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

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A theory of justice that says we should 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 is______.

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Structured and military-like intermediate sanctions that focus on discipline, physical labor, and education are______.

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Question 82

A theory of justice that claims that the offender should suffer the same or greater pain than that which was originally inflicted on the victim is______.

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Question 83

______ requires offenders to stay home at all times with limited exceptions such as medical or religious purposes.

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Question 84

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

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Question 85

Community courts is a strategy of harnessing the power of the justice system to hearing criminal cases in the community that are most affected by the case.

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Question 86

Only convicted offenders are given intermediate sanctions.

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Question 87

The Pew Center's policy document on creating a national agenda for community corrections advocates separating offenders who are more likely to cause great harm from those who may cause relatively little harm.

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Question 88

Which one of the following does not belong?

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Question 89

If the judge sentences an offender to a structured and military-like punishment that focuses on discipline, physical labor, and education, the offender has been sentenced to a boot camp. TRUE

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Question 90

Evidence-based practices do not have to be implemented like the original approach in order to replicate their results.

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Question 91

Evidence-based practice is the opposite of "correctional quackery."

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Question 92

The first state to adopt a CCA was Minnesota.

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Question 93

Specific deterrence is a theory of justice that argues that punishment serves a useful purpose because it restrains the individual offender.

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Question 94

A theory of justice that claims that offenders are morally blameworthy and they must be punished is

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Question 95

Community service is sometimes called a "fine of time."

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Question 96

Minimum-security residential facilities that provide convicted offenders with housing, treatment services, and access to community resources for employment and education are:

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A theory of justice that says we should 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 is______.

Structured and military-like intermediate sanctions that focus on discipline, physical labor, and education are______.

A theory of justice that claims that the offender should suffer the same or greater pain than that which was originally inflicted on the victim is______.

______ requires offenders to stay home at all times with limited exceptions such as medical or religious purposes.

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

Community courts is a strategy of harnessing the power of the justice system to hearing criminal cases in the community that are most affected by the case.

Only convicted offenders are given intermediate sanctions.

The Pew Center's policy document on creating a national agenda for community corrections advocates separating offenders who are more likely to cause great harm from those who may cause relatively little harm.

Which one of the following does not belong?

If the judge sentences an offender to a structured and military-like punishment that focuses on discipline, physical labor, and education, the offender has been sentenced to a boot camp. TRUE

Evidence-based practices do not have to be implemented like the original approach in order to replicate their results.

Evidence-based practice is the opposite of "correctional quackery."

The first state to adopt a CCA was Minnesota.

Specific deterrence is a theory of justice that argues that punishment serves a useful purpose because it restrains the individual offender.

A theory of justice that claims that offenders are morally blameworthy and they must be punished is

Community service is sometimes called a "fine of time."

Minimum-security residential facilities that provide convicted offenders with housing, treatment services, and access to community resources for employment and education are:

Legislation, Apprehension, Adjudication, and Corrections: The Four Filters Affecting Community-Based Corrections

Theories of Offender Treatment: Reasons to Have a Theoretical Roadmap

Assessing Risk: The Importance of Classification

Pretrial Release and Diversion: Suspending Progression Through the Formal Justice Process

Economic Sanctions: Fines, Restitution to Victims, and Community Service

Probation and ISP: The Most Common Methods of Correctional Supervision in America

Parole: The Crucial Phase of Reentry

Boot Camps and Jail-Based Community Supervision: Unique Alternatives to Traditional Community-Based Corrections Practices

Residential, Day Reporting, and Drug Courts: Offenders Living Among Us

Special Populations: Offenders With Mental Health Problems, Sex Offenders, and Women Offenders

Community-Based Corrections for Juveniles: Giving Kids the Chance They Need

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