Exam 9: Offender Coercion in Treatment: A Meta-Analysis of Effectiveness

Sir Walter Crofton created what was referred to as the _______________; basically a permit that was given to a convict in exchange for a certain period of good conduct.Through this process, the convict could instead earn his own wage through his own labor prior to the expiration of his actual sentence.In addition, other liberties were provided so long as the convict's behavior remained within the lawful limits set by this system.

According to your textbook authors, among the parolee population, roughly 1 out of __________ are female offenders.

The _______________ is where the parole board is merely a semiautonomous Agency that is connected to (and perhaps subservient to) a larger agency or governmental body.This larger organization will typically oversee the entire spectrum of correctional services, particularly the prison system.Supervision of persons on parole under this model is under the leadership and authority of that state's chief correctional executive officer (i.e., the commissioner or the director of corrections) with the parole board having no authority to direct post-incarcerative supervision.

A(n) _______________came about during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980sand crime became a hotly debated topic that often became intertwined with political agendas and legislative action.The sour view of rehabilitationled many states to abolish the use of parole.Indeed, from 1976 onward, 15 states and the federal government abolished the use of parole.

_______________ is sentencing that includes a range of years that will be potentially served by the offender.The offender is released during some point in the range of years that are assigned by the sentencing judge.Both the minimum and maximum times can be modified by a number of factors such as offender behavior and offender work ethic.