Question 1

The common-law practice of __________________ allowed judges to suspend punishment so that convicted offenders could seek a pardon, gather new evidence, or demonstrate reformed behavior.

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Question 2

Intensive probation supervision, house arrest, electronic monitoring, and restitution orders are examples of ________________________.

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Question 3

The RICO Act and the ___________________________ help reintroduce forfeiture back into U.S. law.

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Question 4

Some jurisdictions have experimented with _____________________ punishment, a method designed to reduce parole violations in which probationers are incarcerated within hours of a parole violation.

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Question 5

_____________________________ occurs when the terms of probation are violated and an offender is sent to prison.

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Question 6

Under _____________________, or focused, probation, teams of probation officers take on clients convicted of one type of crime (e.g., drug offenses) so as to provide a higher quality of treatment.

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Question 7

At least twenty-five states now impose a fee on probationers to offset the cost of their probation; this is known as ____________________.

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Question 8

The process in which a probation officer settles cases at the initial appearance before the onset of formal criminal proceedings is known as____________________.

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Question 9

The medieval practice of ________________ allowed for convicted offenders to go unpunished if they agreed to refrain from any further criminal behavior.

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Question 10

Restitution has been shown to reduce recidivism.

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Question 11

The legal concept of forfeiture was reintroduced under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act.

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The legal concept of forfeiture was indeed reintroduced under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act.

Question 12

____________ is a sentence entailing the conditional release of a convicted offender into the community under the supervision of the courts; it is subject to certain conditions.

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Question 13

A(n) _______________is a type of sentencing in which victims, family members, community members, and the offender participate in an effort to devise fair and reasonable sanctions.

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Question 14

A group of punishments known as ______________________ fall between probation and prison and involve community-based sanctions such as house arrest and intensive supervision.

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Question 15

As assessment of the threat level probationers pose to the public is called a _________________.

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Question 16

________________ are used as a step down in security for jail or prison inmates and a step up for probationers who have failed community sanctions, and involve nonresidential community-based treatment programs.

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Question 17

_______________ is usually credited with originating the modern probation concept beginning in Boston in the 1840s.

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Question 18

In restitution situations involving wealthy offenders, the judge can issue an order stipulating that the offender must get a low-paying public job and use the income as a means of payment.

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In restitution situations involving wealthy offenders, the judge can order the offender to get a low-paying public job and use the income as a means of payment. This is known as a "community service order."

Question 19

A report performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendant is called a _________________.

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Question 20

In _______________________, the Court ruled that the probation officer-offender relationship is not confidential, as compared with that of an attorney-client or doctor-patient.

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Quiz 12: Community Sentences: Probation, Intermediate Sanctions, and Restorative Justice