Non-Institutional Corrections
This academic material is an to explore the connection between the last two pillars of the criminal justice system, corrections and community. Therefore, the study is a mixture of corrections and community. This is the reason it is widely known as “community-based corrections.” This work contains complete, outcomes-based, and up-to-date learning about community-based corrections, ranging from historical developments to its recent advancements in the corrections system, including probation, parole, executive clemency (amnesty, reprieve, pardon, and commutation of sentence), corrections for children in conflict with the law, community service, recognizance, and restorative justice, as well as the Tokyo Guidelines of the United Nations.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Renato M. Abastillas, Jr. He is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Criminology from the Philippine College of Criminology as a Club Bulakeño Foundation scholar. During his law school days, he worked at the House of Representatives as Legislative Staff Assistant and later as Executive Assistant II at the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board. He obtained his law degree from the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law. He worked as Executive Assistant V at the Court of Tax Appeals in the office of Senior Associate Justice Juanito C. Castañeda, Jr., and after passing the bar exams, he was promoted to Court Attorney IV. In 2015, he was appointed Public Attorney I and was later promoted to Public Attorney II at the Public Attorney’s Office, Quezon City District Office. In 2018, he joined the Office of the Ombudsman, Office of the Special Prosecutor as Assistant Special Prosecutor I. After more than a year, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte appointed him to the Department of Justice as Assistant City Prosecutor of Quezon City. As a public prosecutor, he is also a member of the pool of trainers in the Special Projects Division, where he is an accredited trainer for prosecutors across the country. He is also the first Course Director on Criminal Law, Evidence, and Procedure at the Philippine Public Safety Academy under the Philippine Public Safety College. Assistant City Prosecutor Abastillas, Jr. is a part-time faculty member of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina and Universidad de Manila, teaching Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence. He is also a former faculty member of Manila Law College, where he handled Taxation, Legal Forms, and Legal Writing. He has delivered lectures at various institutions such as the Philippine National Police Academy, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, and Commission on Human Rights. He is a long-time board reviewer in Criminal Law and Jurisprudence at leading review centers, particularly Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina, Emilio Aguinaldo College, Universidad de Manila, Philippine College of Criminology, Taguig City University, STRATREV, Stronghold Review Center, Center for Technical Professions, Ariel D. Manlusoc Review Center, Pathways International Review and Training Center, and Naga College Foundation. He is the first Lead Convenor in Criminal Law and Jurisprudence (TOS-Criminology) in the First Criminology Summit conducted by the Professional Criminologists Association of the Philippines. He has authored books on Human Rights Education (2021), Evidence (2021), Criminal Procedure and Court Testimony (2021), Institutional Corrections (2023), and Non-Institutional Corrections (2023) under the Criminology curriculum of Rex Education. Eric Paul D. Peralta He is a faculty member at the University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) and the Director of the UPLB Security and Safety Office. He is the former Director of the UPLB Human Resources Development Office (HRDO) and the UPLB Gender Center. He is a legal consultant for various domestic corporations and companies and a regular provider of technical assistance in the fields of gender and development, women and children’s rights, human rights, and relevant laws. He is a trial lawyer, the owner of Laguna-based Peralta Law Offices, and an author of general education curriculum (GEC) and criminology books published by Rex Education. Currently, he is pursuing his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the Development Studies Program at UPLB.
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