Deck 10: Probation, Parole, and Intermediate Sanctions

Question 1

When a person who is placed on probation commits a new crime, this is generally known as a probation .

A) excuse
B) failure
C) ignorance
D) relocation

Answer 1

failure

Question 2

Placing more individuals under some form of social control is called ____________.

A) community resources
B) supervisory control.
C) expanded labeling
D) net widening

Answer 2

net widening

Question 3

Probation and parole should also be thought of as ___________.

A) absolute sanctions
B) dual roles
C) easy ways out
D) means to an end

Answer 3

means to an end

Question 4

Probation officers are charged with both protecting public safety and ___________offenders.

A) tracking
B) protecting
C) rehabilitating
D) following

Question 5

What makes probation different from policing is that it is not always a(n) ___________function.

A) judicial
B) legislative
C) political
D) executive

Question 6

While most reentry monies have been allocated to departments of corrections and similar entities, many of these agencies have entered into partnerships with ___________.

A) police
B) antiterrorism
C) courts
D) jails

Question 7

The combination of more criminals on probation and parole, less funding, and higher caseloads results in increased supervision.

Question 8

Civil disabilities can be revoked following a criminal conviction.

Question 9

Several states place probation departments under executive control, yet several others place probation under control of the judiciary.

Question 10

Judges decide whether an offender gets probation in lieu of prison or some other sanction.

Question 11

Parole is almost always administered by a state board of corrections.

Question 12

Researchers at the RAND Corporation found that approximately three- fourths of probationers are rearrested during their probation term.

Question 13

BJS studies have shown that nearly half of parolees in 1999 were returned to prison during their parole term.

Question 14

It goes without saying that probation and parole have more than lived up to their potential.

Question 15

___________departments play a dual role by protecting the public and rehabilitating offenders.

Question 16

What might be some qualities of an effective probation or parole officer?

Question 17

Why might probation be better for some criminals than incarceration, as far as the community is concerned?