CRIM 131 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Conditional Sentence, Risk Management
26 Nov 2016
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Chapter 10- corrections in the community: alternatives to confinement. Diversion- programs that are designed to keep offenders from being processed further into the formal cjs. Net widening- a potential, unanticipated consequence of diversion programs in which persons who would otherwise have been released outright by the police are involved in the justice system. Intermediate sanctions- a term used to describe a wide range of correctional programs that generally fall between probation and incarceration, although specific initiatives may include either of those penalties as well. Conditional sentence- a sentence for offenders receiving a sentence or sentences totalling less than two years whereby the time is served in the community under the supervision of a probation officer. Probation- a sentence imposed on an offender by a criminal court judge that provides for supervision of the offender in the community by a probation officer. May be used in junction with a.
