Filters
Question type

Study Flashcards

Persons on probation can refuse drug tests because they interfere with the Fourth Amendment right to privacy.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Morris and Tonry have held that intermediate sanctions are rarely used in the United States,and judges tend to rely mostly on incarceration and probation.Discuss why this is the case.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

At a combined probation-revocation and sentencing hearing,the probationer is


A) not permitted to attend.
B) being tried on new criminal charges.
C) subject to a "three-strikes" sentence.
D) entitled to be represented by counsel.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Chan Le is a probation officer who is employed by the state.Chan Le has an extremely large caseload and often gets overwhelmed by the requirements of his job.In the middle of the night,Chan Le is called to respond to one of his new clients who has been caught shoplifting a small amount of merchandise from a local department store.Two days prior,this same client had failed a drug test.If Chan Le tries to have his client's probation revoked,the client will first need to have a(n)


A) preliminary hearing.
B) disposition.
C) adjudication.
D) finding of fact hearing.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

There are two types of ISP: institutional diversion and _____ diversion.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Community supervision is more expensive than incarceration.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Intensive Supervision Parole programs have been called "old-style" probation because each officer has only twenty clients and such programs require frequent face-to-face contact.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Forfeiture is administered by the executive branch.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Discuss the philosophical assumptions that form the basis of community corrections.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Answers will vary,but students...

View Answer

Over half of probationers have no direct contact with their probation officer.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Compare and contrast the different types of intermediate sanctions.What are the correctional philosophies behind each?

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Answers will vary.Intermediate sanctions...

View Answer

Chan Le is a probation officer who is employed by the state.Chan Le has an extremely large caseload and often gets overwhelmed by the requirements of his job.In the middle of the night,Chan Le is called to respond to one of his new clients who has been caught shoplifting a small amount of merchandise from a local department store.Two days prior,this same client had failed a drug test.Which of the following actions would Chan Le not be able to take?


A) Lecture the client.
B) Increase his contacts with the client.
C) Revoke the client's probation.
D) Extend the client's sentence.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Chan Le is a probation officer who is employed by the state.Chan Le has an extremely large caseload and often gets overwhelmed by the requirements of his job.One of Chan Le's clients,Carlos,served two years of prison time for theft.He has been out of prison for a year,and was just arrested for car theft,along with his brother José,who has not previously done time.José has a(n) ________ probability of recidivism on probation as compared to Carlos.


A) increased
B) decreased
C) equal
D) slightly increased

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The judiciary administers


A) home confinement.
B) boot camp.
C) day reporting centers.
D) fines.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Most day reporting centers incorporate multiple correctional methods.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The revocation of probation cannot result in incarceration.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The percentage of former prisoners who are rearrested for a similar offense is called the


A) return offender rate.
B) recriminalization rate.
C) recidivism rate.
D) redundancy rate.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The branch of government that administers restitution is the _____.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

A sum of money paid to the state by a convicted person as punishment is called a(n)____.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Fines must be used in conjunction with some other form of punishment because merely paying a fine is not considered a punishment under the U.S.Constitution.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Showing 61 - 80 of 128

Related Exams

Show Answer