Exam 5: Probation and Intermediate Sanctions

John Augustus is often recognized as the Father of Modern Probation.

The rate of probation absconders has, during the past decade, slightly increased from 9% to 10% and indicates a general need for improved methods of security for probationers.

What are criminal offenders who have been sentenced to a period of correctional supervision in lieu of incarceration?

______ are treatment facilities to which offenders are required to report, usually on a daily basis.

What is the most common sanction administered throughout the United States?

Physical violations are actions that do not comply with the conditions and requirements of a probationer's sentence, as articulated by the court that acted as the sentencing authority.

Probation is the most common sentence for violent criminal offenders.

Explain the role of a probation officers. What are the different types of parole officers?

Which intermediate sanction reviews vocational training, life skills training, and psychological/psychiatric issues?

What is intensive supervision probation (ISP) and which offenders should enter the program?

How does probation influence jurisdiction?

The ______ stage is when a judge requires either that the offender be incarcerated or, as in many cases where the violation is minor, that the offender continue his or her probation sentence but under more restrictive terms.

The first stage in a revocation proceeding is the preliminary hearing.

Most offenders convicted of a criminal offense are assessed a fine as a punishment for committing the offense.

Parole is a control valve mechanism that mitigates the flow of inmates sent directly to the jail.

The most widely used form of intermediate sanctioning is community service.

What types of electronic monitoring systems have a higher rate of false alarms?

William Penn founded modern probation in Massachusetts.

Discuss the purpose of fines as intermediate sanctions. Why are fines utilized as a form of punishment?

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that all of the requirements for parole revocation proceedings noted in Morrissey also applied to revocation proceedings dealing with probationers?