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| is the sentencing that you get befor you go to jail its the part of jail that you can go to so that you dont have to attend jail if you obey the laws that they give you |
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| the use of a variety of offically ordered program based saction that permit convicted offenders to remain in the community under conditional supervision as an alterntive to an active prison sentence |
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| {PRWhat are the probation conditions? |
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-must agree to abide by court mandated condtions probation
-A violation of conditions can lead to probation revocation |
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| the status of a convicted offender who has been conditionall released from prison by a paroling authority before the expiration of his or her sentence. is placed under the supervison of a parle agency and is rewuired to observe the condtions of parole |
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| Types of parole decison makin mechanisms |
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parole boards
and statutory decrees producing mandatory parole |
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| the use of split sentencing shock probatio or parole shock incarceration, community service,intersive supervison or home confinement in lieu of other more traditonal sanction such as imprisonment |
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| what are the advantages of intermediate sanctions |
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`less expensive to operate per offender
`sociallly cost effective
`provides flexibilty in terms of resourcees |
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| a sentence explicitly requiring the the convicted to serve a period of confinement followed by a period of probation. |
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| the practice of sentening offenders to prison allowing them to apply for probationary release and enacting such release in surpise fashion. |
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| a sentencing option that makes use of 'boot camp' type prissons to impress on convicted offenders the realities of prison life. |
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| a sentence that requires that a convicted offender serve weekends in a confinement facility whil under going probationary supervision in the community . |
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| a sentecing alternative that requires offenders to spend at aleast part of their time working for a community agency . |
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| intensive probation supervision |
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| A form of probation supervision invovling frequent face to face contact between the probationer and the probation officer |
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| house arrest . Indivuals ordred sonfined to their homes and sometimes monitored electronically to ensur they do not leave durning the hours or confinment |
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| What are the 3 conditions of federal home confinement |
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| curfew,m home detention. home incarceration |
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| a state or federal confinemnt pacility that had custodial authority over adults sentenced to confinemnt |
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| what doees a typical state prison system consists of: |
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- one high security prison for long term , high risk offenders
-one or more medium security institutions
-one insitution for adult women
-one or two insitutions for young adults
-one or two specialezed mental hospital-type security priosons for mentally ill prisoner.
-one,or more open type institutions for low risk nonviolent |
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| dimensions of overcrowding? |
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-space available per inmate
-How long inmates are confined in cells or housing units
-living arrangemnts
-types of housing |
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| over crowding / prison capacity refers to |
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| The size of the correctional population an institution can effectvely hold. |
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| what are the 3 types of prison capacity ? |
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| Rated capacity, operational capacity, design capacity |
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| The munber of inamtes a prison can handle acoording to the judgement of experts |
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| the number of inamtes a prison can effectely accommodate bases on management sonsiderations. |
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| The number of inmates a prison was intended to hold when it was built or modified |
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| What is selective in capacitation? |
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| seeks to identify the most dangerous criminals with the goal of removing them from the society |
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| provid a high level of security characterized by high fences,thick walls, secure cells,gun towers, and armed prison guards |
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resemble maxium security prisons.
inmates have move freedom to assiciate with one another |
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Inmates are generally housed in dormitory like settings and are free to walkthe yard and visit most priosn facilitities.
guards are armed |
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| What are the five security levels for federal prison systems? |
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administravtive maxium ( ADMAX)
high security
Medium security
Low security
Minimum security |
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a confinment faclilty administered by an agency of local goverment , typically a law enforcement agency . intended for adults but somtimes also containing juvenlies whish holds people detained pending adjudication or committed after adjucation. usually those sentenced to a year or less.
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| what aree the purposes of jail? |
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-hold inmates sentenced to short terms
-receive indivuals pending arraignment and to await trail conviction or sentening
-readmit probation,parole. and bail bond violators and absconders
-temporarily detain juveniles, the mentally ill and others pending transfer to appropate facilitees. |
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| whats the major reason of growth is jails. |
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some states have begun to use jails instead of prisons to house convicted felons
-many indigent defendants cannot post bond.
-there are unnexessary delays between arrest and final case dispostion
-there are inappropraite attorney delays |
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| a temporary confinment facility that eliminates many of the traditional barriers between inmates and correctional staff |
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| The movement toward the wider use of private prison has beeen termed |
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