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| Penal institution designed and operated with the principal goal of preventing escape and avoiding violencd on the part of prisoners, virtually to the exclusion of rehabilitation or other programs |
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| Penal institutions with emphasis on control and custody, but not to the exclusion of rehabilitative or other programs |
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| Penal institution allowing inmates and visitors internal freedom of movement and programs participation consistent with incarceration |
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| process that consists of regular procedures through which the custodial, Treatment , vocational, and educational needs of each prisoner are determined |
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| Explanation of prison subculture that suggests norms, language, roles, and traditions are developed in the prison to help prisoners adjust to the pains of imprisonment |
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| Socialization process in which new prisoners learn the ways of prison society, including rules, hierarchy, customs, and culture |
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| Informal set of rules that reflect the values of the prison society. |
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| Unique vocabulary used by prisoners |
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| inmate activity that involves obtaining goods and services that are unavailable through the legitimate channels |
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| Explanation of prison subculture that suggests norms, language, roles, and traditions are brought into the prison from outside the walls |
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| Voluntary, self-initiated transformation of an individual lacking in social or vocational skills into a productive, normally functioning citizen. |
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| Punishment philosophy that asserts that through proper correctional intervention, a criminal can be reformed into a law-abiding citizen |
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| Repeated or habitual relapses into criminal behavior |
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| Alternative to imprisonment, allowing a person found guilty of an offense to stay in the community, under conditions and with supervision. |
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| Officer attached to the trial court who is responsible for administering the court's probation program |
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| supervised conditional release of a convicted prisoner before expiration of the sentence of imprisonment |
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| Group of citizens, usually appointed by the governor of a state, who determine the eligibility of prisoners for release from prison and from parole. |
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| Meeting held by members of the parole board to decide whether prisoners will be granted parole |
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| Return of a person on parole to prison for violation of a parole condition |
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| Officer of the executive branch of government responisble fot the supervision of convicts released from prison on parole |
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| system under which time is deducted from a prison sentence for good behavior within the institution |
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| Release from the legal penalties of an offense |
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| Pardon that depends on the fulfillment of specified condtions |
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| Compensation (normally court-ordered) on the part of an offender to the victim, or a victim substitute, for any losses or harm inflicted, usually in money or services |
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| Model of justice, opposed to retributive justice, aimed at the offender's contribution to offset the harm done, including reconciliation with victims |
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| Intensive supervision probation (ISP) |
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| alternative to prison for convicted nonviolent offenders who do not qualify for routine probation; probation subject to stringent supervision |
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| sentence that allows for brief incarceration followed by probation, in an effort to induce law abidance by shocking the offender |
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| Short term of incarceration that subject s offenders to hard work, intense drills, and other character-building exercises |
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| Residential correctional facility in which an offender may have to serve the last portion of his or her sentence outside prison, but not yet in the community |
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| Sentence in which convicts are confined to their own residence in lieu of imprisonment in an institution |
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| Computer-assisted checks on offender's movement to ensure that he or she is not going to places in violation of restrictions |
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| Sanction in which the sentencing judge orders the convict to perform any of a range of services to the community |
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