Exam 11: Offenders Supervised in the Community

Reporting to a probation officer is an optional condition of probation.

One explanation given for the use of probation when sentencing violent criminals is because the violent crimes involved in the cases are less serious.

Information on adults in the correctional system is generally analyzed using average counts or admissions data.

In Canada in the 1980s, the Canadian Sentencing Commission recommended the elimination of parole in this country, but its proposals were never implemented.

Describe the two types or categories of conditions used with probation. Give an example or two for each category of conditions. ∙

According to the research conducted by Petersilia and Turner, offenders who participated in an intermediate sanctions program recorded fewer technical violations than those offenders who were sent to a regular probation program.

Intermediate sanctions are also referred to as judicially administered sanctions.

The goal of the conditional sentence is to give people a brief experience of incarceration before releasing them into the community.

Temporary absences are always unescorted.

An accused's prior criminal record does not have a strong impact on sentencing patterns.

The proportion of offenders receiving probation as part of their sentence has remained at just over 40 percent over the past decade.

In terms of punishment, sentencing judges have situated conditional sentences between incarceration and probation.

"Net widening" occurs when offenders are diverted into a new program even though they are not really the individuals for whom the program was originally intended.

Fines are commonly used as the most severe sanction in the category of crimes against the person.

In 2014-2015, 43 percent of all guilty cases received probation either on its own or in combination with other sanctions.

Probation is a required accompaniment to a suspended sentence or conditional discharge.

According to Petersilia, which of the following assumptions was the basis for the rapid expansion of intensive supervision probation programs?

What type of fine satisfies the idea of proportionality by assessing an offender's net income as well as the seriousness of the crime?

What are conditional sentences, how are they used and what are their impacts? Include in this an analysis of the changes since they were introduced. ∙

In 2014-2015, probation was most likely to be part of a sentence in the category of crimes against the person (72 percent).