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What type of degree is generally required for probation and parole officers? Why is this important?

The legal concealment of a person’s criminal (or juvenile) record that did not result in conviction so that it cannot be opened except by order of the court is called ___________ the file.

The American Correctional Association recommends that seasoned officers receive _____ hours per year of in-service training.

The ___________ is the shortest amount of time defined by statute, minus good-time earned, that the offender must serve before going before the parole board.

You are a judge who loves his gun. After a shooting outside of your courtroom, you believe it is necessary to carry it around wherever you go. Antigun lobbies argue that members of the judicial branch should not be able to carry firearms. You also maintain an active blog. Address the concerns of the antigun lobbyists point by point and refute their opinion with measured logic and facts.

A case-management summary of offender institutional conduct and program participation, as well as plans for housing and employment upon release, is a(n) _____.

You are a state legislator who had a brother who was incarcerated for many years. After his release, his reentry was tinged with depression and failure; he eventually died of a drug overdose. You are concerned about the ways in which the current reentry process has not changed since his death. What laws or procedures do you feel can be changed in order to make reentry more successful, both for offenders and for the communities they return to?

The Code of _________, developed between 1792 and 1750 B.C., mandated thirty-fold restitution if the victim was a “god” or “palace.”

Restoration of rights may be done in two ways: by application or by __________ restoration.

Intake is a term unique to juvenile justice to describe a case _______ process to determine if the juvenile should proceed further into the juvenile justice system or whether other diversion alternatives are better suited for the juvenile.