CCJ 3024 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Gated Community, Subculture
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Probation: sentence of imprisonment that is suspended. A punishment, but you are out and about and it is like a curfew. Parole: once they already served their sentence. If any wrong doings , you may go to court so a judge can send you back to jail/prison. Federal prison system: administrative maximum, high security, medium security, low security, minimum security. General deterrence: speed bumps in a gated community. Specific deterrence: penalty that lead to the federal crime. Recidivism: it refers to a person"s relapse into criminal behavior, often after the person receives sanctions or undergoes intervention for a previous crime. Permit convicted offenders to remain in the community under conditional supervision as an alternative to an active prison sentence. Sentence served while under supervision in the community. Most common form of criminal sentencing in u. s. Supervised early release of inmates from correctional confinement.