Deck 10: Probation, Parole, and Intermediate Sanctions

Question 1

Which of the following is the most frequent sentence handed down by a judge?

A) parole
B) probation
C) boot camp
D) shock incarceration

Answer 1

probation

Question 2

Which form of court supervision in the community comes upon release from prison?

A) community service
B) probation
C) parole
D) intensive probation

Answer 2

parole

Question 3

Which of the following would be an example of a reform condition used on a probationer?

A) drug treatment
B) community service
C) day fines
D) home visits

Answer 3

drug treatment

Question 4

The term ________ refers to persons on probation that commit new crimes.

A) criminal disability
B) crime rate
C) offender control
D) recidivism

Question 5

Lower case loads are typically assigned to which of the following probation officers?

A) juvenile probation
B) intensive supervision probation
C) drunk driving probation
D) shock probation

Question 6

When a person is sent to prison the most dysfunctional consequence involves

A) losing employment.
B) the break up of families.
C) not seeing close friends.
D) the inability to use the Internet.

Question 7

Research has demonstrated that prisoners and parolees have significantly more ________ problems than ordinary citizens.

A) health
B) political
C) financial
D) religious

Question 8

The 1967 President's Crime Commission recommended ideal caseloads of about ________ per officer.

A) 10
B) 25
C) 35
D) 50

Question 9

The text does not list this as a consequence to society of prisoner reentry.

A) breakup of families
B) exportation of gang loyalties into the community
C) a concern for the spread of infectious diseases
D) written accounts of prison abuse

Question 10

In his 2004 State of the Union address, President Bush propsed a four-year, $300 million prisoner ________ to, among other things, expand job training and placement services for parolees.

A) reentry initiative
B) net widening problem
C) boot camp
D) recidivism reduction

Question 11

Rather than confining an offender to a facility, ________centers allow probationers to report to a specific facility on a regular basis for treatment or other services.

A) community
B) mental health
C) day reporting
D) court administration

Question 12

Sentencing an offender to confinement for a short period followed by a supervised release is known as

A) combined sentencing.
B) split sentencing.
C) determinate sentencing.
D) flat sentencing.

Question 13

Due to limitations on traditional electronic monitoring, some probation departments have now implemented

A) Field Monitoring Devices.
B) Global Positioning Systems.
C) Field Positioning Systems.
D) Global Exchange Systems.

Question 14

One of the first states to introduce the concept of boot camps originated in the year 1983 was ________"

A) California
B) Michigan
C) Pennsylvania
D) Georgia

Question 15

Home confinement will most likely go hand in hand with

A) electronic monitoring.
B) community service.
C) court fines.
D) court costs.

Question 16

Placing an individual offender under more and more forms of social control is called

A) community resources.
B) expanded labeling.
C) net widening.
D) supervisory control.

Question 17

Intensive supervision probation means that a probation officer is handling the largest case load feasible.

Question 18

Estimates place the rate of HIV infection higher for prisoners, than for those in the general population.

Question 19

Intermediate sanctions include boot camps, electronic monitoring or home confinement.

Question 20

Research suggests that the public views probation and parole as being tough on crime.

Question 21

California's Little Hoover Commission Report drew positive attention toward the state parole system.

Question 22

Civil disabilities can be imposed upon a convicted felon.

Question 23

Shock incarceration is also known as split sentencing.

Question 24

Boot camps have proven to be highly successful in rehabilitating the offender.

Question 25

Probation follows the release of an inmate from prison.

Question 26

The prison population in the United States currently exceeds one million.

Question 27

Probation departments play a dual role by protecting the public and ________.

Question 28

________ is clearly a less stringent penalty than is prison.

Question 29

Home confinement and electronic monitoring are forms of ________.

Question 30

________ began in 1983 in Georgia and Oklahoma, before being adopted in other states.

Question 31

Shock probation is sometimes known as ________.

Question 32

________ represents an improvement on traditional community corrections, as it ensures both monitoring and treatment.

Question 33

Before returning to a community, parolees are sometimes placed in a ________.

Question 34

________ is the most frequent sentence handed down by a judge.

Question 35

________ are intended to facilitate the offender's rehabilitation through programs such as drug treatment.

Question 36

It is estimated that prisoners are infected five times higher than the general public with ________.

Question 37

Explain the differences between standard and special conditions that can be attached to the terms of probation.

Question 38

Describe the concept of intermediate sanctions available to a judge.

Question 39

List a number of suggestions that have been made to improve probation and parole in America.