Exam 12: Probation, Parole, and Intermediate Sanctions

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Probation and parole officers both do presentence investigations and client supervision.

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Which intermediate sanction resembles a military-style boot camp?

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Match the definition with the corrections term.
The number of probation or parole clients assigned to one probation or parole officer for supervision
Shock probation
The practice of sentencing offenders to prison, allowing them to apply for probationary release, and surprisingly permitting such release. Offenders who receive this option may not be aware that they will be released on probation and may expect to spend a much longer time behind bars.
Parole revocation
The general and special limits imposed on an offender who is released on parole (or probation)
Medical parole
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The number of probation or parole clients assigned to one probation or parole officer for supervision
Shock probation
The practice of sentencing offenders to prison, allowing them to apply for probationary release, and surprisingly permitting such release. Offenders who receive this option may not be aware that they will be released on probation and may expect to spend a much longer time behind bars.
Parole revocation
The general and special limits imposed on an offender who is released on parole (or probation)
Medical parole
The release of an inmate from prison to community supervision under a set of conditions for remaining on parole. If a condition is violated, the individual might be returned to prison or might face another sanction in the community.
Mandatory release
An early-release option under which an inmate who is deemed “low risk” due to a serious physical or mental health condition is released from prison earlier than he or she might have been under normal circumstances
Shock incarceration
A sentencing option that makes use of “boot camp”–type prisons to impress on convicted offenders the realities of prison life
Conditions of parole (probation)
The administrative action of a paroling authority removing a person from parole status in response to a violation of lawfully required conditions of parole, including the prohibition against committing a new offense
Restitution
The release of an inmate from prison that is determined by statute or sentencing guidelines and is not decided by a parole board or other authority
Caseload
A court requirement that an accused or convicted offender pay money or provide services to the victim of the crime, or provide services to the community
Conditional release
A hearing held before a legally constituted hearing body (such as a parole board) to determine whether a parolee or probationer has violated the conditions and requirements of his or her parole or probation
Revocation hearing
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In 2003,the U.S.Department of Justice,in conjunction with other federal agencies,initiated funding for 89 reentry sites across the country under the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI).Define and comment on the three phases of the SVORI initiative and the target populations they are geared towards.

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Community ________ is a sentencing alternative that requires offenders to spend at least part of their time working for a community agency.

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_______________ release is the release of an inmate from prison to community supervision under a set of conditions for remaining on parole.If a condition is violated,the individual might be returned to prison or might face another sanction in the community.

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GPS monitoring has been very successful and is the latest tool being adopted by almost all states to track sex offenders.

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A ____________sentence requires that a convicted offender serve weekends (or other specified periods of time)in a confinement facility (usually a jail)while undergoing probationary supervision in the community.

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Which of the following is an early release option under which an inmate who is deemed "low risk" due to a serious physical or mental health condition is released from prison earlier than he or she might have been under normal circumstances?

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Morrissey v.Brewer provides procedural safeguards to parolees at what type of hearings?

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Probation is today's most common form of criminal sentencing in the United States.

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Which of the following is the managed return to the community of an individual released from prison,and the successful transitioning of a released inmate back into the community?

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_______________ corrections is the use of a variety of officially ordered program-based sanctions that permit convicted offenders to remain in the community under conditional supervision as an alternative to an active prison sentence.

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