Write a paper that conforms to the following content and organization requirements:
- Cover page in APA format
- Paragraph 1: An Overview of Community-Based Sentences
- Provide a brief review (no more than eight (8) sentences) in your own words summarizing community-based sentences. Some potential topics of discussion include (but are not limited to) overviews of:
- The goals and forms of community-based sentences
- Community-based corrections
- Reentry and reintegration
- Note that this will require you to accurately summarize and paraphrase what you learned in the textbook readings.
- Note: Cite all sources used in this paragraph and do not use first person/opinion statements.
- Provide a brief review (no more than eight (8) sentences) in your own words summarizing community-based sentences. Some potential topics of discussion include (but are not limited to) overviews of:
- Paragraphs 2-3: Probation and Parole History
- In your own words, briefly identify one important progression in the history of probation that shaped the future of probation in the U.S.
- Clearly link this historical probation event to modern probation practices.
- In your own words, briefly identify one important progression in the history of parole that shaped the future of parole in the U.S.
- Clearly link this historical parole event to modern parole and release mechanism practices.
- Note: Cite all sources used in this paragraph and do not use first person/opinion statements.
- Paragraphs 45: Probation and Parole Structure and Purposes
- Briefly summarize and discuss the structure and purposes of probation in the U.S. today.
- Briefly summarize and discuss the structure and purposes of parole/release mechanisms in the U.S. today.
- Note: Cite all sources used in this paragraph and do not use first person/opinion statements.
- Paragraph 6: Compare and Contrast Probation and Parole
- In your own words, identify and thoroughly discuss at least three specific points of comparison to compare/contrast between probation and parole.
- Note: Cite all sources used in this paragraph and do not use first person/opinion statements.
- Paragraphs 78: Probation and Parole Issues
- Identify and discuss one issue related to probation (such as probation caseloads or (perceived) effectiveness in reducing future crime) in the U.S. today.
- Identify and discuss one issue related to parole (such as parole caseloads or (perceived) effectiveness in reducing future crime) in the U.S. today.
- Incorporate at least three reliable external sources in addition to the use of the textbook.
- Note: Cite all sources used in this paragraph and do not use first person/opinion statements.
- Paragraph 9: The Future of Community-Based Sentences
- Consider what you learned in this course about the many types of sentences that are served, at least in part, out in the community.
- Identify one sentence or issue related to community-based sentences (different from the issues you addressed earlier in this paper) that interests you.
- Using facts and evidence from at least two external sources (different from those used above) in addition to your textbook, discuss the future of this community-based sentence or issue.
- Note: Cite all sources used in this paragraph and do not use first person/opinion statements.
- Reference page in APA format
- An APA-format reference page with a reference for your textbook, as well as any other sources you use in the course of writing your essay. Remember that for every reference, you should have corresponding parenthetical (in-text) citations in your paper.
Requirements: 5 pages

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