Question 1

Which of the following statements is true of community corrections?

Accepted Answer

A) It embraces centralization of authority from local to state levels. 
B) It strongly discourages the use of community programs for offender rehabilitation. 
C) It redefines the offender population for whom incarceration is most appropriate. 
D) It cannot involve citizens in program planning,design,implementation,and evaluation. 
A) It embraces centralization of authority from local to state levels. 
B) It strongly discourages the use of community programs for offender rehabilitation. 
C) It redefines the offender population for whom incarceration is most appropriate. 
D) It cannot involve citizens in program planning,design,implementation,and evaluation. C

Question 2

A day reporting center (DRC)allows participants to return home in the evenings,but they are required to maintain a strict schedule that is closely monitored.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

A sentence to serve a specified number of hours working in unpaid positions with nonprofit or tax-supported agencies is called:

Accepted Answer

A) community service. 
B) a workhouse. 
C) a day fine. 
D) intensive supervision probation. 
A) community service. 
B) a workhouse. 
C) a day fine. 
D) intensive supervision probation. A

Question 4

Community service as a criminal sanction began in the United States in the state of ______________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Community service as a criminal sanction began...

Question 5

______________ uses technological systems such as the GPS,voice verification,and other tracking systems to verify a person's physical location,either periodically or continuously,24 hours a day.

Accepted Answer

Remote-loc

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true of the Community Corrections Acts (CCAs)?

Accepted Answer

A) Under a typical CCA,the cost of correctional programs is significantly higher than the annual cost of housing a state prisoner. 
B) CCAs typically support residential corrections programs but not nonresidential corrections programs. 
C) Under a typical CCA,the state is solely responsible for establishing community corrections goals and policies. 
D) CCAs decentralize authority and engage communities in the process of reintegrating offenders into society. 
A) Under a typical CCA,the cost of correctional programs is significantly higher than the annual cost of housing a state prisoner. 
B) CCAs typically support residential corrections programs but not nonresidential corrections programs. 
C) Under a typical CCA,the state is solely responsible for establishing community corrections goals and policies. 
D) CCAs decentralize authority and engage communities in the process of reintegrating offenders into society.

Question 7

Which of the following was the primary purpose of the Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative (MPRI)?

Accepted Answer

A) To promote and enable net widening 
B) To diminish reentry programs for parolees 
C) To plan,support,and sustain parole supervision 
D) To increase incarcerations 
A) To promote and enable net widening 
B) To diminish reentry programs for parolees 
C) To plan,support,and sustain parole supervision 
D) To increase incarcerations

Question 8

The planning process for introducing day fines is unique for each jurisdiction,depending on its organizational structure,traditions,personalities,and legal culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is the most inexpensive correctional option?

Accepted Answer

A) Boot camp 
B) Incarceration 
C) Community service 
D) Intensive parole supervision 
A) Boot camp 
B) Incarceration 
C) Community service 
D) Intensive parole supervision

Question 10

Under a typical community corrections act,the state provides local agencies the funds to create or expand intermediate sanctions for certain offenders in the community,and in return,the state benefits by avoiding the costs of incarceration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Intermediate sanctions are sometimes referred to as ______________.

Accepted Answer

alternativ

Question 12

In the United States,fines are rarely regarded as a tough criminal sanction:

Accepted Answer

A) because judicial and legislative attitudes always allow the use of fines for several major felonies. 
B) because judges always have enough reliable information on an offender's personal wealth to impose a just fine. 
C) because,in practice,it is a criminal justice tool that often neglects to punish ordinance violations and minor misdemeanors. 
D) because many believe that fines work a hardship on the poor while affluent offenders often feel no sting. 
A) because judicial and legislative attitudes always allow the use of fines for several major felonies. 
B) because judges always have enough reliable information on an offender's personal wealth to impose a just fine. 
C) because,in practice,it is a criminal justice tool that often neglects to punish ordinance violations and minor misdemeanors. 
D) because many believe that fines work a hardship on the poor while affluent offenders often feel no sting.

Question 13

The Congress passed the ______________,which mandated that felons who receive a sentence for less serious offences must be ordered to pay a fine,make restitution,and/or work in community service.

Accepted Answer

Comprehensive Crime

Question 14

People who enter a ______________ are diverted into the drug court system before being convicted.

Accepted Answer

deferred p

Question 15

A major benefit of remote-location monitoring is that it costs significantly less than incarceration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Boot camps are promoted as a means of reducing prison crowding and corrections costs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The community corrections philosophy recognizes the importance of partnership with the community in responding to crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The first step in the process of setting a day fine is:

Accepted Answer

A) to create a valuation table. 
B) to determine the number of fine units to be imposed. 
C) to increase recidivism rates. 
D) to establish the dollar amount per unit for a given offender. 
A) to create a valuation table. 
B) to determine the number of fine units to be imposed. 
C) to increase recidivism rates. 
D) to establish the dollar amount per unit for a given offender.

Question 19

A community correctional center,which an offender visits each day to file a daily schedule with a supervision officer,showing how each hour will be spent is called a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) halfway house. 
B) residential treatment center. 
C) workhouse. 
D) day reporting center. 
A) halfway house. 
B) residential treatment center. 
C) workhouse. 
D) day reporting center.

Question 20

A medium-security correctional setting that offenders are permitted to leave regularly-unaccompanied by staff-for work,education,or vocational programs,or treatment in the community but require them to return to a locked facility each evening is called a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) house of correction. 
B) residential reentry center. 
C) intensive confinement center. 
D) day reporting center. 
A) house of correction. 
B) residential reentry center. 
C) intensive confinement center. 
D) day reporting center.

