Exam 11: Offenders Supervised in the Community

If a judge decides there is a possibility that an offender will be a high-risk threat to the safety of the community when released on parole, the judge can order a sentence of probation of up to 10 years to be attached to the parole order.

According to Roberts, the majority of all violent crimes were considered by judges to be relatively minor incidents.

What is the primary objective of probation?

Community courts are decentralized courts that respond directly to community concerns rather than wait for serious crimes to be committed.

Howard Sapers, the Correctional Investigator, noted that the increase in the number of female offenders in federal custody was largely due to the government abolishing APR.

Of the 3,621 male inmates who applied for full parole in 2016-2017, what percentage succeeded?

Intensive supervision probation (ISP) is the most common form of intermediate punishment today.

In an evaluation of electronic monitoring programs in Canada, the researchers concluded that these programs reduce the recidivism rates of offenders more effectively than custody or probation.

The median length of probation orders has remained consistent since 1994-1995, at about 730 days (two years).

During 2014-2015, sentences of a fine were most frequently imposed on which types of cases?

In 1974, Robert Martinson published an article questioning the very existence of rehabilitation. Which phrase became an instance cliché for critics?

Generally, the federal correctional system has jurisdiction over offenders serving a sentence of custody of two years or more and offenders on conditional release in the community.

The "penal harm movement" assumes that crime rates can be reduced if more offenders are punished and placed under the control of criminal justice agencies.

Intermediate sanctions were originally based upon what perspective?

A probation order can be imposed either as a single sentence or as a split sentence.

Describe intermediate punishments including the main components and where they are used the most. ∙

Offences for which the law prescribes a maximum sentence of what amount of time were excluded from being used under Bill C-10?

Conditional sentences were not implemented in Canada until 1996 as part of the package of reforms proclaimed when Bill C-41 was passed.

What is the median length of probation orders in Canada?

Why have intermediate sanctions become so popular?