Exam 16: Reentry Into the Community

The parole board has recently paroled Beth after eight years of incarceration.  She is to obtain gainful employment, submit to weekly drug test, and notify the parole officer if she is going out of state.  Beth will spend a month in a transitional facility before she is completely on her own.  It has been difficult locating a facility close to her home because most communities do not want parolees in their neighborhood. Beth must locate gainful employment and submit to a weekly drug test, which would be considered her conditions of

What are the "invisible punishments" offenders are subjected to after release from incarceration?

Which of the following is an example of an institutional reentry preparation program?

What should the role of parole officers be and why?  How might the personality of the client change this relationship?

In Japan, the justice system focuses solely on the offender and not on the community.

Grant has recently been released from a state prison after the successful completion of his sentence for drug crimes.  He has made a promise to himself that he will not go back to prison and will try to do everything he can to reintegrate back into the community.  Grant would really like to vote in the upcoming election; however, he has been informed that it will not be possible, at least for this election.  Grant also has had a difficult time finding employment.  It seems that most employers just do not want to take a chance on someone with a record. Grant's release mechanism would be considered _______ release.

In most states, who is permitted to attend parole hearings?

Which is not a function of the parole officer as social worker?

A parolee can be prevented from working as a bartender by a parole officer.

The daytime release of inmates to go to work or school is called ______.

Restrictions on parolees' conduct that are legally binding conditions are called ______.

With the punitive nature of the criminal justice system, release on parole has become much easier for inmates to obtain.

Which of the following would not be a step in the evolution of parole?

_______ may be the most notable civil disability of ex-prisoners.

Which is the most commonly used method of release into the community?

A pardon is an action of the executive branch of state or federal government which absolves  the offender from the consequences of the crime.

The temporary release of an inmate for a visit home is called a(n)_______.

A system of conditional release from prison, devised by Captain Alexander Maconochie and first developed in Ireland by Sir Walter Crofton, was known as

Up to 90% of released offenders do not participate in transitional programs  because most released offenders:

When an offender is released from prison, he or she is still the government's responsibility, and this concept of parole is called ______.