Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 12 > Chapter 2 > Article 11 - Community Punishment Program

• Adult: means a person who has attained eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Advisory committee: means a local community punishment advisory committee appointed by the presiding judge of the superior court. See Arizona Laws 12-299
• Application process and procedures: means the criteria and guidelines developed by the supreme court for establishing community punishment plans, granting monies for programs authorized by this article and monitoring and reviewing programs funded under this article. See Arizona Laws 12-299
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Community punishment: means programs for persons placed on supervised probation or intensive probation which are established pursuant to this article and provide for increased conditions of probation and community based programs and services that emphasize supervision, surveillance, control, public protection, community work service, restitution and victims' rights and that provide opportunities for rehabilitation and treatment. See Arizona Laws 12-299
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Renovation: means the repair, remodeling, alteration or expansion of existing buildings or structures to make them habitable or suitable for program operations. See Arizona Laws 12-299
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.