Exam 10: Community Sentences: Probation, Intermediate Sanctions, and Restorative Justice

A recognizance was a historic practice that enabled convicted offenders to go unpunished if they agreed to refrain from further criminal behavior; sometimes a surety was required.

____________________ involves analyzing and assigning cases to a level and type of supervision on the basis of the clients' particular needs and the potential for harm to the community.

Which of the following is false regarding the success of probation?

Community service is an example of:

In _______________ , the court ruled that the probation officer-client relationship is not confidential.

Which of the following is an example of monetary restitution?

____________________ is often used along with house arrest to ensure obedience to home confinement orders.

Which of the following is not a form of intermediate sanction?

Describe the various ways in which IPS programs are used and their effectiveness.

A ________________ is a person who was responsible for an offender's behavior after release.

What is the term associated with the strict interpretation of forfeiture statutes that produces property confiscations for even minor drug violations?

Grant was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm, a misdemeanor in New York State. He is involved in a custody battle with his ex-wife and he brought the gun with him to scare her into letting him see his daughter more often. They got into a shouting match and he pulled the gun out. Grant was arrested and he pled guilty to disorderly conduct, a handgun violation, and was given probation. You are Grant's probation officer and you stop by the police station to visit an officer on "gun amnesty and buy back day." You see Grant turning in a handgun. Although he is indeed turning it in, it is a violation of Grant's conditions of probation to be in possession of a firearm. What is your best course of action?

Some probation officers view themselves as ____________________ because their goal is to help offenders adjust in the community.

Which of the following is false regarding restorative justice programs?

Grant was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm, a misdemeanor in New York State. He is involved in a custody battle with his ex-wife and he brought the gun with him to scare her into letting him see his daughter more often. They got into a shouting match and he pulled the gun out. Grant was arrested and he pled guilty to disorderly conduct, a handgun violation, and was given probation. What medieval practice serves as the basis of probation that allowed Grant to serve a punishment in the community by following conditions of supervision?

What common-law practice allowed judges to suspend punishment so that convicted offenders could seek a pardon, gather new evidence, or demonstrate that they had reformed their behavior?

The probation officer has little say in the planning of a probationer's treatment program.

An individual who has committed a serious offense, or who has a prior felony conviction, is never awarded probation.

____ refers to the process in which a probation officer settles cases at the initial appearance before the onset of formal criminal proceedings.

The most secure intermediate sanction is a sentence to: