Exam 10: Probation Parole and Intermediate Sanctions

In larger jurisdictions, unlike investigative officers, line officers:

Community-based corrections are an important means of:

Which of the following statements is true of intensive supervision probation (ISP)?

Debra, a nonviolent offender, has been released on parole. She is required to report to the parole officer every day. This is an example of:

Intermediate sanctions such as electronic monitoring exist because they:

A criticism of intensive supervision probation is that it increases:

In addition to imprisonment and probation, which of the following is a sentencing option a judge has?

Many politicians and criminal justice officials oppose ideas such as reintegration and diversion. However, they have embraced programs to keep nonviolent offenders out of prison. Which of the following statements supports their decision?

Which of the following is an advantage of probation?

The mutual goal of both an offender and a probation officer is the successful completion of the probationary period.

Home confinement saves public funds and space in correctional facilities by keeping convicts out of institutional incarceration.

Parole is based on a _____.

Parole is based on the concept of recidivism.

Offenders are most likely to be denied probation if they are:

_____ is the power designated to an agent of the law over a person who has broken the law.

Which of the following statements is true of a pretrial diversion program?

Most prisoners serve less than their entire sentence in prison because of:

Discuss electronic monitoring and its technological advances.

According to the American Correctional Association, which of the following is a basic role of a parole board?

Discuss the concept of reintegration.