Exam 3: Community Corrections Diversion and Probation

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that probationers are entitled to the same constitutional protections as other citizens.

True diversion takes place when an offender is referred to a program and the completion of this program will enable him or her to avoid criminal prosecution.

A program to divert drug abusers from the criminal justice system into specialized support services is known as:

Which of the following is the most widespread of the various national programs that have been designed to divert drug abusers away from the criminal justice system?

____________________  r equires an offender to perform a certain number of work hours at a private nonprofit or government agency.

Discuss some of the contemporary approaches with probation due to increased caseloads and fewer probationers.

What are three ideas discussed in the text that can improve the effectiveness of probation?

Historically, diversion programs were used for:

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. In the state where Jack will be serving his probation, there is a locally administered probation department. Despite the fact that probation is a local responsibility here, which of the following is the state still accountable for?

Intensive supervised probation (ISP)was started in:

The basic functions of a probation officer's job include supervision, investigation, and ____________________ .

Gender appears to affect probationer's effectiveness.

Probation began in 1841 with the volunteer services of:

____________________ is credited with the creation of probation in Boston in 1785.

If the rules of probation are not followed by the probationer, probation can be:

Financial ____________________ is the payment of a sum of money by an offender either to the victim or to a public fund for victims of crime.

Under ____________________ , a probationer is supervised far more strictly than under standard services.

In ____________________ , the Court ruled that the probation officer-client relationship is not confidential, as attorney-client or physician-patient relationships are.

____________________  was a practice that permitted convicted offenders to remain free if they agreed to take care of their debt obligation with the state.

Individuals who would agree to make themselves responsible for offenders who had been released from custody are called: