These are locally operated correctional facilities that confine people before and after conviction
Jails
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A sentence to serve a specified number of hours working in unpaid positions with nonprofit or tax-supported agencies is called:
Community Service
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The conditional release of a convicted offender into the community under the supervision of a probation officer is called:
Probation
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A crime punishable by confinement in a local jail for a year or less:
Misdemeanor
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The repetition of criminal behavior, generally defined as rearrest, is called:
Recidivism
200
A contract process that shifts public functions, responsibilities, and capital assets, in whole or in part, from the public sector to the private sector.
Privatization
200
Punishment as vengeance is also called:
Revenge
200
The conditional release of a prisoner, prior to completion of the imposed sentence, under the supervision of the state is called:
Parole
200
A crime punishable by death or by incarceration in a prison facility for a year or more is a:
Felony
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The process of changing criminal lifestyles into law-abiding ones by correcting the behavior of offenders through treatment, education or training is called:
Rehabilitation
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The majority of inmates in the Federal Bureau of Prisons have been convicted of what?
Drug offenses
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A sentencing goal that involves retaliation against a criminal perpetrator is called:
Retribution
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A correctional agency that has the authority to grant parole is called a:
Parole board
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An example of a misdemeanor would be:
Simple assault
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The process of making the offender a productive member of the community again is called:
Reintegration
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The taking on of the ways, mores, customs, and general culture of the penitentiary is known as:
Prisonization
400
The phrase "eye for an eye" refers to the punishment philosophy of:
Retribution
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A report prepared by the probation officer that provides a social and personal history as well as an evaluation of a defendant as an aid to the court in determining a sentence is called:
Presentence Report
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The halting, or suspension, before conviction, of formal criminal proceedings against a person, conditional on some form of counter-performance by the defendant is called:
Diversion
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The fundamental rights of victims to be represented equitably throughout the criminal process are called:
Victim's Rights
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The belief that inmate subcultures are brought into prisons from the outside world is called:
Importation Theory
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The use of imprisonment or other means to reduce an offender's capability to commit future crimes is:
Incapacitation
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The formal termination of an offender's conditional freedom is called:
Revocation
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Pretrial release on the defendant's promise to appear for trial without a cash guarantee is called:
Release on Recognizance
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The United States crime rate is calculated by:
Dividing the total number of major crimes committed in a given year by the total population times 100,000 for a rate per 100,000