Exam 12: Career Pathways in Community Corrections

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

Officers supervising violent offenders are more likely to report feelings of _________ when carrying a firearm.

In Klockars's typology of probation officer work styles, the officer who sees his or her role as administering a form of treatment is the

As a result of the American Probation and Parole Association recommendations, probation and parole officers are not required to carry firearms in the performance of duties.

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

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

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

Jurisdictions where probation is under the judicial branch have tended to strongly support the carrying of firearms.

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

In the federal system, the judges of each federal district select all probation officers and staff members.

Whereas adult officers require between 120 and 200 training hours, juvenile probation officers, on average, participate in _________ training hours.

Most of the mandated training hours for probation and parole officers are devoted to controls, restraints, and defensive techniques.

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

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.

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

In states where officers carry firearms, they must complete which of the following to ensure they are properly trained on the usage of the weapon?

How can probation and parole officers minimize the chances of civil liability law suits while they are performing their duties and responsibilities?

The American Correctional Association recommends that juvenile probation officers receive 40 hours of preservice training.

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.