Exam 14: Community Corrections Probation and Interrmediate Sanctions

What is the most likely punishment for a misdemeanor traffic violation?

Discuss the philosophical assumptions that underlie community corrections.

Community corrections recognize that factors within the community that encourage criminal behavior cannotr be changed.

Through the use of examples, illustrate the positive attributes associated with probation.

Megan is a probation officer who has recently been assigned a client who will need much closer monitoring than her coworkers' clients.  Her client was sentenced to 6 years of probation based upon manufacturing methamphetamine with intent to distribute .  The client has conditions to his probation, including a period of time that he must spend in his home as well as a repayment plan for damage to the property that occurred during the manufacturing process.  Megan's client's biggest obstacle to successful completion of probation is the home environment in which the client lives. Megan's client is most likely participating in which type of probation?

A return to criminal behavior is called ______.

A sentence requiring the offender to remain inside his or her home during specified periods is called ____.

Passive electronic monitoring systems send constant streams of information to the receiver.

ISP programs have been called "old-style" probation because each officer has only 20 clients and requires frequent face-to-face contact.

A conditional sentence allowing the offender to serve the sanctions imposed by the court while having free movement within the community is called _____.

Chan Le is a probation officer who is employed by the state.  Chan Le has an extremely large caseload and often gets overwhelmed by the requirements of his job.  In the middle of the night, Chan Le is called to respond to one of his new clients who has been caught shoplifting a small amount of merchandise from a local department store.  Two days prior, this client failed a drug test. When Chan Le's client failed his drug test, he committed a

Probation can be revoked when a probationer commits a new crime or a(n)______.

Judge Boylen has just sentenced a young adult female after she entered a plea of guilty for the charge of reckless endangerment.  She is a first-time offender who is a college student and works part time.  Judge Boylen gave the offender a sentence that fit the crime.  The offender will be forced to make monetary payment to the court and spend ample time in the community. Judge Boylen required that the female offender pay money into the court system as a type of punishment , which is referred to as 

Which statement is true concerning community corrections?

Repayment by an offender to a victim who has suffered some form of financial loss is called

The revocation of probation cannot result in incarceration.

Another name for boot camp is

______ suffer from the image of being soft on crime.

How much does the public support the use of community-based punishments rather than prison for nonviolent offenders?

________ is considered the first probation officer in the United States.