ABSTRACT
This chapter examines what happens to those people who progress through the justice system to the point of discharge from custody, or to where the justice system stops. It explores changes in the criminal justice system can anticipate, or that seem to be beginning now. The chapter considers convicted offender to be under the custody of the justice system until his or her sentence had expired. It identifies some of the collateral consequences of a felony conviction. In many jurisdictions, conviction of a felony carries the permanent loss of some civil rights. Recidivism is hard to define, but generally means a return to crime or other trouble with the criminal justice system. The chapter describes the possibilities that are increased federalism, private justice, and technological justice. It explains two of the possibilities, federalism and private justice. The chapter discusses the technological justice. The growth and development in restitution reflects the increasing emphasis on the private wrongs that accompany crime.
