Question 1

Critics of offender-funded community-based corrections worry that:

Accepted Answer

A)  Surveillance and enforcement aspects of community-based corrections will suffer 
B)  Greater reliance on the police to enforce probation and parole agreements will occur 
C)  The poorer the offender, the more they pay and the longer they must live with the threat of probation or parole revocation hanging over their heads 
D)  Wealthier offenders, because they have access to greater resources, will be treated unfairly compared to poorer offenders 
A)  Surveillance and enforcement aspects of community-based corrections will suffer 
B)  Greater reliance on the police to enforce probation and parole agreements will occur 
C)  The poorer the offender, the more they pay and the longer they must live with the threat of probation or parole revocation hanging over their heads 
D)  Wealthier offenders, because they have access to greater resources, will be treated unfairly compared to poorer offenders

Question 2

Increasingly, it appears that "cash-register justice," "offender-funded justice" and similar descriptions typify community-based corrections. To what do these terms refer? If these descriptions are true, is the ethical legitimacy of community-based corrections in jeopardy? Explain why or why not.

Accepted Answer

The terms "cash-register justice" and "o

Question 3

As community-based corrections moves toward more of a neighborhood-based model, the ideals guiding, and the obligations of, probation and parole officers are changing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Given the mixed history, administration, and purposes of probation and parole, can they be justified as ethical forms of punishment? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Probation and parole can be justified as

Question 5

Parole:

Accepted Answer

A)  Involves periodic incarceration in a local jail (e.g., every other weekend) for the duration of the sentence received 
B)  Refers to early release from prison after offender serves a portion of her sentence 
C)  Is used in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and at the federal level 
D)  Was developed by John Augustus in the 1850s in Boston 
A)  Involves periodic incarceration in a local jail (e.g., every other weekend) for the duration of the sentence received 
B)  Refers to early release from prison after offender serves a portion of her sentence 
C)  Is used in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and at the federal level 
D)  Was developed by John Augustus in the 1850s in Boston

Critics of offender-funded community-based corrections worry that:

Increasingly, it appears that "cash-register justice," "offender-funded justice" and similar descriptions typify community-based corrections. To what do these terms refer? If these descriptions are true, is the ethical legitimacy of community-based corrections in jeopardy? Explain why or why not.

As community-based corrections moves toward more of a neighborhood-based model, the ideals guiding, and the obligations of, probation and parole officers are changing.

Given the mixed history, administration, and purposes of probation and parole, can they be justified as ethical forms of punishment? Explain.

Parole:

An Overview of Ethics

Systems of Ethics

Moral Dilemmas in Criminal Justice

Moral Reasoning and Criminal Justice Ethics

A Framework for Analysis

Police Ethics--A Contextual Overview

Ethics and the Tactics of Policing

Ethics and the Courts

The Ethics of Legal Punishment

Ethics and Institutional Corrections

Ethics and Forensic Science

Ethics and Criminal Justice Research

The Future and Criminal Justice Ethics

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Exam 11: Ethics and Community-Based Corrections

Critics of offender-funded community-based corrections worry that:

Increasingly, it appears that "cash-register justice," "offender-funded justice" and similar descriptions typify community-based corrections. To what do these terms refer? If these descriptions are true, is the ethical legitimacy of community-based corrections in jeopardy? Explain why or why not.

As community-based corrections moves toward more of a neighborhood-based model, the ideals guiding, and the obligations of, probation and parole officers are changing.

Given the mixed history, administration, and purposes of probation and parole, can they be justified as ethical forms of punishment? Explain.

Parole:

An Overview of Ethics

Systems of Ethics

Moral Dilemmas in Criminal Justice

Moral Reasoning and Criminal Justice Ethics

A Framework for Analysis

Police Ethics--A Contextual Overview

Ethics and the Tactics of Policing

Ethics and the Courts

The Ethics of Legal Punishment

Ethics and Institutional Corrections

Ethics and Forensic Science

Ethics and Criminal Justice Research

The Future and Criminal Justice Ethics

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