Kentucky Statutes 196.715 – Services for targeted offenders — Assessment of victims’ needs
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(1) A community corrections program shall be responsible for providing services for targeted offenders which shall include one (1) or more of the following:
(a) Preparing detailed community penalty plans for presentation to the prosecution, the sentencing judge, and by the offender’s attorney.
(b) Providing treatment, punishment, management, supervision, rehabilitation, mentoring, employment, and other services to targeted offenders, or contracting or arranging with public or private agencies for services for targeted offenders, as described in the community corrections plan.
(c) Monitoring the progress of offenders under community penalty plans.
(2) A community corrections program shall be responsible for assessing the needs of victims for restitution or other types of assistance resulting from the crime, and for tailoring community-based sanctions for the offender which correspond to the needs of the victim and the community.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 4, effective July 14, 1992.
(a) Preparing detailed community penalty plans for presentation to the prosecution, the sentencing judge, and by the offender’s attorney.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 196.715
- Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(b) Providing treatment, punishment, management, supervision, rehabilitation, mentoring, employment, and other services to targeted offenders, or contracting or arranging with public or private agencies for services for targeted offenders, as described in the community corrections plan.
(c) Monitoring the progress of offenders under community penalty plans.
(2) A community corrections program shall be responsible for assessing the needs of victims for restitution or other types of assistance resulting from the crime, and for tailoring community-based sanctions for the offender which correspond to the needs of the victim and the community.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 4, effective July 14, 1992.