Exam 12: Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections

What were the three groups identified with the mark system that was implemented by Maconochie?

"On paper" refers to the written probation or parole agreements that set out the conditions of release.

ROR was a practice that was a forerunner to bail.

The parole population contains more females than males.

____________ are imposed on individual offenders that relate directly to the offender's status and characteristics.

The test for the benefit of clergy came to be one of __________.

The surveillance style of parole officers places an emphasis on controlling criminal conduct.

Probation is usually a state function.

Judicial reprieve most directly led to the development of contemporary probation.

The majority of criminal offenders receive sentences to ___________.

____________ allow inmates to secure or maintain employment while serving terms of incarceration.

Which of the following acts as a post-confinement monitoring system for federal offenders?

This Boston boot maker was accredited with being the "father of probation."

Probation and parole are rights.

The benefit of clergy developed during the medieval period.

_________ devised a "ticket of leave" for inmates in the Irish prison system.

Offenders who fail to submit to supervision are called absconders.

Probation officers are responsible for carrying out the wishes of the sentencing judge.

Halfway houses are so-named because they represent an intermediate step that is halfway between incarceration and community supervision.

_______ is a sanction generally imposed in lieu of incarceration and thus, it occurs before imprisonment.