Which of the following statements is true of community corrections?

A day reporting center (DRC)allows participants to return home in the evenings,but they are required to maintain a strict schedule that is closely monitored.

A sentence to serve a specified number of hours working in unpaid positions with nonprofit or tax-supported agencies is called:

Community service as a criminal sanction began in the United States in the state of ______________.

______________ uses technological systems such as the GPS,voice verification,and other tracking systems to verify a person's physical location,either periodically or continuously,24 hours a day.

Which of the following statements is true of the Community Corrections Acts (CCAs)?

Which of the following was the primary purpose of the Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative (MPRI)?

The planning process for introducing day fines is unique for each jurisdiction,depending on its organizational structure,traditions,personalities,and legal culture.

Which of the following is the most inexpensive correctional option?

Under a typical community corrections act,the state provides local agencies the funds to create or expand intermediate sanctions for certain offenders in the community,and in return,the state benefits by avoiding the costs of incarceration.

Intermediate sanctions are sometimes referred to as ______________.

In the United States,fines are rarely regarded as a tough criminal sanction:

The Congress passed the ______________,which mandated that felons who receive a sentence for less serious offences must be ordered to pay a fine,make restitution,and/or work in community service.

People who enter a ______________ are diverted into the drug court system before being convicted.

A major benefit of remote-location monitoring is that it costs significantly less than incarceration.

Boot camps are promoted as a means of reducing prison crowding and corrections costs.

The community corrections philosophy recognizes the importance of partnership with the community in responding to crime.

The first step in the process of setting a day fine is:

A community correctional center,which an offender visits each day to file a daily schedule with a supervision officer,showing how each hour will be spent is called a(n):

A medium-security correctional setting that offenders are permitted to leave regularly-unaccompanied by staff-for work,education,or vocational programs,or treatment in the community but require them to return to a locked facility each evening is called a(n):

Corrections: an Overview

Punishments: a Brief History

Sentencing: to Punish or to Reform

Diversion and Probation: How Most Offenders Are Punished

Jails: Way Stations Along the Justice Highway

Prisons Today: Change Stations or Warehouses

Parole: Early Release and Reentry

The Staff World: Managing the Prison Population

The Inmate World: Living Behind Bars

The Legal World: Prisoners Rights

Special Prison Populations: Prisoners Who Are Substance Abusers, who Have Hivaids, who Are Mentally Challenged, and Who Are Elderly

Prison Issues and Concerns: Overcrowding, security, accreditation, privatization, and Technology

The Victim: Helping Those in Need

Death: the Ultimate Sanction

Juvenile Corrections: End of an ERA

Professionalism in Corrections

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Exam 5: Intermediate Sanctions: Between Probation and Incarceration

Which of the following statements is true of community corrections?

A day reporting center (DRC)allows participants to return home in the evenings,but they are required to maintain a strict schedule that is closely monitored.

A sentence to serve a specified number of hours working in unpaid positions with nonprofit or tax-supported agencies is called:

Community service as a criminal sanction began in the United States in the state of ______________.

______________ uses technological systems such as the GPS,voice verification,and other tracking systems to verify a person's physical location,either periodically or continuously,24 hours a day.

Which of the following statements is true of the Community Corrections Acts (CCAs)?

Which of the following was the primary purpose of the Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative (MPRI)?

The planning process for introducing day fines is unique for each jurisdiction,depending on its organizational structure,traditions,personalities,and legal culture.

Which of the following is the most inexpensive correctional option?

Under a typical community corrections act,the state provides local agencies the funds to create or expand intermediate sanctions for certain offenders in the community,and in return,the state benefits by avoiding the costs of incarceration.

Intermediate sanctions are sometimes referred to as ______________.

In the United States,fines are rarely regarded as a tough criminal sanction:

The Congress passed the ______________,which mandated that felons who receive a sentence for less serious offences must be ordered to pay a fine,make restitution,and/or work in community service.

People who enter a ______________ are diverted into the drug court system before being convicted.

A major benefit of remote-location monitoring is that it costs significantly less than incarceration.

Boot camps are promoted as a means of reducing prison crowding and corrections costs.

The community corrections philosophy recognizes the importance of partnership with the community in responding to crime.

The first step in the process of setting a day fine is:

A community correctional center,which an offender visits each day to file a daily schedule with a supervision officer,showing how each hour will be spent is called a(n):

A medium-security correctional setting that offenders are permitted to leave regularly-unaccompanied by staff-for work,education,or vocational programs,or treatment in the community but require them to return to a locked facility each evening is called a(n):

Corrections: an Overview

Punishments: a Brief History

Sentencing: to Punish or to Reform

Diversion and Probation: How Most Offenders Are Punished

Jails: Way Stations Along the Justice Highway

Prisons Today: Change Stations or Warehouses

Parole: Early Release and Reentry

The Staff World: Managing the Prison Population

The Inmate World: Living Behind Bars

The Legal World: Prisoners Rights

Special Prison Populations: Prisoners Who Are Substance Abusers, who Have Hivaids, who Are Mentally Challenged, and Who Are Elderly

Prison Issues and Concerns: Overcrowding, security, accreditation, privatization, and Technology

The Victim: Helping Those in Need

Death: the Ultimate Sanction

Juvenile Corrections: End of an ERA

Professionalism in Corrections

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