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  2. Alternatives to imprisonment - Wikipedia

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    Some of these are also known as alternative sanctions. Alternatives can take the form of fines , restorative justice , transformative justice or no punishment at all. Capital punishment , corporal punishment and electronic monitoring are also alternatives to imprisonment, but are not promoted by modern prison reform movements for decarceration ...

  3. House arrest - Wikipedia

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    Alexei Nikolaevich and his sister Tatiana Nikolaevna surrounded by guards during their house arrest in Tsarskoye Selo, April 1917. House arrest (also called home confinement, or electronic monitoring) is a legal measure where a person is required to remain at their residence under supervision, typically as an alternative to imprisonment.

  4. Criminal-justice financial obligations in the United States

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    The result of these and other rulings is that courts can sentence individuals to incarceration for nonpayment of CJFOs, so long as they hold a hearing and make a determination that the failure to pay was willful, there was a lack of bona fide effort to do so, and alternative means of punishment are insufficient to meet the state's interest in ...

  5. COMPAS (software) - Wikipedia

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    Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS) [1] is a case management and decision support tool developed and owned by Northpointe (now Equivant) used by U.S. courts to assess the likelihood of a defendant becoming a recidivist.

  6. Economic sanctions - Wikipedia

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    Economic sanctions or embargoes are commercial and financial penalties applied by states or institutions against states, groups, or individuals. [1] [2] Economic sanctions are a form of coercion that attempts to get an actor to change its behavior through disruption in economic exchange.

  7. Column: Can sanctions stop Russia? History says it will take time

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  8. Column: Can sanctions stop Russia? History says it will take time

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    Sanctions have been known to bring about political change. But Russia is larger and more economically integrated with its neighbors than previous targets. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For ...

  9. Criminal justice system of the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, three alternative sanctions exist: community service, reparations for damages, and the training order. [47] Fines are an available alternative, but judges do not typically impose fines on juveniles; they are not considered an appropriate sanction because juveniles rarely end up paying the fines themselves. [48]