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CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Corrections Vocabulary 2019

DATABASES FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Corrections Vocabulary 2019

Probation

Parole

Community Service

Deferred Adjudication

Minimum Security Prisons

Maximum Security Prisons

Super-Maximum Security Prisons

Life Sentences

Habeas Corpus

Career Criminal

Incorrigible

Pardon

Recidivism

Administrative Segregation

Capital Offense

Commissary

Concurrent Sentence

Consecutive Sentence

Habitual Offenders

Conjugal Visits

Convict

Inmate

Determinate Sentences

Indeterminate Sentences

Deterrence

Escape

Gate Money

Halfway House

Mandatory Release

Mandatory Sentence

Sentencing Guidelines

Sentencing Disparity

In Absentia

Work Release

Reciprocity

Restitution

Causative Factors

Mandamus

Ex-Post-Facto Clause

Plea

Plea Bargain

Predisposition Report

Prior Record

Presentence Report

Prison

Probationer

Parolee

Pro Se

Early Release

Jail Sentence

Intake

Infraction

Expunge

Fugitive

Detention

Diversion

Diagnosis or Classification Center

Detention Facility – Adult

Detention Facility – Juvenile

Crimes of Violence

Caseload (corrections)

Caseload (court)

Commitment

Case

Finding

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