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- 2. release A prisoner who is placed on mandatory supervision shall be deemed to be released as if on parole, and shall be subject to the conditions of release at ยง 2.40 until the expiration of the maximum term for which he was sentenced, unless the prisoner's sentence is terminated early by the appropriate military clemency board ...
- 4. The post-conviction stage of the criminal justice process, in which the defendant is brought before the court for the imposition of a penalty.If a defendant is convicted in a criminal prosecution, the event that follows the verdict is called sentencing.
- 6. A sentencing principle that holds that an offender's criminal history should objectively be taken into account in sentencing decisions
- 9. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant.
- 11. deterrence A sentencing objective which promotes the reduction of crime by the threat or example of punishment to the population at large. ... It is often little needed by the time of sentencing.
- 16. services unpaid work, intended to be of social use, that an offender is required to do instead of going to prison.\
- 18. A sentencing objective which promotes the reduction of crime by the threat or example of punishment to the population at large. ... It is often little needed by the time of sentencing
- 20. A goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to inhibit criminal behavior through the fear of punishment
- 21. release of an accused or convict from custody or imprisonment, under conditions which bar him or her from certain activities or associations. Breach of any condition will revoke the release order.
- 22. the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality:
- 23. Circumstances Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than the average instance of that crime.
- 24. deserts is sometimes referred to as the 'retribution' type of sentencing. In other words, one should be punished simply because one committed a crime.
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- 1. the release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision.
- 3. when used in the context of sentencing philosophy refers to the effect of a sentence in terms of positively preventing the sentenced person from committing future offenses.
- 5. A model of criminal punishment that includes determinate & commission-created presumptive sentencing schemes, as well as voluntary/advisory sentencing guidelines.
- 7. confinement is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to a certain residence. Travel is usually restricted, if allowed at all. House arrest is an alternative to prison time or juvenile-detention time.
- 8. A writ that directs the person detaining a prisoner to bring him or her before a judicial officer to determine the lawfulness of the imprisonment.
- 10. is used for the victim, specifically with a kind of mediation and/or restitution from the offender.
- 12. Sentencing The use of court-ordered community service, home detention, day reporting, drug treatment, psychological counseling, victim-offender programming, or intensive supervision in lieu of other, more traditional sanctions, such as imprisonment & fines
- 13. is the re-integration into society of a convicted person and the main objective of modern penal policy, to counter habitual offending, also known as criminal recidivism.
- 14. Sentencing A model of criminal punishment in which an offender is given a fixed term of imprisonment that may be reduced by good time or gain time. Under the model, for example, all offenders convicted of the same degree of burglary would be sentenced to the same length of time behind bars.
- 15. revocation means the administrative act of committing a parolee back to to prison for his/her failure to comply with the conditions of parole. Habeas corpus is a proper remedy for review of parole revocation proceedings.\
- 17. To the extent that punishment is supposed to fit the crime, retributive justice can be distinguished from revenge in the sense that defendants are expected to give up something in return for the offenses they committed.
- 19. monitoring the use of technology to monitor an offender's location