Exam 7: Community Corrections

What are social bonds? Discuss why they play an important role in community corrections.

When victim-offender reconciliation programs (VORPs) are utilized, about ______ of victims invited to participate accept.

Which of the following are most likely to be on probation?

Many jurisdictions require their probationers to pay for the costs of supervision.

Probation officers are officers of the ______.

According to the U.S. Marshals Service, ______ of people in the witness protection program commit crimes within a year of receiving a new identity.

Intensive supervision probation, work release, and boot camps are all examples of ______.

______ is designed to control offenders in a secure environment while allowing them to maintain employment.

What notion does the general public have about offenders receiving probation? Do you agree or disagree with their assessment? Provide evidence to support your response.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, probation officers earn an average of about ______ a year.

Many more offenders get into trouble because of pathologies, not deficiencies.

What is the relationship between work release programs and recidivism?

Job stress for probation officers may eventually lead to psychological withdrawal from the job, shortchanging probationers and the community.

What are the most important job stressors identified by probation officers? How do you think they can be alleviated?

Researchers describe ______ probation and parole officers as being authoritative, as having a style similar to the one that the most effective parents adopt.

Shock probation was initiated in the United Kingdom in the 1950s.

Authoritarian supervision styles can lead to hostility and rebelliousness among those to whom it is directed.

______ is the act of encouraging probationers to seek treatment through carrots and sticks.

The general public tends to have a negative view of probation because they think it is ______.

What are VORPs and why do victims like them?