Probation Terminology Flashcards
Confidential report prepared by probation officer to assist in sentencing person convicted of a crime.
Includes information related to criminal history, background and options for community supervision.
Presentence Investigation Report
Agreement between prosecutor and defendant to resolve charge without going to trial.
Principles of Effective Intervention
Legal process that seals a record
Could be an arrest, adjudication or conviction.
Expungement
Program that delivers services in the way it was intended with a high degree of accuracy and consistency.
Program Fidelity
Roadmap for supervising and addressing probationers needs, structuring activities and prioritizing goals.
Based on results of assessments, treatment recommendations and court orders.
- MUST be completed as a condition of probation.
Case Plan
Agreement between the child and child’s parents, guardian, custodian, or attorney and probation officer to refrain from certain acts without formal delinquency petition.
Informal Adjustment
Collaborative, goal-oriented method of communication focused on enhancing intrinsic motivation to change.
Motivational Interviewing
Non-criminal act considered delinquent because they are a minor.
Include truancy, running away, curfew violation, and underage use of alcohol.
Status Offense
Characteristics that place individuals at risk for committing crime or delinquent act.
AKA criminogenic need.
Risk Factors
Criminal offense punishable by 1+ year in jail or prison.
Felony
An informal investigation into the facts and circumstances of an alleged delinquent offense to determine if interests of the public or child require further action.
Preliminary Inquiry
Factors related to criminal offending or delinquent behaviors.
Causes of crime/delinquency that may be changed with treatment.
Criminogenic
Community-based supervision following release from prison during which they are supervised by a parole agency and subject to the parole board.
Parole
Order by juvenile court that transfers a juvenile delinquency case to a court that would have jurisdiction if offense was committed by an adult.
Waiver
Reward used to encourage a desired behavior or attitude.
Positive Reinforcement
Designated by judge to direct and supervise probation department.
Chief Probation Officer
Provides a service for people charged with or convicted of infraction, misdemeanor, or a felony that provides assessment, intervention, education, referral, or treatment under operation of a court.
Court-Administered Alcohol and Drug Program
Court-ordered rule or requirement of probation.
Condition of Probation
Appointed by the court to represent juvenile in court.
Represents best interest of child.
Guardian Ad Litem (GAL)
Screening tools/assessments completed in addition to primary risk and needs assessment.
Assists in developing individualized case plans when specific risk, need or responsivity factors are identified.
Complementary Assessments
Identify participants risk to reoffend
Tools used at sentencing or post-sentence supervision to evaluate criminogenic needs for case planning.
Indiana Risk-Assessment System (IRAS)
Identify youths risk to reoffend
Tools used at sentencing or post-sentence supervision to evaluate criminogenic needs for case planning.
Indiana Youth Assessment System (IYAS)
Modifications to probationers treatment intended to address unmet clinical or social service needs.
Therapeutic Adjustment
Appointed by the court to represent defendants who cannot afford private counsel.
Public Defender
Elected official who brings states case against criminal defendant.
Prosecutor
Jail or prison sentence delayed while an offender receives treatment or is supervised in the community.
Suspended Sentence
Characteristic that places individuals at risk for committing a crime or delinquent act but is not changeable.
Static Risk Factor
Written accusation returned by a grand jury charging an individual after determining probable cause.
Indictment
Removing an aversive requirement or action used to encourage a desired behavior or attitude.
Negative Reinforcement
Child placed in juvenile justice system and DCS.
Dual Status Youth
Commission of a new crime or delinquent act who was previously convicted or adjudicated.
Recidivism
Test of a bodily substance to determine presence of alcohol and controlled/illicit substance.
Chemical Test
Formal accusation by prosecutor alleging that a crime defined by state statute was committed.
Charge
Summary of courts decision and sentence for all felony convictions.
Abstract of Judgement
Community based sentence that orders a juvenile or adult offender to supervision by probation department subject to conditions imposed by the court.
Probation
Existing or occurring between 2 or more states.
Interstate
Order or judgement that terminated an action, suit or motion, removing the case from court without trial.
Dismissal
Juvenile courts decision that youth committed delinquent offense.
AKA conviction.
Adjudication
Formal charging document filed by office of prosecutor.
Information
Use a sanction or treatment as an alternative to process a case through criminal or delinquency case process.
Diversion
Formal determination by judge or jury that someone is guilty of a crime.
Conviction
Programs and practices subject to scientific studies that support effectiveness and ability to reproduce results.
Evidence-based Practices
Contact with a person or agency other than probationer.
Can be through any means of communication.
Collateral Contact
Release from jail prior to trial.
Pretrial Release
Compensation for damages done to victim by offenders criminal or delinquent act.
Restitution
Sentence that consists of incarceration followed by sentence of community supervision.
Split Sentence
Confidential report prepared by probation officer to assist court with adjudication of child found to be delinquent.
Contains information related to needs for care, treatment, rehabilitation, placement, and recommendation to make it happen.
Predispositional Report
Existing or occurring within boundaries of 1 state.
Intrastate
Person absent to avoid legal process.
Abscond > Absconder
Sentence served after sentence for a separate crime.
Consecutive Sentence
Punitive response to reduce undesirable behaviors and increase desirable behaviors.
Sanction
Coordinating services for someone on probation to receive.
Case Management
Assessment of risks and needs Case plan on individual needs Coordination of service referrals Documenting case plan progress Regular review and reassessment
Case Management Includes:
Objective facts and inferences that show probability of criminal activity.
Probable Cause
Sentence to prison or other facility via court order.
Commitment
Residence (unlocked) licensed under state law to prevent child’s departure
Shelter Care/Non-secure Facility
Sentence served at the same time as a different sentence for a different crime.
Concurrent Sentence
Minor criminal offense punishable up to 1 year in jail.
Misdemeanor
Law enacted by legislature.
Statute
A term used to indicate an additional name that a person sometimes uses or is called.
Alias
A person charged with a criminal offense.
Defendant
The confinement of a youth who is alleged or found to be delinquent in a secure, custodial facility.
Detention
An agreement between the prosecutor and a defendant to resolve a criminal charge without going to trial.
Plea Agreement
A court providing a process for immediate and highly structured judicial intervention or eligible individuals that incorporates problem solving concepts of enhanced information to improve decision making, engaging the community to assist with problem solving, collaboration with social service providers and other stakeholders, linking participants with community services based on risk and needs, participant accountability, and evaluating the effectiveness of operations continuously.
Problem-solving court
Confinement in a prison, jail or other secure facility that results in the loss of liberty.
Incarceration
Items or actions that motivate or encourage a particular behavior.
Incentive
A registry overseen by the Indiana Department of Corrections to inform the general public about the identity, location and appearance of sex and violent offenders who live work or study in Indiana.
Sex and Violent Offender Registry
A court order requiring a witness to appear in court at a specified time.
Subpoena
An order to appear in court at a specified time.
Summons
A person against whom a crime or delinquent act has been committed.
Victim
A document issued by a judge authorizing a law enforcement officer to make an arrest, a seizure or conduct search.
Warrant
