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Textbook Assignment 4

Textbook Assignment 4

Q Textbook Assignment 4: Directions: Respond to the questions below. Write the question followed by the answer. Responses should be written in paragraph form. You should write a minimum of two paragraphs for each question. Remember a paragraph consists of more than one sentence. Responses should demonstrate you have read the chapters and understand the information contained within. In addition to the textbook, you should also use information from other resources to support your responses. • 1. List examples of two states that have reduced budget costs by diverting offenders from prison. Include in your response, how each state diverted the offenders from prison. 2. Provide three examples of the ways that correctional agencies can raise revenues. Explain each example. 3. Define classification and risk management and how they are used to improve the effectiveness of correctional agencies. 4. Give three examples of how risk management and classification are used for community offenders. Provide elaboration for each example.

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Two of the states that have reduced their budgets are New York and Kansas. There are various reasons because of which the expenses of the states’ prisons increase and also, there are many ways through which they can be cut down. The New York had extremely strict laws on the matter of drugs (Seiter (2017 p. 213) and this made the prisons overpopulated with offenders with minimal crimes. The New York department decided to enforce community treatment for low-level drug offenders that cost them less in the long run