within your discussion, make certain to provide short summaries/descriptions of the major findings from the two articles.

REPLY: As with all discussion posts, make certain to reply to another student. For this post, compare your explanation of community corrections to that of anther student’s post. What aspects do you both have or think the other person may be missing?