Question 1

One of the challenges of paroling prisoners is that we seldom adequately prepare prison inmates for release. What is the other?

Accepted Answer

A)  We do not provide them with supervision. 
B)  We do not provide enough community support for them once they are out. 
C)  Inmates often dislike their parole officer. 
D)  Inmates do not want help. 
A)  We do not provide them with supervision. 
B)  We do not provide enough community support for them once they are out. 
C)  Inmates often dislike their parole officer. 
D)  Inmates do not want help. B

Question 2

In any given year, about __________ of every 100 probationers fail.

Accepted Answer

A)  16 
B)  36 
C)  41 
D)  34 
A)  16 
B)  36 
C)  41 
D)  34 A

Question 3

One of the problems with specialized courts is that they may actually extend the reach of the criminal justice system, a practice also known as net-widening.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

The common element of specialized courts and the community-based interventions that support them is that they do not use coercion to make offenders comply with their treatment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is the Iron Law of Imprisonment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most inmates die of old age in prisons. 
B)  Inmates must pay the full price for their crimes. 
C)  With a few exceptions, most inmates return home. 
D)  Act of restraining a person in a bounded area. 
A)  Most inmates die of old age in prisons. 
B)  Inmates must pay the full price for their crimes. 
C)  With a few exceptions, most inmates return home. 
D)  Act of restraining a person in a bounded area.

Question 6

Specialized courts are intended primarily for what kind of defendants?

Accepted Answer

A)  Felony cases 
B)  Defendants with drug problems 
C)  Repeated offenders 
D)  Nonviolent misdemeanor defendants 
A)  Felony cases 
B)  Defendants with drug problems 
C)  Repeated offenders 
D)  Nonviolent misdemeanor defendants

Question 7

One of the ways to reduce jail crowding is by reforming bail practices. There is a growing controversy about the fairness of poor inmates serving lengthy pretrial detentions for minor offenses. A community-based alternative, pretrial supervision is releasing detainees

Accepted Answer

A)  and placing them in house arrest. 
B)  with a device to monitor their movements. 
C)  who have positive social supports on their own recognizance. 
D)  under intensive supervised probation. 
A)  and placing them in house arrest. 
B)  with a device to monitor their movements. 
C)  who have positive social supports on their own recognizance. 
D)  under intensive supervised probation.

Question 8

Today, probation officers are trained mainly in social work, and their role is to help clients.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The barriers that inmates once faced upon reentry in the past and that might have increased their likelihood of recidivism no longer exist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Only about 11 percent of inmates incarcerated for drug offenses receive some form of drug treatment while in prison.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Community-based treatment is considerably cheaper than treatment while incarcerated and allows probationers to remain at home and continue to work or attend school.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What is the key to the success of specialized courts?

Accepted Answer

A)  The power to impose tougher sentences 
B)  The resources for supervision and treatment and proper staffing 
C)  The ability to send serious juvenile offenders to adult courts 
D)  Judges who can follow sentencing guidelines strictly 
A)  The power to impose tougher sentences 
B)  The resources for supervision and treatment and proper staffing 
C)  The ability to send serious juvenile offenders to adult courts 
D)  Judges who can follow sentencing guidelines strictly

Question 13

There are a growing number of policymakers, academics, and practitioners who have questioned the wisdom of imprisoning so many drug offenders and then providing few comprehensive treatment opportunities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

California voters approved the Proposition 36 (2000) and Proposition 47 (2014) ballot initiatives. How did Proposition 36 change the law?

Accepted Answer

A)  It enabled drug offenders to apply for resentencing. 
B)  It diverted thousands of individuals from jails and prisons. 
C)  It provided treatment for nonviolent drug offenders instead of incarceration. 
D)  It enabled California to reduce their jail and prison populations. 
A)  It enabled drug offenders to apply for resentencing. 
B)  It diverted thousands of individuals from jails and prisons. 
C)  It provided treatment for nonviolent drug offenders instead of incarceration. 
D)  It enabled California to reduce their jail and prison populations.

Question 15

What is the aim of intermediate sanctions?

Accepted Answer

A)  They provide additional sanctions. 
B)  They ensure that defendants serve most of their time. 
C)  They let nonviolent offenders out of prisons. 
D)  They bridge the gap between ordinary probation and jail or prison. 
A)  They provide additional sanctions. 
B)  They ensure that defendants serve most of their time. 
C)  They let nonviolent offenders out of prisons. 
D)  They bridge the gap between ordinary probation and jail or prison.

Question 16

Boot camps (also known as shock incarceration) emerged as intermediate correctional programs in the early 1980s. The first camps were modeled on military training and emphasized drill, strict rules, and physically demanding challenges that engaged the participants from dawn to dusk. What was wrong with them?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were simply ineffective. 
B)  They were rehabilitative, but some young offenders were traumatized. 
C)  They were often not aggressive enough in their approach. 
D)  Their costs were exorbitant. 
A)  They were simply ineffective. 
B)  They were rehabilitative, but some young offenders were traumatized. 
C)  They were often not aggressive enough in their approach. 
D)  Their costs were exorbitant.

