Test #2

Question 1

Definition of halfway house

Answer 1

Oldest type of community residential facility, can be for probationers or parolees who need a more structured setting

Question 2

Criticisms of boot camps

Answer 2

widen the net (courts put people there who don’t need it), potentially increase their violence and abuse of power

Question 3

Purpose of restitution centers

Answer 3

community centers, targeted for property or first time offenders who owe victim restitution or community service

Question 4

What is shock probation

Answer 4

when a person is sentenced to a brief period of incarceration followed by supervised probation, but the offender doesn’t know that that is what is going to happen

Question 5

Sanctions between prison and probation

Answer 5

intermediate sanctions, more freedom than prison but less then traditional probation

Question 6

How prisons use halfway houses

Answer 6

fill the gap between incarceration and freedom, half way on their way out of prison

Question 7

Requirements to live in a RCCF or CCC

Answer 7

live there
maintain work or school
keep current on rent
submit to drug testing and breathalyzers

Question 8

Who are best for work release programs

Answer 8

employed first time offenders, most work release programs do not allow violent or sex offenders

Question 9

Work release absconders

Answer 9

a warrant is issued for their arrest

Question 10

The John P. Craine House purpose

Answer 10

designed for female offenders convicted of misdemeanors and non violent felonies who are caretakers of pre school children who are allowed to reside with them

Question 11

House arrest v. time served

Answer 11

time spent on home confinement awaiting trial or as part of community service is not counted as time served towards a conviction if you screw up

Question 12

Judge Jack Love and his idea

Answer 12

New Mexico judge who saw how spider man was tracked through a wrist transmitter and got the idea for electronic monitoring

Question 13

How active v. passive GPS systems work

Answer 13

active are real time units and passive temporarily store data and download it during the night

Question 14

Staffing at day reporting centers

Answer 14

low staff-offender ratio, open extended hours

Question 15

house arrest

Answer 15

Name for intermediate sanction designed to confine offenders to their homes unless at work or school or treatment program or visiting with PO

Question 16

Criticisms of house arrest

Answer 16

domestic violence can result
can still commit a crime from their home
some people feel it’s not much of a punishment
PRO: it doesn’t cost anything

Question 17

Inclusion and exclusion zones for GPS

Answer 17

program the software to say where offenders are allowed to be or not allowed to be,
allowed = inclusion
not allowed = exclusion

Question 18

Completion rates for EM (electronic monitoring)

Answer 18

federal offenders who have been convicted but are non violent are successful with electronic monitoring 90% of the time

Question 19

Approaches of day reporting centers

Answer 19

treatment oriented or supervision oriented

Question 20

Success of day reporting centers

Answer 20

do better as re entry programs for prisoners when compared to prisoner show were freed under no supervision or under traditional parole

Question 21

Different forms of restorative justice

Answer 21

victim offender mediation
reparation panels or boards
circle sentencing
family group conferencing
monetary sanctions

Question 22

Definition of restitution

Answer 22

court ordered payment by an offender to the victim to cover tangible losses related to the crime

Question 23

Definition of a fine

Answer 23

fixed monetary sanction imposed by a judge or a jury with the amount depending on the seriousness of the crime

Question 24

Federal prisoners and the payment of fines

Answer 24

fines must be payed in full prior to someone being released, federal system

Question 25

Assumptions of reintegrative shaming

Answer 25

social bonds are weakened and must be repaired better than stigmitisation

Question 26

Community members serving as probation officers

Answer 26

reparation boards or panels, volunteers decide on and enforce conditions of probation after conviction

Question 27

Family group conferencing recidivism rates

Answer 27

recidivism rates are lower for youths who participate than youths who did not

Question 28

Personnel involved in a sentencing circle

Answer 28

largest group of people in a restorative justice, includes offender, victim, family and friends of both, coworkers of both, social service or juvenile personal, interested community members

Question 29

Victims that support restorative justice

Answer 29

most welcomed by victims of property crimes, they are more likely to get restitution less welcomed by victims of violent crimes

Question 30

Fines v. fees

Answer 30

fines are monetary sanctions fees are reimbursements the offender has to pay for judicial costs of the justice system

Question 31

ISP caseload size for probation officers

Answer 31

Intensive supervision caseloads are much smaller than a regular case load because it is more intense

Question 32

Challenges of therapeutic communities

Answer 32

include low completion rates and have been criticized for using shame and humiliation

Question 33

Mental health in jails and prisons

Answer 33

jails and prisons are now our largest mental health institutions in the country

Question 34

Community supervision of sex offenders

Answer 34

involves more frequent contacts and searches, containment approach

Question 35

What kind of caseload is ISP

Answer 35

(intensive supervision) is considered a specialized caseload, closer surveillance, more conditions of probation, more treatment

Question 36

Continued drug use commonly leads to

Answer 36

parole being revoked

Question 37

Prescription medication for alcoholics

Answer 37

Antabuse

Question 38

Courts where members work together as a team proactively to treat people with substance abuse problems

Answer 38

drug courts

Question 39

Common mental illness for veterans

Answer 39

When they return from service 1 in 5 have ptsd, depression is also common

Question 40

Special tests for sex offenders

Answer 40

Since sex offenders like to use secrecy and deceit, they use polygraphs to try to identify the deceit and secrecy, penile plethysmography

Question 41

Judicial options for probation violators

Answer 41

Extending the term of probation, imposing more conditions of probation, revoking revocation of probation, nothing at all

Question 42

Authority to revoke probation

Answer 42

A judge, the court, NOT a probation officer

Question 43

Probation credit for time served

Answer 43

If someone is revoked they don't get credit for the time they've spent on probation

Question 44

Most vulnerable time for revocation of probation/parole

Answer 44

During the first three months under supervision

Question 45

Reason why absconders leave

Answer 45

Typically because they are afraid of what their probation officer will do with the violation and don't want to lose freedom

Question 45

Why courts grant early termination of probation

Answer 45

To recognize the good behavior of the probationer

Question 46

Who issues warrants for revocation hearings

Answer 46

Only the court

Question 47

Level of proof required at revocation proceedings

Answer 47

Preponderance of the evidence, not as tough of a level of proof

Question 48

Gender and age related to parole success

Answer 48

Most successful parolles are females over 30, worst success are males under 30

Question 49

Examples of technical violations

Answer 49

Failure to report, failure to pay, dirty UA (urinary analysis), failure to show up for a program, failure to do community service