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What is the difference between standard and special conditions of probation?

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Standard conditions are those that are g...

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Over the past fifty years, the sentencing options available to judges have increased.

A) True
B) False

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A(n) ________ is money that offenders pay to the court as punishment for committing an offense.

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Are probation officers more of a supervisor or counselor?

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Community supervision officers do not visit offenders' residences or places of employment.

A) True
B) False

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Which term describes the overlapping of criminal sanctions and added supervision for community-placed offenders?


A) shock probation
B) net widening
C) intensive supervised probation
D) community corrections

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Which 1973 Supreme Court decision created the due process requirements for revoking probation?


A) Mempa v. Rhay
B) Bell v. Wolfish
C) Gagnon v. Scarpelli
D) United States v. Birnbaum

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Criminal sanctions that involve community supervision of offenders, use correctional and program resources available in the community, and require offenders to abide by specified conditions to remain in the community are ________ corrections.

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________ is used only after low-risk offenders demonstrate a good adjustment to supervision.


A) Administrative supervision
B) Regular supervision
C) Intensive supervision
D) Minimum supervision

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Offenders can pay restitution through community service.

A) True
B) False

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Community corrections gained prominence as an adaptation of which of the following eras of corrections?


A) Recidivist
B) Retributive
C) Rehabilitative
D) Reintegrative

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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Match the category of intermediate sanction with the appropriate description. -Community residential center


A) A combination of a short jail sentence and then return to the community on probation
B) Supervision of community offenders with higher than average risk, through smaller caseloads and very close monitoring of activities
C) House in which offenders live in the community that provides supervision, room and board, and some treatment as an alternative to prison
D) The use of technology to monitor an offender's location

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Why is net widening a negative impact of intermediate sanctions?

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Which probation style mimics the community policing philosophy and partners with citizens groups, churches, and other neighborhood organizations?


A) intensive-supervision probation
B) broken-windows probation
C) special conditions of probation
D) public-safety probation

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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The use of technology to monitor an offender's location is ________ monitoring.

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In recent years, as a result of increasing surveillance and close monitoring of offenders, the number of probation violations has risen significantly.

A) True
B) False

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On which model is shock probation based?


A) specific deterrence
B) broken-windows probation
C) general deterrence
D) risk-prediction

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Under administrative supervision, offenders have no contact with a parole or probation officer, but they still must meet their conditions.

A) True
B) False

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The primary purpose of probation ________ is to maintain surveillance, enforce conditions of probation, and guide offenders into treatment to protect the public from further crimes.

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Which of the following eras of corrections developed with the distinct provision that the community be an essential part of the correctional process?


A) Retributive
B) Reintegrative
C) Institutional
D) Rehabilitative

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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