Exam 3: Community Corrections Diversion and Probation

A sentence requiring an offender to serve time in jail or prison before a probation placement is a:

Since the first and most developed community corrections act took place in Minnesota, about 25 states have implemented CCAs for adults.

Disclosure of PSI to defense counsel in a death penalty case was held permissible by which U.S. Supreme Court case?

Governor Jones is interested in passing a law to increase the use of community-based corrections in his state. He travels to Minnesota to meet with lawmakers to discuss their corrections system. There, he learns about Minnesota's Community Corrections Act. Governor Jones is also an advocate of diversion programs. Which of the following would not be a goal of a diversion program?

Revocation of probation because of a new crime is referred to as a technical violation.

Discuss Feeley and Simon's "new penology."

State-based acts that subsidize diversion of minor offenders from state prisons are ____________________ .

Shock probation calls for the shock of a few weeks in prison for a first-time offender followed by a standard term of probation.

Deferred prosecution programs have focused on persons suffering from alcohol, drug, or mental health problems who can ask permission of the court to go through an intensive treatment program in lieu of being prosecuted.

One of the major purposes of community corrections acts is to encourage state imprisonment in lieu of local sentencing options.

A correctional system that is focused more on regulating and controlling offenders than on providing treatment or services for them is referred to as a ____________________ .

Discuss the probation population in the United States today. Specifically, discuss who is more likely to be on probation, what offenses are probationers more likely to have committed, and what states have the majority of probationers.

In the middle of the 19th century, probation began with the volunteer services of John Augustus in Massachusetts.

What are the usual six categories in a presentence investigation report?

Discuss at least two pros and two cons of a locally operated probation department.

Jack was just placed on probation for the crime of burglary. He has been arrested several times but never convicted of a crime. Last year, he was arrested and placed in the TASC program. He successfully completed this program and remained out of trouble for 1 year. One of the conditions of Jack's probation is that he pays back the victim of his burglary the amount of loss and damage that he caused. What is this payment called?

About ____________________ of all probationers are felons.

In ____________________ , the U.S. Supreme Court held that probationers have fewer constitutional protections than the general public and specifically that their homes can be searched without a warrant.

Discuss probation revocation and the four cases where the Supreme Court provided procedural safeguards to apply at proceedings to revoke probation.

In most states, a PSI report must be prepared regardless of whether the offender is eligible for probation.