USA Law

Tag: Punishment

  • Probation

    Probation in the United States A criminal sentence that allows a person to return to the community under supervised release. Probation is an alternative to imprisonment and is applied to almost two-thirds of sentenced offenders in the United States. Control is maintained over the offender by […]

  • Fines

    Fines in the United States Description Fines are financial punishments attached to a conviction for a given offense, and are either specified as a fixed dollar amount or variable range. For example, in Washington State, a first-time drug conviction can result in a $1,000 fine, with each […]

  • Consumer Fraud

    Consumer Fraud in the United States Ross, E. A., in 1907, in his book "Sin and society: An analysis of latter-day iniquity" (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, page 46), wrote that the "shocking leniency of the public in judging conspicuous persons who have thriven by antisocial […]

  • Consumer Fraud

    Consumer Fraud in the United States Ross, E. A., in 1907, in his book "Sin and society: An analysis of latter-day iniquity" (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, page 46), wrote that the "shocking leniency of the public in judging conspicuous persons who have thriven by antisocial […]

  • Community Supervision

    Community Supervision in the United States Community Corrections or Supervision Definition The supervision of criminal offenders in the resident population, as opposed to confining offenders in secure correctional facilities. The two main types of community corrections supervision are […]

  • Community Supervision

    Community Supervision in the United States Community Corrections or Supervision Definition The supervision of criminal offenders in the resident population, as opposed to confining offenders in secure correctional facilities. The two main types of community corrections supervision are […]

  • Probationer

    Probationer in the United States Introduction: Probation in General Probation refers to adult offenders whom courts place on supervision in the community through a probation agency, generally in lieu of incarceration. However, some jurisdictions do sentence probationers to a combined […]

  • Probationer

    Probationer in the United States Introduction: Probation in General Probation refers to adult offenders whom courts place on supervision in the community through a probation agency, generally in lieu of incarceration. However, some jurisdictions do sentence probationers to a combined […]

  • Parolee

    Parolee in the United States Introduction to Parole Parole refers to criminal offenders who are conditionally released from prison to serve the remaining portion of their sentence in the community. Prisoners may be released to parole by a parole board decision (discretionary […]