Exam 12: Career Pathways in Community Corrections

Some states allow parole and probation officers to be citizens of other countries.

Probation officers most in favor of carrying firearms are those supervising

The basic knowledge, skills, and abilities of probation officers are learned during

In reference to the King v. Simpson case, the Supreme Court held that the ___________ has absolute immunity in decisions to grant, deny, or revoke parole.

How does the training of adult probation officers compare to that of those supervising juveniles?

Convicted felons can serve as probation officers, but not parole officers.

Klockars's synthetic officer is distinguished by his or her recognition of the balance between the law enforcement and treatment components of the probation officer's role.

The American Correctional Association recommends that seasoned officers receive _____ hours per year of in-service training.

In qualified immunity, workers are not liable for wrongdoing when their actions are found to be "objectively reasonable" and within the scope of employment.

Officers carrying firearms are more likely to experience incidents of _________ than those who do not carry a firearm.

_____ immunity protects government officials from any legal action unless they engage in actions that are intentionally and maliciously wrong.

_______________ (1972) developed a classic typology of probation supervision officers that designated four basic types: law enforcer, time-server, therapeutic agent, and synthetic officer.

___________ provides the basic knowledge, skills, and abilities that newly hired officers need before they begin working independently.

Jurisdictions where probation is under the __________ branch have tended to oppose carrying of firearms.

There is a preference for probation officers to have an educational background in the academic fields of either criminal justice or criminology.

The system of appointing probation officers that was designed to remove public employees from political patronage is the ______ system.

Time-servers see their role as administering a form of treatment, introducing a probationer or parolee to a better way of live, and motivating constructive patterns of behavior.

In supervising juvenile delinquents, younger officers (younger than 35) tended to hold less punitive attitudes than older officers.

When workers are not liable for wrongdoing because their actions are found to be "objectively reasonable" and within the scope of employment, this is known as __________ immunity.

Those opposed to officers carrying a firearm question whether the threat to probation officers is real or perceived.