Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 791 > Act 511 of 1988 - Community Corrections Act

• City advisory board: means a community corrections advisory board created by a city under section 6 and 7. See Michigan Laws 791.402
• City-county advisory board: means a community corrections advisory board created by a county and the largest city by population within that county under section 6 and 7. See Michigan Laws 791.402
• Community corrections program: means a program that is operated by or contracted for by a city, county, or group of counties, or is operated by a nonprofit service agency, and that offers programs, services, or both, instead of incarceration in prison, and that are locally operated and provide a continuum of programming options from pretrial through post-adjudication. See Michigan Laws 791.402
• County advisory board: means a community corrections advisory board created by a county under section 6 and 7. See Michigan Laws 791.402
• Defense attorney: Represent defendants in criminal matters.
• Department: means the department of corrections. See Michigan Laws 791.402
• Evidence-based practices: means a progressive, organizational use of direct, current scientific evidence to guide and inform efficient and effective correctional services. See Michigan Laws 791.402
• Moderate to high risk: means that the individual assessed has scored in the moderate to high range of risk using an actuarial, objective, validated risk and need assessment instrument. See Michigan Laws 791.402
• Nonprofit service agency: means a nonprofit organization that provides treatment, guidance, training, or other rehabilitative services to individuals, families, or groups in such areas as health, education, vocational training, special education, social services, psychological counseling, alcohol and drug treatment, community service work, victim restitution, and employment. See Michigan Laws 791.402
• Office: means the office of community corrections created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 791.402
• Plan: means a comprehensive corrections plan submitted by a county, city, or regional advisory board under section 8. See Michigan Laws 791.402
• Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
• Recidivism: means any rearrest, reconviction, or reincarceration in prison or jail for a felony or misdemeanor offense or a probation or parole violation of an individual as measured first after 3 years and again after 5 years from the date of his or her release from incarceration, placement on probation, or conviction, whichever is later. See Michigan Laws 791.402
• Regional advisory board: means a community corrections advisory board created by a group of 2 or more counties under section 6 and 7. See Michigan Laws 791.402
• State board: means the state community corrections advisory board created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 791.402