Question 1

Currently, there is no code of ethics to guide probation and parole officers in this country.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Ethical questions arise when the content of community-based correctional programs involve deprivations suffered by offenders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Arming probation and parole officers may create unnecessary liability for officers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Discuss how the duality of the role of probation and parole officers creates ethical issues for them. What might be a solution to this problem?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

There is no evidence probation and parole officer caseloads and workloads create ethical issues relating to the ability of these officers to meet their obligation to serve as agents of treatment and change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Community-based corrections refers to options available to judges at sentencing designed to both punish and rehabilitate offenders while allowing them to remain in the community.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The ethical issue involving duality in the role of probation/parole officer relates to:

Accepted Answer

A)   Conflict between officers' obligation to protect the community while also serving as treatment providers
B)   Conflict over officer caseloads and workloads
C)   Conflict arising over officers enforcing potentially unacceptable penal content
D)   None of the above

Question 8

Privatization of community-based corrections to involve for profit companies:

Accepted Answer

A)   Could lead to significant change in the model standards for community-based corrections
B)   Could lead to improper influences by these companies on judicial decision making at sentencing
C)   May negatively impact these companies' ability to run for-profit prisons
D)   May mean private-sector service providers, including for-profit companies, do not have to demonstrate qualifications such as licensing and experience

Question 9

About 10% of preservice training for probation and parole officers in this country is devoted to professional conduct and ethics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following is an issue relating to arming probation/parole officers?

Accepted Answer

A)   Their role changes to one that overemphasizes surveillance and enforcement and diminishes treatment, rehabilitation, and change
B)   Unnecessary liability is created for both officers, their agency, and the state
C)   Agencies will have to develop policies relating to training, qualification, requalification, and use of weapons by officers
D)   All of the above

Question 11

Duality in the role of probation and parole officers refers to the fact they are both enforcers of probation and parole agreements and treatment providers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is an ethical issue associated with electronic monitoring of probationers and parolees?

Accepted Answer

A)   Impact of the sanction on probation/parole officer workloads
B)   Technological innovation
C)   How electronic monitoring is implemented
D)   Who is designing and implementing electronic monitoring

Question 13

Discuss the ethical issues that surround community-based corrections. How might these issues be addressed?

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

Ethical issues in community-based corrections include which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Offender-funded corrections
B)   Acceptable penal content
C)   Probation/parole officer workloads and caseloads
D)   All of the above

Question 15

As community-based corrections moves toward more of a neighborhood-based model:

Accepted Answer

A)   Fewer people will be interested in careers in probation and parole
B)   More pre- and in-service training in the enforcement function of officers will occur
C)   More questions will arise concerning whether the sanctions being enforced in probation/parole agreements meet ethical standards for acceptable penal content
D)   Change will occur in both the guiding ideals for probation and parole officers and the obligations they have to their clients

Question 16

Courts requiring DUI offenders to plaster bumper stickers on their vehicles indicating their drinking habits does not create ethical issues concerning acceptable penal content.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is considered a "pillar" of community-based corrections?

Accepted Answer

A)   Intermediate sanctions
B)   Jails
C)   Prisons
D)   All of the above

Question 18

Which is an ethical issue surrounding probation/parole officers' caseloads and workloads?

Accepted Answer

A)   Officers' ability to identify whether the sanctions imposed by probation/parole agreements meets ethical standards for acceptable penal content
B)   Officers' ability to fulfill her obligations of surveillance, treatment, and enforcement
C)   Officers' ability to pursue in-service training
D)   None of the above

Question 19

Structural deficiencies in the organization and administration of community-based corrections may result in the criminal justice system knowingly setting up offenders to fail.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Can intermediate sanctions be ethically justified? Choose any system of ethics and subject intermediate sanctions to ethical scrutiny.

Accepted Answer

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Exam 11: Ethics and Community-Based Corrections

Currently, there is no code of ethics to guide probation and parole officers in this country.

Ethical questions arise when the content of community-based correctional programs involve deprivations suffered by offenders.

Arming probation and parole officers may create unnecessary liability for officers.

Discuss how the duality of the role of probation and parole officers creates ethical issues for them. What might be a solution to this problem?

There is no evidence probation and parole officer caseloads and workloads create ethical issues relating to the ability of these officers to meet their obligation to serve as agents of treatment and change.

Community-based corrections refers to options available to judges at sentencing designed to both punish and rehabilitate offenders while allowing them to remain in the community.

The ethical issue involving duality in the role of probation/parole officer relates to:

Privatization of community-based corrections to involve for profit companies:

About 10% of preservice training for probation and parole officers in this country is devoted to professional conduct and ethics.

Which of the following is an issue relating to arming probation/parole officers?

Duality in the role of probation and parole officers refers to the fact they are both enforcers of probation and parole agreements and treatment providers.

Which of the following is an ethical issue associated with electronic monitoring of probationers and parolees?

Discuss the ethical issues that surround community-based corrections. How might these issues be addressed?

Ethical issues in community-based corrections include which of the following?

As community-based corrections moves toward more of a neighborhood-based model:

Courts requiring DUI offenders to plaster bumper stickers on their vehicles indicating their drinking habits does not create ethical issues concerning acceptable penal content.

Which of the following is considered a "pillar" of community-based corrections?

Which is an ethical issue surrounding probation/parole officers' caseloads and workloads?

Structural deficiencies in the organization and administration of community-based corrections may result in the criminal justice system knowingly setting up offenders to fail.

Can intermediate sanctions be ethically justified? Choose any system of ethics and subject intermediate sanctions to ethical scrutiny.