Fully explain the difference between probation and parole
What will be an ideal response?
1.Probation is a substitute for confinement in prison or jail; parole follows confinement in prison.
2.Probation is a sentencing option for judges, who set the conditions of release; parole is a release option for administrators (parole board), who set the conditions of release.
3.Probation is a local or state decision made in one of the more than 2,000 probation departments; parole is always a state decision administered by a single state agency (parole board). Local judges decide whether and under what conditions to put offenders on probation; state parole boards decide whether and under what conditions to release prisoners
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In October 2003, law enforcement officers found small Cincinnati grocery stores raising millions of dollars for Hamas through
a. price fraud b. money laundering c. credit card skimming d. counterfeiting