Community service refers to action taken to meet the needs of others and better the community as a whole.
Work in public buildings or on public property performed by an offender as required by the court or its representatives.
When used as a consequence of criminal or delinquent behavior or as a condition of juvenile probation, community service is unpaid work performed by a juvenile who admits to the delinquency charges and may involve a variety of tasks related to betterment of the community. These can range from litter or graffiti clean-up, acts meant to provide restitution or any other community assistance project under the supervision of the juvenile court or other acknowledged community authority.
a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions
an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence
An alternative sanction that requires offenders to work in the community (generally in service of the public) rather than incarceration.
A court imposed sanction that requires offenders to work in the community to repay society for the harm done by their actions.
Service that is designed to assist in addressing community problems such as housing, poverty, government, recreation, employment, youth opportunities, transportation, health, and land use.
Depending on the offense, your state may offer community service as a way to work off fines. Community service may also be a mandatory part of your sentencing.
service performed by respondent/defendant to make amends or repair harm to the community or other victims competency development - building relationships with caring and positive adults or peers and providing respondents/ defendants with opportunities to increase their skills and abilities so they are able to function as more productive members of society
a type of activity through which a participant develops life and employability skills while working in a team and providing a service to the community.
Imposed by the judge as a condition of probation, community service requires the offender to work a certain number of hours as reparation to the community. An offender can work alone for a local government or nonprofit agency, or as part of a work crew on projects such as picking up litter on highways or in parks, or provide service at public hospitals and nursing homes.
A sentencing option where the judge considers the youthâ€(tm)s time and abilities, then makes an order for work in the community. The youth will not be paid for this work. The order will tell how many hours must be done and how long the youth has to complete it. A youth can be sentenced up to 240 hours with one year to complete it.
Sentencing option whereby offender performs volunteer work for government, non-profit or community-based organizations.
a non-custodial order whereby the offender performs between 40 and 240 hours of unpaid work at an approved charitable or voluntary organisation as a penalty for his or her offence.
Temporary or transitional work that is performed in the public or private nonprofit sector that provides the Welfare-to-Work participant with job skills that can lead to employment.
Community Service is volunteerism that occurs in the community--action taken to meet the needs of others and better the community as a whole. Programs of all types, like scouts, schools or YMCAs, often perform "community service." ()
Service that is conducted in the community and does not have a structured academic component. Although student learning may occur through such service, it does not have the tie to or the focus on academic curriculum that service-learning produces.
A sentencing alternative in which offenders work without monetary compensation at public or private nonprofit agencies in the community.
A type of restorative activity that allows an individual with a criminal conviction to improve his or her skills, develop community connections, and complete sentencing requirements.
Compulsory service, without compensation, performed for the benefit of the community by the offender.
When court ordered, is the performance of unpaid work to repay the community for an offense committed.
A sentencing alternative that requires offenders to spend at least part of their time working for a community agency.
Community service refers to service that a person performs for the benefit of his or her local community. People become involved in community service for a range of reasons - for some, serving community is altruistic act, for others it is a punishment. The term "community service" therefore refers to projects that members of certain youth organizations, such as the Boy Scouts and some high school students perform.
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