Can someone please explain the term 'Quasi-criminal' proceedings

[hobbit.]

as they relate to a parole hearing? (nothing personal, just a point im confussed about)

 

[LadyG]

This is the best explanation I can find..

quasi-criminal
adj. a reference to a court's right to punish for actions or omissions as if they were criminal. The most common example is finding a parent who is delinquent in child support in contempt of court and penalizing him/her with a jail sentence. If a hearing is quasi-criminal the quasi-defendant is entitled to all due process protections afforded a criminal defendant.

 

[ruminator]

as they relate to a parole hearing? (nothing personal, just a point im confussed about)

quasi-criminal
adj. a reference to a court's right to punish for actions or omissions as if they were criminal. The most common example is finding a parent who is delinquent in child support in contempt of court and penalizing him/her with a jail sentence. If a hearing is quasi-criminal the quasi-defendant is entitled to all due process protections afforded a criminal defendant.

http://dictionary.law.com/

My guess would be that a quasi-criminal charge would be one that is not exactly a legally defined criminal act but some offense that would have caused harm and require responsibility/liability or restitution.

That's just a bit of a guess.

I figure it's a charge of sorts that would weigh negatively against a parolee.


edited to add
....I was a tad slow.

 

[ReadyOne]

see above

 

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