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1970: Priority given to innovative community corrections programs

Last updated on October 1, 2019

Probation Officer Ross Griffith-Cochrane with client (1970s). By the early 1970s, there was a tendency to limit correctional approaches that were institutionally based and develop and expand programs that were based in the community. It was a period when correctional managers were encouraged to implement innovative community programs.

 

 

 

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