1. BCJ 3150: Probation and Parole
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2. BCJ 3150
the philosophy of utilizing community policing, community courts, restorative justice, and broken-windows probation to control crime
Community justice
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3. BCJ 3150
sentencing philosophies and practices that include victim-offender mediation, reparation panels, and circle sentencing; requires the offender to take responsibility for his or her actions and repair the damage done to the victim and community
Restorative justice
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4. BCJ 3150
a process in which the offender is first ostracized from the community because of his or her criminal action but then later forgiven, welcomed back into the community, and given the opportunity to start over and make amends
Reintegrative shaming
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5. BCJ 3150
the criminal justice system traditionally uses this because the effects of an offender’s criminal action follow him or her for a long time, usually in the form of a conviction on his or her record, and the offender continues to experience societal disapproval and bias
Stigmatization
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6. BCJ 3150
a collaboration between the victim and offender, in the presence of a trained mediator, in which the offender and victim agree upon how the offender is going to make amends for the harm that he or she caused to the victim
Victim-offender mediation
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7. BCJ 3150
a police officer led meeting between the victim, offender, and important prosocial influences for the offender; the victim and offender’s family or friends attempt to guide the offender’s future behavior by helping him or her recognize the impact of his or her crime on the victim
Conferencing
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8. BCJ 3150
based on Native American tribal justice; involves a community meeting with the victim and offender in which a nontraditional sentencing plan is adopted that everyone is in agreement with so that the community, victim, and offender can be healed as a result of the sentence
Sentencing circles
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9. BCJ 3150
in order to involve the community more in traditional probation supervision, a group of community members is trained to assist probation officers in enforcing probation conditions
Community reparation boards
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10. BCJ 3150
an intermediate sanction utilized with specific groups of offenders in which victims of those types of crimes confront the offenders and explain how that crime has impacted those victims’ lives
Victim impact panels
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11. BCJ 3150
an intermediate sanction that is a court-ordered monetary payment to a victim or family of a victim to pay for the harm caused by the offense
Restitution
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12. BCJ 3150
an intermediate sanction that involves the offender completing unpaid work in the community for the benefit of the community; helps to repay the community for the harm done by the crime
Community service
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13. BCJ 3150
a court-ordered sum of money required by law that needs to be paid by an offender for certain types of offenses; for example, an offender convicted of a misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia case might be required by state law to pay $150.00
Fine
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14. BCJ 3150
a court-ordered sum of money required by law for specific types of cases; the money collected for this fund goes to the state to help compensate victims that have not been paid restitution
Victim compensation fund
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15. BCJ 3150
a court-ordered sum of money that assists the criminal justice system in supervising the offender and administering the court process; for example, if an offender cannot afford his or her own attorney, the court may appoint the public defender but later charge the offender a certain sum of money to repay the court for the public defender’s work on the case
Fee
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16. BCJ 3150
the government seizure of money or goods acquired during the commission of a crime or money or goods used to commit a crime; for example, the federal government could seize a private plane used to transport cocaine from Mexico to the United States
Forfeiture
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