Exam 1: An Overview of Community Corrections Goals and Evidence Based Practices

_____ is a form of corrections that uses current best practices or interventions for which there is consistent and solid scientific evidence showing that they work to meet intended outcomes.

_____________ refers to the correctional process in which offenders are exposed to treatment in the hopes of correcting those issues that may be causing them to commit crime. ​

Community corrections are sanctions that may be completed after a defendant serves time in prison.

Return to criminal behavior, usually measured as either rearrest, reconviction, or reincarceration, is referred to as __________.

​T he most common form of community corrections is

"Redeemability" refers to convincing the public that offenders can change their ways. ​

Truth-in-sentencing laws require offenders to serve at least _________ of the original sentence length before becoming eligible for release.

______________ refers to a sentencing philosophy that encourages rehabilitation and incorporates a broad sentencing range in which discretionary release is determined by a parole board, and based on the offender's remorse commitment to bettering his/herself.

"Evidence-based practices" refers to using the experience and opinions of trained professionals in the field, who have supervised caseloads for a long time, to determine the impact a program has on its participants. ​

Using an intermediate sanction as a stiffer punishment for offenders who would have ordinarily been sentenced to probation or other lesser sanctions is known as

_______ is the discretionary release of an offender before the expiration of his or her sentence under conditions established by the releasing authority.

Less than half of all current U.S. prisoners will ever be released from prison. ​

What does a "continuum of sanctions" mean in the sentencing process? If you were a judge, how would you apply this continuum? ​

___________________________ refers to correctional programs and techniques examined by systematic evaluation research to be the most effective way to treat offenders in the community. ​

Recent public surveys have suggested that adults support prisons that emphasize ​

_____ offer graduated levels of supervision and provide rewards for positive behavior, with gradually less supervision when offenders are successful.

All U.S. states have adopted some form of mandatory minimum sentencing laws for certain types of offenses that require a minimum period of time be served before release can be considered.

The pretrial and bail decision is one of the three major decision points in the corrections system. ​

Nearly 3% of the total adult population in the United States is currently under some form of correctional supervision.

The concept that communities are made more secure by removing unsafe residents is ingrained in American tradition, but correctional policy shifts according to legislators' perceptions of what the public wants. This relationship is referred to as the