Deck 16: Making It: Supervision in the Community

Question 1

When people fail on parole, their parole is revoked and they return to prison to continue serving their sentence.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In practice, revocations usually result from a single rule violation.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Parole can be revoked for a new crime or for a technical violation.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Parole officers are often portrayed as having absolute over their clients.

A) control
B) movement
C) authority
D) power

Question 5

When differences in risk are taken into account, people who are paroled are as likely to be arrested as people released outright from prison.

Question 6

Originally, parole officers worked directly for the .

A) commissioner
B) warden
C) governor
D) parole board

Question 7

Most parole revocations occur only when the parolee is arrested on a serious charge or cannot be located by the officer.

Question 8

The typical length of reconfinement for a technical parole violation is consistent among all convicted individuals.

Question 9

Finding employment after release is relatively easy.

Question 10

The underlying goal of the halfway house is to provide a period of adjustment that allows the convicted person to become reconnected to the outside world while still being maintained in a structured environment.

Question 11

Most of those released from prison are far from free.

Question 12

An emphasis on is what matters most in the philosophy of a parole agency.

A) control
B) policy
C) rehabilitation
D) reintegration

Question 13

Recidivism rates provide a consistent measure of the effectiveness of corrections.

Question 14

Parole officers have little discretionary power over their clients.

Question 15

Nearly one-fourth of all parolees will fail in the first six months of parole.

Question 16

The effectiveness of parole supervision has been found to be strong in regard to the reduction of recidivism.

Question 17

No truly "clean start" is possible for people released from prison.

Question 18

Most U.S. states have specific parole guidelines in regard to those who reoffend.

Question 19

Residential programs serve convicted individuals when they are first released from prison.

Question 20

Parole officers are usually asked to play two roles: a cop and a judge.

Question 21

Today, parole boards release approximately percent of all incarcerated people up for parole.

A) 25
B) 40
C) 50
D) 65

Question 22

Parole is now ordinarily viewed as a .

A) privilege
B) right
C) duty
D) grace

Question 23

When parole officers play the role of , they can restrict many aspects of the parolee's life and initiate revocation for violations.

A) cop
B) social worker
C) welfare worker
D) paternal officer

Question 24

Citizens' feelings of "NIMBY" means that they .

A) oppose work release programs
B) are generally not in favor of parole
C) would never hire someone recently released from prison
D) do not want people released from prison living near them

Question 25

The word best used to describe the action taken against people who fail on parole is .

A) suspension
B) termination
C) revocation
D) monitoring

Question 26

Residential programs normally house between 10 and people at any one time.

A) 12
B) 15
C) 25
D) 50

Question 27

When convicted people work and live at home during the week and then return to the prison for the weekend, it is called a .

A) group housing program
B) work furlough
C) reentry approach
D) training program

Question 28

Most parole failures occur .

A) long after release
B) soon after release
C) one year after release
D) before release

Question 29

A parolee may be required to .

A) abstain from alcohol
B) keep away from certain people
C) maintain good work habits
D) All of these are correct

Question 30

Research has shown that postrelease supervision is in its effectiveness.

A) excellent
B) poor
C) limited
D) none of these are correct

Question 31

Technical rules violation rates depend largely on .

A) how clients behave
B) how the system enforces its rules
C) the laws of a given state
D) All of these are correct

Question 32

One major worry for the public that concerns people on parole is .

A) homelessness
B) violence after release
C) lying on employment applications
D) civil disability

Question 33

Parole officer caseloads average about cases per officer.

A) 36
B) 50
C) 66
D) 80

Question 34

The vast majority of individuals released from prison remain .

A) under correctional authority for some time
B) criminally active
C) drug free
D) employed

Question 35

Postrelease supervision is becoming .

A) rarer
B) more educational
C) more restrictive
D) more discretionary

Question 36

Which of the following is NOT a high-priority need for many people released from prison?

A) Marriage/home life
B) Education
C) Money
D) Job

Question 37

Residential centers tend to be the local community.

A) unpopular with
B) welcome in
C) generators of crime in
D) financial boons to

Question 38

People released under supervisory conditions return to prison for new crimes at rates that are those who leave without required supervision.

A) comparable to
B) more than
C) lower than
D) unpredictable with respect to

Question 39

Three forces influence the newly released person's adjustment to free society. They include the parole board, the parole bureaucracy, and the experiences of the .

A) convicted person
B) victim
C) rehabilitation
D) community

Question 40

Requirements and rules designed to aid readjustment to society and control the movement of people on parole are called .

A) conditional requirements
B) technical conditions
C) release conditions
D) conditions of release

Question 41

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Poor decision-making skills making adjustment problems worse
b. Handle problems with recently released people
c. Legal barrier to reentry
d. Residential program
e. The removal of a conviction
f. Violating conditions of parole
g. Act of clemency
h. Agent of community supervision
i. Halfway house
j. Regulate noncriminal behavior
Parole officer

Question 42

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Poor decision-making skills making adjustment problems worse
b. Handle problems with recently released people
c. Legal barrier to reentry
d. Residential program
e. The removal of a conviction
f. Violating conditions of parole
g. Act of clemency
h. Agent of community supervision
i. Halfway house
j. Regulate noncriminal behavior
Expungement

Question 43

Which of the following is NOT one of the most serious unmet personal needs of people on parole?

A) Homelessness
B) History of drug and alcohol abuse
C) Diet
D) Mental health disorders

Question 44

regulate parolee conduct that is not criminal but is thought to be linked to the possibility of future criminality.

