Exam 1: Why Study Community-Based Corrections: Using Evidence-Based Practices, Risk Assessment, and Intermediate Sanctions to Reduce Crime and Protect the Community

Restitution is a structured effort to alter the attitudes and behaviors of offenders and change criminal lifestyles into law-abiding ones by using medical and psychological treatments and social-skills training.

The theory of justice that emphasizes repairing the harm caused by criminal behavior is:

Just deserts claims that offenders are morally blameworthy and they must be punished.

______ is a strategy that provides continuity in representation of indigent defendants and helps them with personal and family problems that can lead to legal troubles.

Drug courts are more punitive than regular courts.

Intermittent sanctions are criminal sentences that fall between standard probation and incarceration.

The theory of justice that states that everyone should get what they deserve is:

Retributive justice is a theory of justice that emphasizes repairing the harm caused by criminal behavior.

In evidence-based corrections probation and parole officers rely on their personal experience and instincts to determine the most effective interventions for their clients.

Structured and military-like intermediate sanctions that focus on discipline, physical labor, and education are:

CCAs transfer some state functions to local communities.

Incapacitation is a theory of justice that argues that we should restrain offenders from committing additional crimes by isolating them.

Fines are financial sanctions paid to the court; restitution may be made through the court, but goes to the victim.

Specific deterrence is a theory of justice that argues that punishment serves a useful purpose because it restrains the population as a whole.

This goal of retributive justice consists of forcing the offender to suffer the same or greater pain than that which was originally inflicted on the victim.

The first state to adopt a CCA was:

This type of home confinement requires offenders to stay home except for pre-approved activities such as work, education, or medical or religious purposes.

If a condition of your parole requires you to stay home at all times with limited exceptions such as medical or religious purposes, you are on home detention.

The periodic or continuous surveillance of an offender through electronic means such as an ankle bracelet, voice verification, or GPS is called______.

A theory of justice that argues we should restrain offenders from committing additional crimes by isolating them is______.