Deck 12: Juvenile Pobation and Community Corrections

Question 1

A variety of intermediate sanctions have been developed to provide what?

A) To provide only more public safety and surveillance.
B) To provide more public safety than regular probation, while being less intrusive and expensive than residential placement.
C) To provide more treatment while being less intrusive and expensive than residential placement.
D) To provide more safety from the public than regular probation.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

How many goals exist for a restitution program?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is another term for supervision of juveniles in the community following release from an institutional facility?

A) Aftercare
B) Parole supervision
C) Both A and B
D) None of the above.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Who administers juvenile probation?

A) Juvenile court
B) A group of courts in the jurisdiction.
C) State or local department of youth services.
D) All of the Above

Question 5

An adjudicated delinquent agrees to comply with the court orders and probation conditions and is released to whom?

A) A probation officer
B) Parents or Guardians
C) Both A and B
D) None of the Above

Question 6

?What is casework management?

A) It is the creation of files on each juvenile in a caseload averaging 40 or more cases.
B) It is the maintaining of current files on each juvenile in a caseload averaging 40 or more cases.
C) It is the maintaining of surveillance of each juvenile.
D) All of the Above.

Question 7

Probation has been criticized as a lenient…

A) Sentence that does not provide any supervision.
B) Sentence that provides little supervision or close monitoring of offenders.
C) Sentence that only monitors offenders.
D) None of the Above

Question 8

Probation is an agreement between whom?

A) Juvenile Court and the offender
B) Probation officers and the offender
C) The community and the offender
D) Both A and B

Question 9

What is not an advantage of probation that community corrections experts have counted criticism with?

A) Reintegration of offenders in the community while under court orders and supervision.
B) Furthering the Goals of Justice and protecting the community from further delinquent behavior.
C) Monitoring probation conditions and providing services to help change offenders and meet probation objectives.
D) All of the Above

Question 10

Probation officers are charged with helping offenders to change, but they are also expected to monitor compliance with court orders. This describes what?

A) Probation officers duty to the juvenile
B) Probation officers responsibilities
C) Probation officer Role Conflict
D) None of the Above.

Question 11

The treatment function of juvenile probation officers focuses on what?

A) Their role as a social worker.
B) Their role as a caseworker and a counselor.
C) Their role as a counselor only.
D) None of the Above

Question 12

The concept of intermediate sanctions was developed to provide what?

A) Supervision and correctional services that are literally "between prison and probation."
B) Supervision and treatment services.
C) Treatment and correctional services that are literally "between prison and probation."
D) None of the Above

Question 13

Why do juvenile probation officers face a special challenge in supervising delinquents?

A) Because their caseload bogs them down, and they cannot pay attention to the specialized needs of juveniles.
B) Because they do not have enough funding or time.
C) Because they often do not receive assistance and support from the parents.
D) All of the Above.

Question 14

Who originally created the concept of probation?

A) John August Bulmer
B) Robert Peel
C) John Augustus
D) None of the Above

Question 15

What kinds of intermediate sanctions exist?

A) Intensive Supervision ProbationISP)
B) Day reporting centers
C) None of the Above
D) Both A and B

Question 16

In carrying out the supervision and responsibility, probation officers fulfill what three major roles and functions?

A) Treatment, surveillance and social work.
B) Casework management, treatment and social work.
C) Casework management, surveillance and social work.
D) Casework management, treatment and surveillance.

Question 17

How many components of juvenile probation exist?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Question 18

Which of the following is not a component of juvenile probation?

A) Legal disposition
B) Alternative to incarceration
C) Court service agency
D) All of the above are components of juvenile probation.

Question 19

Juveniles are placed on probation supervision in the community under what condition?

A) They will follow specified court orders.
B) Thy will follow their probation officers orders.
C) They will not commit any more crimes.
D) None of the Above

Question 20

What are a probation officers three primary responsibilities?

A) Intake, investigation, and supervision.
B) Investigation, supervision and communication
C) Supervision, intake and communication
D) None of the Above

Question 21

Probation was first introduced in 1841 for adult offenders, and was soon available for juvenile offenders.

Question 22

The practice of assessing effectiveness of corrections based on arrests or other measures of recidivism has unclear limitations.

Question 23

Probation officers' responsibilities include both control and rehabilitation, resulting in a "role conflict" for many officers.

Question 24

Environmental corrections is based on environmental criminology a theory that does not link crime causation and crime reduction to the presence or absence of opportunities to commit such a crime.

Question 25

Recidivism only refers to a new arrest.

Question 26

Discuss the responsibilities of probation officers.

Question 27

Aftercare services help the juvenile to overcome negative influences and risk factors by enhancing the skills needed to become a productive and law-abiding citizen.

Question 28

While assessment of program effectiveness is important, corrections researchers acknowledge that recidivism remains the most common measure.

Question 29

Discuss the difficult role that a probation officer must fulfill.

Question 30

List, discuss, and compare and contrast the different intermediate sanctions.

Question 31

There is an agreement on how to assess correctional outcome.

Question 32

A new problem-solving approach from probation and parole officer engaged in environmental corrections will lessen their responsibilities.

Question 33

Cullen, Eck, and Lowenkamp2002) proposed a new paradigm for assessment for effective probation and parole supervision called environmental corrections.

Question 34

Aftercare or parole supervision is not essential for successful reentry back into the community of juveniles.

Question 35

Performance assessment based on the quality and extent to which probation officers and agencies are able to accomplish the five goals of community corrections offers a more complete outcome assessment.

Question 36

Intensive aftercare programs provide social control and supervision services for juveniles returning to the community from out-of-home placements.

Question 37

Discuss the four components of juvenile probation and their implications.

Question 38

Probation was first introduced in 1841 for juvenile offenders only.

Question 39

Probation became available for juvenile offenders in the early 1900s.