Parole

  The use of split sentencing, shock probation or parole, shock incarceration, community service, intensive supervision, or home confinement in lieu of other, more traditional, sanctions, such as imprisonment and fines.
  The status of a convicted offender who has been conditionally released from prison by a paroling authority before the expiration of his or her sentence, is placed under the supervision of a parole agency, and is required to observe the conditions of parole.
  A sentence of imprisonment that is suspended. Also, the conditional freedom granted by a judicial officer to a convicted offender, as long as the person meets certain conditions of behavior.

Intermediate Sanctions

  The use of split sentencing, shock probation or parole, shock incarceration, community service, intensive supervision, or home confinement in lieu of other, more traditional, sanctions, such as imprisonment and fines.
  The use of a variety of officially ordered program-based sanctions that permit convicted offenders to remain in the community under conditional supervision as an alternative to an active prison sentence.
  A hearing held before a legally constituted hearing body (such as a parole board) to determine whether a parolee or probationer has violated the conditions and requirements of his or her parole or probation.

Community Corrections

  The use of split sentencing, shock probation or parole, shock incarceration, community service, intensive supervision, or home confinement in lieu of other, more traditional, sanctions, such as imprisonment and fines.
  A hearing held before a legally constituted hearing body (such as a parole board) to determine whether a parolee or probationer has violated the conditions and requirements of his or her parole or probation.
  The use of a variety of officially ordered program-based sanctions that permit convicted offenders to remain in the community under conditional supervision as an alternative to an active prison sentence.

Revocation Hearing

  A hearing held before a legally constituted hearing body (such as a parole board) to determine whether a parolee or probationer has violated the conditions and requirements of his or her parole or probation.
  The use of a variety of officially ordered program-based sanctions that permit convicted offenders to remain in the community under conditional supervision as an alternative to an active prison sentence.
  The use of split sentencing, shock probation or parole, shock incarceration, community service, intensive supervision, or home confinement in lieu of other, more traditional, sanctions, such as imprisonment and fines.

Truth in Sentencing

  A close correspondence between the sentence imposed on an offender and the time actually served in prison.
  A goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to inhibit criminal behavior through the fear of punishment.
  A model of criminal punishment that encourages rehabilitation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences (such as a term of imprisonment of “from one to ten years”).

Deterrence

  A close correspondence between the sentence imposed on an offender and the time actually served in prison.
  A model of criminal punishment that includes determinate and commission-created presumptive sentencing schemes, as well as voluntary/advisory sentencing guidelines.
  A goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to inhibit criminal behavior through the fear of punishment.

Proportionality

  A sentencing principle that holds that the severity of sanctions should bear a direct relationship to the seriousness of the crime committed.
  A close correspondence between the sentence imposed on an offender and the time actually served in prison.
  A goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to inhibit criminal behavior through the fear of punishment.

Structured Sentencing

  A model of criminal punishment that encourages rehabilitation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences (such as a term of imprisonment of â��from one to ten yearsâ��).
  A model of criminal punishment that includes determinate and commission-created presumptive sentencing schemes, as well as voluntary/advisory sentencing guidelines.
  A sentencing principle that holds that the severity of sanctions should bear a direct relationship to the seriousness of the crime committed.

Indeterminate Sentencing

  A sentencing principle that holds that the severity of sanctions should bear a direct relationship to the seriousness of the crime committed.
  A model of criminal punishment that includes determinate and commission-created presumptive sentencing schemes, as well as voluntary/advisory sentencing guidelines.
  A model of criminal punishment that encourages rehabilitation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences (such as a term of imprisonment of â��from one to ten yearsâ��).