Exam 10: Probation and Intermediate Sanctions

List and discuss the three stages of the revocation process.

Offenders who successfully complete pretrial diversion have the charges pending against them dropped.

Community-based corrections programs are more cost efficient than incarceration.

During this hearing the probation agency presents evidence to support its claim of violation,and the probationer can attempt to refute this evidence.

In ____,also known as shock probation,the offender is sentenced to a specific amount of time in prison or jail,to be followed by a period of probation.

Offenders sentenced to shock incarceration usually spend ____ in prison or jail before being released and resentenced to probation.

A(n)____________________ is an action taken by a probationer that,although not criminal,breaks the terms of probation as designated by the court.

In which cases did the Court rule that probationers were entitled to an attorney during the revocation process?

Discuss the supervisory role of the probation officer,their use of authority,and the caseload dilemma.

Scared Straight programs and boot camps are examples of _____________________________.

The most common form of punishment in the United States is:

Conditions imposed on all probationers are:

Scared Straight and boot camp are two forms of ____.

A community-based sanction in which offenders serve their terms of incarceration in their homes is called:

In shock incarceration the offender is first sentenced to a prison or jail term and then released and resentenced to ____________________.

This is the criticism that intermediate sanctions designed to divert offenders from prison actually increase the number of citizens who are under the control and surveillance of the American corrections system.

What level of home monitoring requires that offenders remain home at all times,with exceptions being made for education,employment,counseling,or other specified activities such as the purchase of food,or in some instances attendance at religious ceremonies?

Anger control therapy is an example of a punitive condition of probation.

About ______________ of all probationers have been found guilty of a felony.

Community-based corrections are an important means of diverting criminals to alternative modes of punishment so that scarce incarceration resources are consumed by only the most dangerous criminals.