Exam 14: Community Corrections Probation and Interrmediate Sanctions

Some researchers argue that too many policies focus solely on the short term to the disadvantage of long-term considerations.

Which statement is a challenge faced by probation officers?

Which is not one of the issues that critics state have been caused by intermediate sanctions ?

Discuss why many critics  believe that boot camps have failed in their attempt to "scare offenders straight."

Intermediate sanctions are not used as often as they could be in the United States.

Over the last 20 years, the challenges in community supervision have become fewer.

A(n)____ is a community correctional center where an offender reports each day to comply with elements of a sentence.

Which intermediate sanction is not administered in the community?

A(n)_____ sentence requires the offender to perform a certain amount of unpaid labor in the community.

The goal of community corrections is based on

The world's first probation officer was

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. If Chan Le tries to have his client's probation revoked, the client will first need to have a(n)

Community corrections still lacks widespread support and is often viewed as being _____ on crime.

The percentage of former prisoners who are rearrested for a similar offense is called

Which statement is true about boot camps?

Over half of the probationers have no direct contact with their probation officer.

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 forced to spend a specific, detailed amount of time in his home as part of his probation. , which is referred  to as

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that forfeitures

In the case of ____ the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that probationers have the right to an attorney.

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 must pay for the damages he was responsible for when he was manufacturing drugs.  The monies he will pay back will be considered