SENTENCING

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Across
  1. 7. The examination of a convicted offender's background prior to sentencing
  2. 8. 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
  3. 9. A goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to prevent a particular offender from engaging in repeat criminality
  4. 10. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the offender
  5. 12. STATEMENT An in-court statement made by the victim or survivor to sentencing authorities, seeking to make an informed sentencing decision
  6. 17. Directs the person detaining a prisoner to bring him or her before a judicial officer to determine the lawfulness of the imprisonment
  7. 19. Developed by a sentencing commission rather than state legislature;Explicit and highly structured
  8. 20. A model of criminal punishment that includes determinate and commission-created presumptive sentencing schemes
  9. 21. A goal of criminal sentencing that attempts to make the victim "whole" again
  10. 22. The amount of time deducted from prison time on a given sentence as a consequence of participation in special projects or programs
  11. 23. The attempt to reform a criminal offender;Seeks to bring about fundamental changes in offenders and their behavior
  12. 24. A structured sentencing scheme that allows no leeway in the nature of the sentence imposed
  13. 25. Court-ordered community service, Home detention, day reporting, drug treatment, psychological counseling, victim-offender programming, intensive supervision in lieu of other, more traditional sanctions, such as imprisonment and fines.
Down
  1. 1. The amount of time deducted from prison time on a given sentence as a consequence of good behavior
  2. 2. A model of criminal punishment that encourages rehabilitation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
  3. 3. A goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to prevent others from committing crimes similar to the one for which a particular offender is being sentenced by making an example of the person sentenced
  4. 4. One of the oldest forms of punishment; Often imposed for relatively minor law violations;Most likely to be imposed where the offender has both a clean record and the ability to pay
  5. 5. Sentence Served one after the other
  6. 6. The act of taking revenge on a criminal perpetrator;The earliest-known rationale for punishment;Corresponds to the model of sentencing called "just deserts"
  7. 11. The use of imprisonment or other means to reduce the likelihood that an offender will commit future offenses
  8. 13. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than the average instance of that crime
  9. 14. A model of criminal sentencing that holds that criminal offenders deserve the punishment they receive. The primary sentencing tool of the just deserts model is imprisonment
  10. 15. Sentence Two or more sentences served at the same time
  11. 16. The official suspension of criminal or juvenile proceedings against an alleged offender at any point after a recorded justice system intake, but before the entering of a judgment
  12. 18. justice A sentencing model that builds on restitution and community participation in an attempt to make amends to the victim;Primary goal is improving the quality of life for all members of the community.