LECTURE 2

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Community-Based Treatment Programs

Programs intending to treat criminal offenders within the community as alternatives to confinement.

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Rehabilitation

A primary goal of community correction aimed at helping offenders become law-abiding citizens.

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Probation

A type of community correction allowing offenders to remain in the community under supervision instead of being incarcerated.

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Restitution

Money or services a convicted offender provides to victims or the community to compensate for harm caused.

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Halfway Houses

Community-based residential facilities providing structured living for offenders to prepare them for independent functioning.

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Home Confinement

A program requiring offenders to remain in their homes, often monitored electronically, also known as house arrest.

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Parole

The process of suspending a convict's sentence after they have served a minimum period, without granting a pardon.

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Executive Clemency

The President's authority to grant pardons, conditional pardons, or commutations of sentence.

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Absolute Pardon

Totally releases an individual from criminal liability and restores civil rights without any conditions.

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Conditional Pardon

Exempts an individual from punishment within certain limits, resulting in partial extinction of criminal liability.

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Amnesty

A general pardon extended to a group of individuals, often for political reasons, to restore peace.

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Commutation of Sentence

An act by the president that reduces a person's sentence or changes a heavy sentence to a lighter one.

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Reprieve

A temporary delay in the execution of a sentence, especially in death penalty cases.

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