Exam 14: Community Corrections: Probation and Intermediate Sanctions

Using examples from the text,discuss how the American public can be convinced to support home confinement when so many individuals consider such sanctions a slap on the wrist.

Fines are administered by the ______.

Chan Le is a probation officer who is employed by the state.Chan Le has an extremely large caseload and often gets overwhelmed by the requirements of his job.In the middle of the night,Chan Le is called to respond to one of his new clients who has been caught shoplifting a small amount of merchandise from a local department store.Two days prior,this same client had failed a drug test.Which is true about Chan Le's role in the revocation and termination of the client's probation?

States can only use probation for misdemeanors.

All crime victims can expect to receive full restitution from the offender(s)who harmed them.

Judge Boylen has just sentenced a young adult female who pled guilty to selling Ecstasy/Molly to a group of acquaintances.She is a first-time offender who is a college student and works part-time.As part of the sentence,the offender will be forced to make monetary payments to the court and do unpaid work cleaning bathrooms at a local homeless shelter.The bathroom cleaning would be considered

A drug treatment program in which offenders must submit to daily drug testing would likely be incorporated with

The first statewide system of probation was in Delaware in 1880.

Which statement is true concerning community corrections?

The goal of community corrections is to

Technical violations that would cause an offender's probation to be revoked include which of the following?

Which statement is false regarding home confinement?

Probation works best when the judge and the supervising officer have close contact.

Community corrections still lacks widespread support and is often viewed as being _____ on crime.

Where is one most likely to find extensive use of day fines?

Using examples from the text,illustrate the positive attributes associated with probation.

One problem for probation officers is their heavy caseload.

Probation can end when a probationer's status is _____because of misbehavior.

The community is the primary administrator of

The U.S.Supreme Court has decided that forfeitures