Question 1

The "what works"
move is also known as ________ practice.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The "what works"
move is also known as...

Question 2

What is diversion and what is its purpose?

Accepted Answer

Diversion involves attempts to minimize

Question 3

In a study of nonresidential community correctional programs, which of the following characteristics was found to be associated with higher levels of effectiveness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Having a lower proportion of high-risk offenders 
B)  Having similar levels of supervision for high- and low-risk offenders 
C)  Including a shock probation component in the program 
D)  Ensuring longer amounts of time in treatment for high-risk offenders 
A)  Having a lower proportion of high-risk offenders 
B)  Having similar levels of supervision for high- and low-risk offenders 
C)  Including a shock probation component in the program 
D)  Ensuring longer amounts of time in treatment for high-risk offenders

Question 4

Which of the following elements is common to most if not all mental health courts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Participation in a mental health court is voluntary. 
B)  Participation does not require that the offender's mental illness be the cause of their involvement in the criminal justice system. 
C)  The key objective of a mental health court is to ensure offenders with mental illnesses are placed in secure confinement to reduce the risk to society. 
D)  The corrections department oversees the treatment and supervision process and facilitates collaboration among mental health court team members. 
A)  Participation in a mental health court is voluntary. 
B)  Participation does not require that the offender's mental illness be the cause of their involvement in the criminal justice system. 
C)  The key objective of a mental health court is to ensure offenders with mental illnesses are placed in secure confinement to reduce the risk to society. 
D)  The corrections department oversees the treatment and supervision process and facilitates collaboration among mental health court team members.

Question 5

Nonresidential community corrections programs with a greater proportion of higher-risk offenders are more successful that those with more low-risk offenders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Diversion programs come into effect after arrest but prior to court processing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Intensive supervision probation appears to have been successful in reducing prison overcrowding problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Research into the effectiveness of boot camps found that rearrest rates for participants were ________ than for offenders in other types of community facilities.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Research into the effectiveness of boot camps...

Question 9

What are boot camps and how does the procedures used in boot camps result in increased recidivism?

Accepted Answer

Boot camps are residential programs invo

Question 10

A judge increasing the sanctions and conditions imposed on an offender is known as ________ sentencing.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A judge increasing the sanctions and conditions...

Question 11

Unlike other specialty courts, participation in mental health courts is not voluntary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Halfway houses were originally designed as residences for

Accepted Answer

A)  alcoholics. 
B)  homeless men. 
C)  juvenile delinquents. 
D)  unmarried pregnant women. 
A)  alcoholics. 
B)  homeless men. 
C)  juvenile delinquents. 
D)  unmarried pregnant women.

Question 13

Match the intermediate sanction to its definition .
-Halfway house

Accepted Answer

A)  Residential facility providing rehabilitation programming 
B)  Community supervision using a technological link 
C)  Requiring the offender to repair the harm to the community through service 
D)  Requiring the offender to compensate the victim 
E)  Nonresidential facility providing treatment to offenders 
A)  Residential facility providing rehabilitation programming 
B)  Community supervision using a technological link 
C)  Requiring the offender to repair the harm to the community through service 
D)  Requiring the offender to compensate the victim 
E)  Nonresidential facility providing treatment to offenders

The "what works" move is also known as ________ practice.

What is diversion and what is its purpose?

In a study of nonresidential community correctional programs, which of the following characteristics was found to be associated with higher levels of effectiveness?

Which of the following elements is common to most if not all mental health courts?

Nonresidential community corrections programs with a greater proportion of higher-risk offenders are more successful that those with more low-risk offenders.

Diversion programs come into effect after arrest but prior to court processing.

Intensive supervision probation appears to have been successful in reducing prison overcrowding problems.

Research into the effectiveness of boot camps found that rearrest rates for participants were ________ than for offenders in other types of community facilities.

What are boot camps and how does the procedures used in boot camps result in increased recidivism?

A judge increasing the sanctions and conditions imposed on an offender is known as ________ sentencing.

Unlike other specialty courts, participation in mental health courts is not voluntary.

Halfway houses were originally designed as residences for

Match the intermediate sanction to its definition . -Halfway house

Early History 2000 B.C to A.D 1800

Prisons 1800 to the Present

Correctional Ideologies: the Pendulum Swings

The Sentencing and Appeals Process

Probation

Custody Functions

Security Threat Groups and Prison Gangs

Management and Treatment Functions

Jails and Detention Facilities

Prison Systems

Private-Sector Systems

The Death Penalty

Parole and Reentry

Appeals and Offender Rights

Male Offenders

Female Offenders

Juvenile Offenders and Facilities

Special-Category Offenders

Filters

Exam 6: Diversion and Intermediate Sanctions

The "what works" move is also known as ________ practice.

What is diversion and what is its purpose?

In a study of nonresidential community correctional programs, which of the following characteristics was found to be associated with higher levels of effectiveness?

Which of the following elements is common to most if not all mental health courts?

Nonresidential community corrections programs with a greater proportion of higher-risk offenders are more successful that those with more low-risk offenders.

Diversion programs come into effect after arrest but prior to court processing.

Intensive supervision probation appears to have been successful in reducing prison overcrowding problems.

Research into the effectiveness of boot camps found that rearrest rates for participants were ________ than for offenders in other types of community facilities.

What are boot camps and how does the procedures used in boot camps result in increased recidivism?

A judge increasing the sanctions and conditions imposed on an offender is known as ________ sentencing.

Unlike other specialty courts, participation in mental health courts is not voluntary.

Halfway houses were originally designed as residences for

Match the intermediate sanction to its definition . -Halfway house

Early History 2000 B.C to A.D 1800

Prisons 1800 to the Present

Correctional Ideologies: the Pendulum Swings

The Sentencing and Appeals Process

Probation

Custody Functions

Security Threat Groups and Prison Gangs

Management and Treatment Functions

Jails and Detention Facilities

Prison Systems

Private-Sector Systems

The Death Penalty

Parole and Reentry

Appeals and Offender Rights

Male Offenders

Female Offenders

Juvenile Offenders and Facilities

Special-Category Offenders

Filters