Positions
THE NCCC’s work, like that of the Center for Community Corrections, emphasizes the following positions:
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Community corrections programs must promote offender accountability, principles of due process and fairness, and proportionality and equity in punishment of offenders.
- There must be clear goals for public safety, punishment, victim compensation and reconciliation, reparations for the crime committed and realistic treatment of the offender. All criminal justice system components should strive to meet these goals and work with communities to implement them.
- Community corrections professionals should work with the authority and discretion accorded to other elements of the criminal justice and human services systems, and these elements should be administered within an explicit, publicly stated policy.
- Community corrections professionals should provide services that are transparent, open to public scrutiny and encourage community representatives to participate in decisions and issues related to these services.
- Community corrections should strive to provide cost-effective services that do not endanger the community or jeopardize program quality.
