Exam 10: Probation and Intermediate Sanctions

What level of home monitoring requires offenders to be in their homes at specific hours,usually at night?

______________________is a technique of probation supervision in which the offender's whereabouts are kept under surveillance by an electronic device.

Conditions such as fines,restitution,and drug testing are considered standard conditions of probation.

The power designated to an agent of the law over a person who has broken the law is _________________________.

Probation is the least common form of punishment in the United States.

On successful completion of a drug court program,the offender is usually rewarded by:

Failing to report a change of address is a ____ violation which may result in revocation of probation.

Half of all probationers have been found guilty of a misdemeanor,and half have been found guilty of a felony.

Most of the rules of evidence that govern regular trials do not play a role in revocation hearings.

Discuss the "paradox of community corrections."

What type of electronic monitoring involves an offender wearing a device around the wrist,ankle,or neck,which sends out a continuous signal?

Day reporting centers were first used in

A majority of states limit Intensive Supervision Probation to offenders who:

The first step of the revocation process is the arraignment.

Which of the following is not one of the options of intermediate sanctions that judges have in sentencing?

What are three justifications given for community corrections? Explore how they provide reasoning for the use and existence of community corrections in society today.

In larger jurisdictions the same probation officers prepare the presentence investigative report and supervise offenders.

The idea that the more effectively offenders are controlled,the more likely they are to be caught violating the terms of their conditional release is called _____________________________.

Identify and discuss the three general categories of probation conditions.

A punishment-oriented form of probation in which the offender is placed under stricter and more frequent surveillance and control than conventional probation by probation officers with limited caseloads is a(n):