Exam 7: Community Corrections

It is important that probation officers spend time in their communities, learning about ______.

Identify the three roles probation and parole officers can follow. Provide brief hypothetical scenarios that represent the three roles in action.

Any activity performed by agents of the state to assist offenders in establishing or reestablishing functional law-abiding roles in the community while monitoring their behavior for criminal activity is known as ______.

Imprisonment is ______ times more expensive for taxpayers than probation.

Identify and discuss two types of intermediate sanctions mentioned in this chapter. Give examples of the types of offenders who would ideally fit these sanctions.

In Japan, there are 50,000 professional probation officers and only 800 volunteers.

Explain why some seasoned offenders prefer prison to probation.

In your opinion, why do some offenders fail at probation? Use course material to justify your position.

Probation violators constitute about ______ of all individuals admitted to prison each year.

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2015, 1 out of every ______ adult Americans was on probation.