Exam 14: Community Corrections Probation and Interrmediate Sanctions

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. Chan Le would not be able to take which of the following actions regarding  his client who has recently violated probation?

Describe the types of intermediate sanctions and how they are administered.

Which statement is false regarding home confinement?

Persons on probation can refuse drug tests because they interfere with the Fourth Amendment right to privacy.

The historical roots of probation can be traced to the procedures

From 1995 to 2012 the number of Americans under community supervision grew from 3.7 million to 4.8 million.

The first statewide system of probation was in Delaware in 1880.

Restitution orders are determined by prison wardens rather than by judges.

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. Chan Le's client most likely has a(n)________ rate of recidivism on probation as compared to if he had been incarcerated.

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 also ordered a portion of female offender's savings account be seized because of the likelihood that it came from the sale of illegal drugs, which is an example of 

In order to be successful, community corrections programs must be given adequate resources.

Because of the costs associated with probation, which statement concerning probation is true?

_______ is probation granted under conditions of strict reporting to a probation officer with a limited caseload.

A sum of money paid to the state by a convicted person as punishment is called a(n)____.

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, most likely, has a small caseload.  Her caseload consists of how many clients?

All crime victims can expect to receive full restitution from the offenders who harmed them.

States can use probation for more serious offenses such as robbery or assault.

One problem for probation officers is their heavy caseload.

A sentence requiring the offender to perform a certain amount of unpaid labor in the community is called

As criminal justice agencies cope with budget cuts, observers anticipate that there may be greater reliance on ____ to handle many of the duties previously managed by professionals.