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Public Safety and Justice for All: Reconciling the Casework and Law Enforcement Functions of Community Corrections
SESSION INFO
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Session Type: Workshop
The general public and politicians have significant influence over our work. Too often, the general public and politicians do not understand how community corrections organizations support the delivery of public safety and justice for all. Community corrections is an important component of America’s criminal justice system. Each component of the criminal justice system delivers public safety and justice for all in different ways. Community corrections services are unique because they involve straddling helping and law enforcement functions while never losing site of public safety and justice objectives. This blending of helping and law enforcement requires certain values and skill sets, and tenacious efforts to document how what we do has public value. This presentation will clarify whether or not we have adequately resolved the age-old debate about individual and organizational identity regarding casework and law enforcement and how a reconciliation of the two enhances public safety and justice for all.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Dr. Mario Paparozzi
Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Dr. Paparozzi is a past president of APPA. For 30 years, Dr. Paparozzi worked at the New Jersey Department of Corrections. He held positions from parole officer trainee through numerous supervisory and management titles including Deputy Interstate Compact Administrator, Assistant Commissioner of Community Programs, and Chairman of The New Jersey State Parole Board. After retiring from his practitioner career, Dr. Paparozzi started a career in academia. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. Dr. Paparozzi has provided numerous keynote addresses, seminars, and professional training in 46 states, Singapore, the District of Columbia, The United Kingdom, Canada, Bermuda, Poland, Germany, and The Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France. Dr. Paparozzi has appeared on several television and radio shows in the United States and Canada, including A&E’s Investigative Reports, NBC’s Dateline, Al Jazeera America, and Geraldo Rivera. He has published op ed articles in major newspapers and has been interviewed by numerous representatives of the print, radio, and television media on topics related to social and criminal justice, government, and other civic-minded issues. Dr. Paparozzi founded Local 326 of the New Jersey Policeman’s Benevolent Association, which was the collective bargaining unit for parole officers in New Jersey.
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