Question 17

Advocates of the due process philosophy support better methods of prisoner reentry into society, but advocates of crime control oppose it because they favor indefinite incarceration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Gamblers and the homeless courts were the first specialized courts, which are also known as problem-solving courts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Most prisoners have very little positive social capital, such as the informal networks that would enable them to find jobs or housing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What is the aim of day reporting centers (DRCs)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Strictly supervision and control 
B)  Handling specialized caseloads 
C)  Imposing new tougher community sanctions 
D)  Supervision combined with rehabilitation 
A)  Strictly supervision and control 
B)  Handling specialized caseloads 
C)  Imposing new tougher community sanctions 
D)  Supervision combined with rehabilitation

One of the challenges of paroling prisoners is that we seldom adequately prepare prison inmates for release. What is the other?

In any given year, about __________ of every 100 probationers fail.

One of the problems with specialized courts is that they may actually extend the reach of the criminal justice system, a practice also known as net-widening.

The common element of specialized courts and the community-based interventions that support them is that they do not use coercion to make offenders comply with their treatment.

What is the Iron Law of Imprisonment?

Specialized courts are intended primarily for what kind of defendants?

One of the ways to reduce jail crowding is by reforming bail practices. There is a growing controversy about the fairness of poor inmates serving lengthy pretrial detentions for minor offenses. A community-based alternative, pretrial supervision is releasing detainees

Today, probation officers are trained mainly in social work, and their role is to help clients.

The barriers that inmates once faced upon reentry in the past and that might have increased their likelihood of recidivism no longer exist.

Only about 11 percent of inmates incarcerated for drug offenses receive some form of drug treatment while in prison.

Community-based treatment is considerably cheaper than treatment while incarcerated and allows probationers to remain at home and continue to work or attend school.

What is the key to the success of specialized courts?

There are a growing number of policymakers, academics, and practitioners who have questioned the wisdom of imprisoning so many drug offenders and then providing few comprehensive treatment opportunities.

California voters approved the Proposition 36 (2000) and Proposition 47 (2014) ballot initiatives. How did Proposition 36 change the law?

What is the aim of intermediate sanctions?

Advocates of the due process philosophy support better methods of prisoner reentry into society, but advocates of crime control oppose it because they favor indefinite incarceration.

Gamblers and the homeless courts were the first specialized courts, which are also known as problem-solving courts.

Most prisoners have very little positive social capital, such as the informal networks that would enable them to find jobs or housing.

What is the aim of day reporting centers (DRCs)?

The Politics and Policy Dichotomy

Crime Control Versus Due Process

Understanding Criminal Justice Policy

The Search for a Guiding Philosophy of Policing

Police and the Use of Force

Gun Control

Sentencing

Race, Ethnicity, and Justice

Gender and Justice

Wrongful Convictions

Putting the Brakes on Correctional Populations

The Death Penalty

Responding to Youth Crime

Security Versus Liberty in the 21st Century

Making Sense of Criminal Justice

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Exam 11: What Are the Alternatives to Incarceration

One of the challenges of paroling prisoners is that we seldom adequately prepare prison inmates for release. What is the other?

In any given year, about __________ of every 100 probationers fail.

One of the problems with specialized courts is that they may actually extend the reach of the criminal justice system, a practice also known as net-widening.

The common element of specialized courts and the community-based interventions that support them is that they do not use coercion to make offenders comply with their treatment.

What is the Iron Law of Imprisonment?

Specialized courts are intended primarily for what kind of defendants?

One of the ways to reduce jail crowding is by reforming bail practices. There is a growing controversy about the fairness of poor inmates serving lengthy pretrial detentions for minor offenses. A community-based alternative, pretrial supervision is releasing detainees

Today, probation officers are trained mainly in social work, and their role is to help clients.

The barriers that inmates once faced upon reentry in the past and that might have increased their likelihood of recidivism no longer exist.

Only about 11 percent of inmates incarcerated for drug offenses receive some form of drug treatment while in prison.

Community-based treatment is considerably cheaper than treatment while incarcerated and allows probationers to remain at home and continue to work or attend school.

What is the key to the success of specialized courts?

There are a growing number of policymakers, academics, and practitioners who have questioned the wisdom of imprisoning so many drug offenders and then providing few comprehensive treatment opportunities.

California voters approved the Proposition 36 (2000) and Proposition 47 (2014) ballot initiatives. How did Proposition 36 change the law?

What is the aim of intermediate sanctions?

Advocates of the due process philosophy support better methods of prisoner reentry into society, but advocates of crime control oppose it because they favor indefinite incarceration.

Gamblers and the homeless courts were the first specialized courts, which are also known as problem-solving courts.

Most prisoners have very little positive social capital, such as the informal networks that would enable them to find jobs or housing.

What is the aim of day reporting centers (DRCs)?

The Politics and Policy Dichotomy

Crime Control Versus Due Process

Understanding Criminal Justice Policy

The Search for a Guiding Philosophy of Policing

Police and the Use of Force

Gun Control

Sentencing

Race, Ethnicity, and Justice

Gender and Justice

Wrongful Convictions

Putting the Brakes on Correctional Populations

The Death Penalty

Responding to Youth Crime

Security Versus Liberty in the 21st Century

Making Sense of Criminal Justice

Filters