Probation & Parole
This document is prepared by probation officers after an offender is found guilty.
What is the pre-sentence investigation report
Correctional officers that oversee the daily activities of inmates.
What are block officers
An offense that is illegal just because of the offenders age
What is a status offense
The type of plea bargain resulting in additional charges being dropped.
What is a horizontal plea bargain.
The most visible function of Police officers.
What is patrol
One of the three functions of a probation officer that attempts to help offenders succeed.
What is service
The amendment to the Constitution that prevents cruel and inhuman punishment
What is the 8th amendment
The first step in the Juvenile process.
What is a referral
The early prison system that required inmates to be separate and silent.
What is the Pennsylvania System
The amendment to the Constitution that protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th amendment
Time deducted from an inmates sentence for completing treatment programs or other positive actions.
What is meritorious time
This action limited inmates ability to file lawsuits about their confinement
What is the prison Litigation Reform Act
The process in juvenile court where it is determined if the allegations against the offender are true or not based on evidence
What is an Adjudicatory Hearing
The list of names selected from the master jury list to form the jury pool.
What is the Venire
Produces the Uniform Crime Report each year.
Who is the FBI
This term describes what happens when inmates become used to living in a routine and having their lives controlled.
What is prisonization
The most secure type of federal prison.
What is supermax or administrative
This process set by legislatures allows juveniles to be sent directly to adult court for serious offenses.
What is statutory exclusion
The Latin word for the Criminal Act.
What is Actus reus
The English Document signed in 1215 that influenced the writing of the United States Constitution.
What is the Magna Carta
Alternative sentencing stricter than probation.
What are intermediate sanctions
The approximate number of inmates inside state prisons.
What is 1 million
The court case that banned the death sentence for offenders under 18 years old.
What is Roper v. Simmons
The type of law created by legislatures.
What is statutory law
The number of United States District Courts.
What is 94