Exam 11: Offenders Supervised in the Community

In 2014-2015, the most common offence in the category of crimes against the person where probation was used was criminal harassment (stalking), at 89 percent.

In 2014-2015, how many offences had a median length of probation of 545 days or longer?

What is the most common form of intermediate punishment and what are its main characteristics? What have been the results of evaluations conducted on these sentencing practices? ∙

Many of the community corrections programs are available across Canada and in every jurisdiction.

In 2016-2017, on an average day, there was a two percent decrease from the previous year in adults in custody, including provincial/territorial and federal custody.

Of the 295 women serving a federal sentence who applied for full parole, what percentage succeeded?

Electronic monitoring and home confinement are the most used options of conditional sentencing.

Wei has been given a conditional sentence for the crime she recently committed. Which of the following is an example of an optional condition she might be given?

Which group of inmates did Howard Sapers, the Correctional Investigator, note had increased in numbers due to the government abolishing APR?

The administration of adult correctional services in Canada is a shared responsibility between the federal and provincial/territorial governments.

Which of the following is an optional condition for a conditional sentence?

According to Petersilia and Turner, the closer surveillance of offenders on intermediate sanction programs will lead to the discovery of more technical rule violations.

According to Tonry, intensive supervision programs have succeeded in achieving their stated goals.

Avoiding contact with children (for a child molester placed on probation) is an example of a mandatory condition of probation.

In Canada in the early 1970s, community sanctions were popular among the public.

Which sentence would prompt the use of home confinement and electronic monitoring? Describe their characteristics and the results of evaluations conducted upon their effectiveness. ∙

Buffy is designing an intermediate sanction program. What type of cost savings as compared to regular probation should she expect, based on the research of Petersilia and Turner?

In 1974, Robert Martinson published an article titled "What Works? Questions and Answers about Prison Reform" was to have a tremendous impact on how community sanctions would operate over the following decades.

In 2016-2017, data on the initial entry of adults into correctional services were available for all provinces.

While probation made up the lowest proportion of total entries (seven percent) into community supervision among the six reporting provinces in 2016-2017, the number of individuals who were sentenced to custody was high (27 percent).