Deck 8: Supervision Strategies and Delivering Services to Offenders

Question 1

What percentage of people on supervision are on regular caseloads?

A) 10%
B) 30%
C) 50%
D) 80%
E) 100%

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The best way to assign offenders to officers is:

A) match offender with staff based on characteristics of both officer and offender
B) randomly assign offender
C) horizontal model
D) horizontal model and geographic balancing

Answer 2

A

Question 3

which ones of the following are variations of the horizontal model?

A) geographic balancing
B) caseload balancing
C) specialized caseload balancing
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

A vertical model takes into account multiple factors before assigning a case.

Question 5

When examining the probation and parole officer's workload it is not important to understand the risk of the offenders being served.

Question 6

There are 2 primary approaches to supervision strategies: Select one of the two types.

A) casework
B) surveillance
C) helping
D) judicial
E) synthetic

Question 7

Using a brokerage role, the probation officer is likely to connect offenders to other resources, make referrals, and monitor compliance.

Question 8

An officer working as an advocate for a probationer would likely do which of the following:

A) meet with an employer to see if they would be willing to hire people with criminal histories
B) work with police to find probationers who have absconded
C) connect with social service agencies to help coordinate services
D) a & b
E) a & c

Question 9

Identify the barriers of a brokerage approach.

A) lack of relationship between officer and probationer
B) limited resources available
C) link offenders to resources
D) a & b
E) all of the above

Question 10

What should the role of probation and parole officers be?

Question 11

How does an agency's philosophy influence the work done by probation and parole officers?

Question 12

Should probation and parole officers be held accountable if offenders reoffend? Why?

Question 13

Describe the difference between a probation officer who operates like a referee and one who operates like a coach.

Question 14

Why would officers who are service-oriented be more effective in reducing recidivism than those who are focused more on control?

Question 15

How will offenders be selected for drug testing?

Question 16

Will you test for every drug every time you take a sample?

Question 17

How will you ensure fairness?

Question 18

What do you suggest should be done with those offenders who have a positive result?

Question 19

How will you evaluate whether drug testing is effective (be sure to include the outcome indicators you plan to examine)?