Criminology Lesson 8.4: Alternative Punishments to Prison

A sentence to release a convicted offender before they serve prison time under certain conditions and supervision.

• Probation

• Restitution

• Restorative Justice

• House Arrest

• Electronic Monitoring

When an offender is sentenced to compensate their victim, usually in the form of money.

• Probation

• Restitution

• Restorative Justice

• House Arrest

• Electronic Monitoring

When an offender is sentenced to compensate their victim not only through a payment, but an apology and through their actions to right the crime they committed.

• Probation

• Restitution

• Restorative Justice

• House Arrest

• Electronic Monitoring

Offenders are ordered to serve their sentence in their own homes and are only allowed to leave under certain circumstances, allowing them to stay with their family and potentially work.

• Probation

• Restitution

• Restorative Justice

• House Arrest

• Electronic Monitoring

Offenders are released, but are required to remain under supervision either through the use of a GPS ankle bracelet or through telephone verification.

• Probation

• Restitution

• Restorative Justice

• House Arrest

• Electronic Monitoring

When convicted prisoners are released from prison under certain conditions. If those conditions are violated, they will return to prison to serve their sentence.

• Probation

• Parole

When convicted offenders are released under certain conditions and will not need to serve any of their sentence in prison as long as they follow certain conditions.

• Probation

• Parole

More than four times as many offenders who are convicted are sentenced to probation rather than prison.

• True

• False

Probation officers have overwhelming caseloads, with the average having over 200 cases in the United States and over 900 each in California.

• True

• False

What is the idea behind making offenders perform community service?

• Give offenders a positive attitude towards their community

• Publicly shame offenders

• All of the above