Community Sentances Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Alternative (Intermediate) Sanctions | Community based punishments ranging from probation and prison time |
Judicial Reprieve | In medieval England a judge could suspend a sentance to allow the defendant to gather evidence, reform behavior, or seek a pardon |
Recognizance | Medieval practice letting offenders go free if the enter a debt relation with the state |
Sureties | In the middle ages, the people made responsible for offenders given release or reprieve |
Probation | The conditional release of a convicted offender under supervision of the court and subject to conditions for a set time |
John Augustus | pioneered the concept of probation |
Revocation | Termination of probation leading to imprisionment because of a violation of conditions |
Suspended Sentance | Delayed prison time for community treatment (if effective, prison time is dropped) |
Presentance Investigation | Performed by probation officer after conviction, contains all information about the offenders history and life |
Intake | Process in which probation officer settles case before the onset of formal proceedings |
Diagnosis | Analysis of the offender's personality that may be helpful in treating the offender |
Risk Classification | Classification and assigning cases a level and type of supervision on a per client basis |
Treatment Supervision | Treatment program that will allow the probationer to fulfill the probation contract and adjust to the community |
Avertable Recidivists | Offenders whose crimes would have been avoided if they had been sent to prison first |
Day Fees | Fees for probationers to cover the costs of their sanction |
HotSpot Probation | Program in which intense community supervision is used to keep track of a probationer |
Day Fine | Fine based upon the average daily income of the offender to bring equity to the sentancing process |
Forfeirure | Seizure of personal property as a civil or criminal penality |
Zero Tolerance | Defendants lose personal property for the slightest law violation |
Restitution | Sanction that the offender must repat the society or victim for the crime |
Monetary Restitution | Direct payment to the victim as compensation |
Community Service Restitution | Used in victimless crimes for compensation to the community |
Split Sentancing | Sentance including jail time as a condition of probation |
Shock Probation | A short prison term before probation begins |
Shock Incarceration | Short prison sentance served in boot-camp facilities |
Intensive Probation Supervision | Small probation loads involving strict daily or weekly monitoring |
House Arrest | Offenders must spend extended periods of time in thier own homes |
Electronic Monitoring | Devices that manage offender obedience to home confinement orders |
Residential Community Corrections | Nonsecure facility that houses offenders and allows them to work, attend school and participate in treatment proggrams |
Day Reporting Centers | Community based treatment programs |
Restorative Justice | Perspective that replaces punishment with healing, accountability, and restoring social damages caused by criminal acts |
Reintegrative Shaming | Restotative justice practice that involves disapproval of deeds and shaming to control wrongdoing in the community |
Sentancing Circle | In native americna communities where a group of tribal members meet to informally deal with conflicts between group members |
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