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21 Cards in this Set
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Diversion |
Minimizing penetration into the criminal justice system through police, community, or court programs |
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Pretrial intervention programs |
Requiring defendants awaiting trial to report to a supervision officer |
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Treatment in lieu of conviction |
Diversion offered to offenders in which successful completion of probation allows the prosecutor or judge to cease the prosecution if treatment program results in no conviction |
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Community corrections acts (CCAs) |
Legislation that funds local community correctional programs designed to divert offenders from prison |
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Intermediate sanctions |
Correctional programs that fall somewhere between probation and prison |
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Day reporting center |
Facility to which offenders are sent for scheduling and monitoring of their activities |
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Restitution order |
Requirement that offender repay the victim |
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House arrest |
Being confined to one's home except when permission is granted to leave |
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Electronic monitoring |
Tracking of offender whereabouts electronically |
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Risk management |
Strategies designed to provide increased supervision and surveillance for higher-risk offenders and less restrictive options for those of lower risk |
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Desistance |
Ceasing of criminal behavior by the offender. Can also imply lessening of the severity of criminal offenses |
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Restitution |
A court-ordered sanction requiring the offender to make the victim whole or to compensate the community for the offender's illegal behavior |
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Intensive supervised probation (ISP) |
Intermediate sanction requiring increased supervision for probationers |
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Tourniquet sentencing |
When a judge increases the sanctions and conditions imposed on an offender |
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Drug court |
Problem-solving court that requires drug offenders to participate in court-mandated treatment programs |
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Community work order |
Requiring offenders to provide service to the community to help repair the harm they have committed |
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Home detention |
Sentence whereby offenders serve at least some of their sentence in their own domicile |
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Electronic parole |
Community supervision technique that uses electronic devices to maintain surveillance on parolees |
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Community residential treatment center |
Also known as a halfway house, a residential facility that provides room and board as well as rehabilitation programming |
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Shock probation |
Designed to give offenders a short "taste of the bars" followed by a period of supervised probation |
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Boot camp |
Modeled after military boot camps, offenders are required to engage in strict discipline and a physical regimen |
