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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="6-101" title_number="6" title_name="Parole and Probation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Division of Parole and Probation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Absconding” means willfully evading supervision.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Absconding” includes leaving an inpatient residential treatment facility that an individual was placed in under a court order for drug or alcohol treatment without the permission of the administrator, as defined in § 8–101 of the Health – General Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Absconding” does not include missing a single appointment with a supervising authority.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Commission” means the Maryland Parole Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Crime of violence” has the meaning stated in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Criminal risk factors” means an individual’s characteristics and behaviors that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>affect the individual’s risk of engaging in criminal behavior; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>are diminished when addressed by effective treatment, supervision, and other support services, resulting in a reduced risk of criminal behavior.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Director” means the Director of the Division or the Director’s designee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Division” means the Division of Parole and Probation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Mandatory supervision” has the meaning stated in § 7–101 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Offender” means an individual on parole or under mandatory supervision.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Parolee” means an individual who has been released on parole.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Program” means a home detention program established under § 6–108 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>“Risk and needs assessment” means an actuarial tool validated on the State’s correctional population that determines:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an individual’s risk of reoffending; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the criminal risk factors that, when addressed, reduce the individual’s risk of reoffending.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Technical violation” means a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that does not involve:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an arrest or a summons issued by a commissioner on a statement of charges filed by a law enforcement officer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a violation of a criminal prohibition other than a minor traffic offense;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a violation of a no–contact or stay–away order; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>absconding.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
