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______________________ is a report used during the sentencing process that details the
person’s background, including criminal history, social background, education, employment,
mental and physical health, and other significant factors.
______________________ is a sentence imposed on convicted offenders that allows them to
remain in the community under the supervision of an officer instead of being sent to prison.
______________________ is a type of sentence that has a minimum and maximum time to
serve; a decision by a release authority determines the actual time served within that range.
______________________ is a type of sentence with a requirement that for certain crimes or for
certain types of people, there must be a sentence to prison for at least a minimum term.
____________________ are forms containing scales with a set of rules for structured sentences,
based on measures of offense severity and criminal history, to determine the length of the term of
imprisonment.
____________________ is an alternative to traditional court models to deal with the underlying
drug problem as the basis of the person’s criminality.
____________________ Is a type of correctional goal that the effect of punishment on an
individual offender prevents that person from committing future crimes.
____________________ Is a type of correctional goal that there is a recognition that criminal
acts result in punishment, and the effect of the recognition on society prevents future crimes.
____________________ Is a programmed effort to alter the attitudes and behaviors of inmates
and improve their likelihood of becoming law-abiding citizens.
____________________refers to the pledge of money or property in exchange for a promise to
return for further criminal processing.
____________________ is release from jail based only on the defendant’s promise to appear for
further court procedures.
____________________ is the suspension of criminal process while the person charged with a
crime is provided the chance to participate in treatment programs and avoid further criminal
activity.
____________________ is a type of intermediate sanctions that supervise community clients
with higher than average risk, through smaller caseloads and very close monitoring of activities.
____________________ is a type of intermediate sanctions that participants are required to have
short hair, shine their shoes, wear uniforms, do extensive physical exercise, and perform hard
physical labor; at times, these are complemented with education or drug programming, but the
major components are military regimentation, discipline, exercise, and hard work.
____________________ is a short period of imprisonment to “shock” the convicted person, with
a return to the community within a few weeks to continue supervision on probation.
____________________ is the conditional release of incarcerated persons under the supervision
of an officer prior to the expiration of their sentences.
____________________ is the process of leaving prison and returning to the community.
____________________ refers to statutory exceptions granted to allow the movement fromjuvenile to adult courts for criminal processing because of the serious nature of a juvenile offender’s crime.
____________________Is an activity that is considered a crime only because the offender is under the age of eighteen and would not be a crime if committed by an adult; include acts such as running away from home, ungovernability, truancy, or underage drinking.
____________________ is a determination if a juvenile case should be dismissed, handled informally, or referred to the juvenile court, in juvenile justice process.