Question 45

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Poor decision-making skills making adjustment problems worse
b. Handle problems with recently released people
c. Legal barrier to reentry
d. Residential program
e. The removal of a conviction
f. Violating conditions of parole
g. Act of clemency
h. Agent of community supervision
i. Halfway house
j. Regulate noncriminal behavior
Community correctional center

Question 46

All of the following can be classified as civil disabilities that people face once released from prison, EXCEPT the right to .

A) remain silent
B) own and possess a firearm
C) hold public office
D) vote

Question 47

It is estimated that about million Americans cannot vote due to their felony convictions.

A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) 6

Question 48

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Poor decision-making skills making adjustment problems worse
b. Handle problems with recently released people
c. Legal barrier to reentry
d. Residential program
e. The removal of a conviction
f. Violating conditions of parole
g. Act of clemency
h. Agent of community supervision
i. Halfway house
j. Regulate noncriminal behavior
Reentry courts

Question 49

The effectiveness of corrections is usually measured by rates of .

A) therapy involvement
B) recidivism
C) incarceration
D) program completion

Question 50

refers to a legal process that results in the removal of a conviction from official records.

A) Pardon
B) Dismissal
C) Expungement
D) Rejoinder

Question 51

When a technical violation occurs, a revocation proceeding is required by the Supreme Court.

Question 52

Which of the following is NOT one of the main purposes of a pardon?

A) To mitigate a penalty
B) To remove the stigma of a conviction
C) To remedy a miscarriage of justice
D) To allow people convicted of a felony to vote

Question 53

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Poor decision-making skills making adjustment problems worse
b. Handle problems with recently released people
c. Legal barrier to reentry
d. Residential program
e. The removal of a conviction
f. Violating conditions of parole
g. Act of clemency
h. Agent of community supervision
i. Halfway house
j. Regulate noncriminal behavior
Technical violations

Question 54

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Poor decision-making skills making adjustment problems worse
b. Handle problems with recently released people
c. Legal barrier to reentry
d. Residential program
e. The removal of a conviction
f. Violating conditions of parole
g. Act of clemency
h. Agent of community supervision
i. Halfway house
j. Regulate noncriminal behavior
Civil disability

Question 55

Since parole is a privilege, its process is not subject to due process or rules of evidence.

Question 56

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Poor decision-making skills making adjustment problems worse
b. Handle problems with recently released people
c. Legal barrier to reentry
d. Residential program
e. The removal of a conviction
f. Violating conditions of parole
g. Act of clemency
h. Agent of community supervision
i. Halfway house
j. Regulate noncriminal behavior
Relapse process

Question 57

An estimated 1 out of every 13 cannot vote due to their prior felony convictions.

A) white males
B) African Americans
C) adult males
D) Latinos

Question 58

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Poor decision-making skills making adjustment problems worse
b. Handle problems with recently released people
c. Legal barrier to reentry
d. Residential program
e. The removal of a conviction
f. Violating conditions of parole
g. Act of clemency
h. Agent of community supervision
i. Halfway house
j. Regulate noncriminal behavior
Conditions of release

Question 59

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Poor decision-making skills making adjustment problems worse
b. Handle problems with recently released people
c. Legal barrier to reentry
d. Residential program
e. The removal of a conviction
f. Violating conditions of parole
g. Act of clemency
h. Agent of community supervision
i. Halfway house
j. Regulate noncriminal behavior
Work release center

Question 60

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Poor decision-making skills making adjustment problems worse
b. Handle problems with recently released people
c. Legal barrier to reentry
d. Residential program
e. The removal of a conviction
f. Violating conditions of parole
g. Act of clemency
h. Agent of community supervision
i. Halfway house
j. Regulate noncriminal behavior
Pardon

Question 61

Parole officers have to manage a heavier than is feasible in the available time.

Question 62

Define and explain both community supervision and revocation of community supervision. Next, list and explain the two distinct ways parole could be revoked.

Question 63

The fact of repeat violence fuels a public perception that people on parole represent an ongoing threat to the
______________.

Question 64

"Hidden conditions" of supervision include the parole officer's style and the supervision .

Question 65

Describe the job of a parole officer. In what ways can parole officers help people on parole, and what are their responsibilities specifically as correctional officers?

Question 66

People on parole are released from prison on condition that they follow rules designed both to aid their readjustment to society and to control their .

Question 67

The broad discretionary of the parole officer has been declining.

Question 68

Imagine that you have just been released from prison after having served five years. What are the first things you will do? What problems do you expect to face upon your reentry into the community? What do you see as posing the greatest risks of committing crimes again?

Question 69

In response to the murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas, California passed a law applying to felonies..

Question 70

What are the major problems that people on parole have to confront? What resources are available to help them?

Question 71

Measures of recidivism vary based on the event, the duration of the period over which the measurement is made, and the of the behavior.

Question 72

An executive act of clemency that effectively excuses the convicted person from suffering the consequences of conviction is known as a .

Question 73

One of the greatest problems facing corrections today is , which is when people who have been released from prison end up returning again for a new offense.

Question 74

Parole supervision and characteristics of the in which the person on parole lives are important factors affecting release success.

Question 75

Define civil disability. List and explain at least three civil disabilities convicted individuals face upon release. How does each of these disabilities influence the possible success of a person released from prison?

Question 76

Do you see any inherent problems with the ways in which parole is revoked? Be sure to fully explain your answer.

Question 77

Parole can be revoked for two reasons: (1) committing a new crime and (2) a violation.

Question 78

laws are thought to make the public feel more "in control" by letting residents know if a person with a violent criminal past is going to live nearby.

Question 79

Residential programs are often referred to as correctional centers.

Question 80

An important strategy in is to impose on the supervision effort a structure of established approaches that will likely succeed, rather than leaving the supervision style to the officer's discretion.