Chapter 12 vocab

Day reporting center (DRC)

A community-based corrections center to which offenders report on a daily basis for treatment, education, and rehabilitation.

Electronic monitoring

A supervision technique in which the offender’s whereabouts are kept under surveillance by an electronic device.

Forfeiture

The process by which the government seizes private property attached to criminal activity.

Home confinement

A community-based sanction in which offenders serve their terms of incarceration in their homes.

Home visit

A visit to the offender’s residence by a probation or parole officer to determine whether the offender has been complying with the terms of probation or parole.

Intensive supervision probation (ISP)

A punishment-oriented form of probation in which the offender is placed under stricter and more frequent surveillance and control than in conventional probation.

Mandatory release

Release from prison that occurs when an offender has served the full length of the sentence, minus any adjustments for good time.

Parole

The conditional release of an inmate before the prison sentence has expired.

Parole board

A body of appointed civilians that decides whether an inmate should be granted conditional release before the end of the prison sentence.

Parole grant hearing

A hearing in which the entire parole board or a subcommittee reviews information, meets the offender, and hears testimony from relevant witnesses to determine whether to grant parole.

Pretrial diversion program

An alternative to trial offered by a judge or prosecutor, in which the offender agrees to participate in a specified counseling or treatment program in return for withdrawal of the charges.

Probation

A criminal sanction in which a convict is allowed to remain in the community rather than be imprisoned.

Reintegration

A goal of corrections that focuses on preparing the offender for a return to the community unmarred by further criminal behavior.

Revocation

The formal process that follows the failure of a probationer or parolee to comply with the terms of probation or parole, often resulting in the offender’s incarceration.

Suspended sentence

A judicially imposed condition in which an offender is sentenced after being convicted of a crime but is not required to begin serving the sentence immediately.