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Corrections: Introduction to Exercise 2 - Alternatives to incarceration
What You Will Learn

The following exercise deals with:
  • Intermediate sanctions (alternatives to prison sentences, such as fines, restitution and house arrest)
  • Alternative correctional institutions (places such as boot camps and halfway houses)
Key Terms


boot camp
community-based correctional facilities
community service restitution
electronic monitoring
fine
forfeiture
group home
halfway house
house arrest


intensive probation supervision
intermediate sanctions
monetary restitution
probation
residential community corrections
restitution
shock incarceration
shock probation
split sentence

Click on a term for the definition and Spanish translation.
What You Will Do

There are numbered blanks in the following passages. When you click on the number, two choices will appear on the side. Click on the correct choice to insert it in the passage. If you click on the wrong choice, the Answer box at the bottom of the choices will tell you why your answer is wrong.
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