Exam 12: Career Pathways in Community Corrections

Community supervision officers are required to participate in _____, which consists of continuing education training that occurs annually.

Most probation officers in the United States believe that the synthetic officer approach is in fact the most effective.

Most states require probation officers to complete

If an officer finds out that one of his or her probationers is planning to commit a crime, but does nothing to prevent it, the officer may be found guilty of which of the following?

Describe and define the types of stress that probation and parole officers endure, and which ones can be controlled by the individual officers themselves.

____________ probation agencies contract with the local or state government to assist in providing additional misdemeanor probation supervision.

Private, nonprofit entities have been involved in community supervision of offenders for quite a long time-since the 1800s. In fact, the _____, a long-time community service provider for those in need, especially after natural and man-made disasters, has a long history of providing such supervision services.

According to Carl Klockars (1972), most probation officers fit into the __________ officer role.

Most adult probation officers must have a minimum of a(n) __________ degree.

The initial selection of a probation officer may be the result of one of three systems, an appointment system, a merit system, or a combined system.

How can probation and parole officers best protect themselves from civil liability lawsuits while on the job?

__________ is the specialized and standardized training that probation/parole or police officers must go through prior to carrying a firearm on the job.

Elaborate on the arguments for and against probation and parole officers carrying weapons.

In the ____ system, probation officers are selected by the chief probation officer or by the court(s).