Answers from someone with real experience appreciated.
2006-06-26 02:17:55 · 22 answers · asked by rp804110 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
I've never done it but had tons of freinds and family that had. Typically you clean trash off the side of the road, a county cop usually takes a group of you to the location in a van you get out put on bright orange vests and get to work, and if you're lucky people like me will drive by honk and laugh at you. Other things I know people have done was paint a local community center, my brother did some kind of community service at a hospital because he has a bum knee, so I guess it just depends.
2006-06-26 02:22:59 · answer #1 · answered by MOVING 5 · 20⤊ 4⤋
It depends on the needs within the community and/or the restitution that needs to take place. Sometimes they will do volunteer work at the place they stole from (or broke into), if they were nabbed for defacing the community they could be made to clean up their mess, it's supposed to be a way for the person to have time to consider what they did and decide not to do it again.
2006-06-26 03:13:27 · answer #2 · answered by Noelani 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the UK, they have to do practically nothing. Most young criminals see it as the soft option it actually is. Usually it is not supervised, and most offenders fail to turn up at all. Those unlucky enough to be taken back to court for failing to do their Community Service get a sentence of - surprise, surprise! - more Community Service. So - Punishment? No! Deterrent? - No! Teaches respect for the Law? No!
2006-06-26 02:36:02 · answer #3 · answered by Lick_My_Toad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I worked at a public library, we would have community service workers all the time. We would have them pick up trash around the building, clean the computer keyboards, vacuum the building, help set up for events, dust the shelves, etc. At Christmas time, we would ask them to decorate the Christmas Tree and put up decorations.
2006-06-26 02:23:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Community Service can range from picking up trash, cleaning parks,washing police cars to working in a public library or domestic violence safe house. It depends on your community and what they need done at the time.
2006-06-26 04:46:50 · answer #5 · answered by ND M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clean trash on roadsides, work at local nursing homes with cleaning up after meals or playing games with the residents, working at a nearby thrift store, help clean schools after school hours, other things in the community.
2006-06-26 02:23:09 · answer #6 · answered by eissalc_13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no real experience but my answer would be
"service in the community"
pretty self-explanatory. they have to do volunteer hours in an activity or activities that benefit the community in some way.
2006-06-26 02:19:23 · answer #7 · answered by bettyboop 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unpaid work in the community. If you breach your sentence by not fulfilling the hours you have been sentenced to you could be re-sentenced for the breach and sent to prison.
2006-06-26 02:22:42 · answer #8 · answered by LONDONER © 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i see the criminals "doing time" around this city all the time
they pick up trash from the side of the road
they strings christmas lights up downtown
they help clean the community up basically
2006-06-26 02:20:21 · answer #9 · answered by JULIE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they could do just about anything for the community, meaning anything from filling paper work at like the boys and girls club to aweaping or painting, theres alot of thing to do so you can make up your hours
2006-06-26 02:21:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