Chapter 12

Front 1

Nationwide, approx 12% of parolees successfully complete parole

Back 1

False

Front 2

In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the Fourth Amendment does not prohibit police officers from conducting a warrantless search of a person who is subject to a parole search condition, even when there is no suspicion of criminal wrongdoing and the sole reason for the search is because the person is on parole

Back 2

True

Samson v. California

Front 3

The Serious Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) provides additional services,such as education and skills training to offenders who are most likely to pose a risk to the community upon release.

Back 3

True

There are 89 reentry sites

Front 4

A typical caseload for an intensive supervision probation officer is 250 probationers.

Back 4

False

Front 5

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that parole boards do not have to specify the evidence used in deciding to deny parole.

Back 5

True

Greenholtz v. Nebraska Penal inmates

Front 6

A probation officer does not need a search warrant or probable cause to search a probationer's residence

Back 6

True

Griffin v. Wisconsin

Front 7

There are far mor offenders in prison today than are serving community-based programs

Back 7

False

Front 8

Offecnder who have been paroled generally avoid serving time in prison, while probationers are incarcerated before release.

Back 8

False

Front 9

Split Sentencing involves a brief period of incarceration in prison and shock probation involves a brief period of incarceration in jail.

Back 9

False

Front 10

Split sentences and shock probation result from decisions made by judicial authority

Back 10

True

Front 11

If a probationer does not claim a right against self-incrimination, any statements made to a probation officer may be used as evidence

Back 11

True

Minnesota v. Murphy

Front 12

Working as a probation or parole officer is attractive because of the small caseloads and ample opportunities for career mobility.

Back 12

False

Front 13

Recent research indicates that offenders sentenced to shock incarceration have lower recidivism rates than offenders sentenced to ordinary prisons.

Back 13

False

Front 14

Probation, parole, hone confinement, & electric monitoring are examples of:

Back 14

community-based corrections

Front 15

Who is recognized as the world's first probation officer:

Back 15

John Augustus

at first only supervised only drunkards.

bailed out over 2,000 convicts

Front 16

Bob is sentenced to probation. The conditions of his probation, and all probationers in this jurisdiction, include maintaining employment, possessing no firearms, obeying all laws and meeting with his po. These are ________ conditions.

Back 16

general

Front 17

Which of the following statements about probation is false?

Back 17

Convicted murderers and rapists cannot be sentenced to probation

Front 18

Discretionary parole is granted by

Back 18

a parole board

15 states have abolished this type of parole

Front 19

Which of the following is not a function of a probation or parole officers work:

Back 19

assistance to prosecutors by conducting arrests and investigations

Front 20

All of the following are advantages of using probation instead of imprisonment except:

Back 20

increased risk to the community

Front 21

Morrissey v. Brewer provides procedural safeguards to parolees at ________ hearings.

Back 21

revocations

Front 22

Which model, describing the duties of probation and parole officers, see clients as "wards" whom officers are expected to control?

Back 22

correctional

emphasizes community protection which officers are supposed to achieve through careful and close supervison

Front 23

Which type of sentence requires that offenders serve weekends in jail and receive probation supervision during the week?

Back 23

mixed sentence

Front 24

Which of the following sentences is not an example of an intermediate sanction:

Back 24

simple probation

Front 25

which intermediate sanction resembles a military-style boot camp?

Back 25

shock incarceration

primarily used for young first time offenders and usually last for 90 to 180 days

Front 26

Research has shown that shock incarceration programs:

Back 26

can save money

Georgia was first to establish this.

reduces expenditures for care and custody, avoids capital costs for new prison construction

Front 27

What type of probation might require face-to-face contacts between the officer and the probationer five times a week, a mandatory curfew, having a job and submitting to weekly alcohol and drug testing?

Back 27

intensive

Georgia was first state to implement ISP

strictest form of probation for adults in the U.S.

Front 28

Revocation of probation or parole:

Back 28

requires procedural safeguards including a hearing

Front 29

Which of the following is not cited as a disadvantage of probation and parole?

Back 29

Probation and parole programs are underused, enabling practitioners to adequately supervise.

Front 30

Mempa v. Ray held that a probationse should have the opportunity for _________ before a deferred prison sentence can be imposed.

Back 30

counsel

both notice and a hearing are required before revocation and the probationer should have representation.

Front 31

Probation is ordered by:

Back 31

the court

goal is to retain some control over criminal offenders while using community programs to help rehabilitate them.

Front 32

What is the most common form of criminal sentencing in the U.S.?

Back 32

probation

between 20% to 60% of those found quilty of crimes are sentenced to some form of probation.

Front 33

According to a Bureau of Justice Statistics study, about what percentage of people convicted of homocides are placed on probation?

Back 33

5

violent offenders stand a 1 in 5 chance of receiving a probationary term

Front 34

Which of the following sentences is a prisoner reentry strategy?

Back 34

parole

a correctional strategy whose primary purpose is to retain offenders gradually to productive lives

Front 35

What is the most common method of release from prison?

Back 35

statutory release

usually involves a brief mandatory period of post release supervision

Front 36

What percentage of inmates successfully completes parole?

Back 36

44

Front 37

Who makes federal parole decisions?

Back 37

United States Parole Commission

They employ hearing examiners to visit federal prisons

Front 38

Which of the following is not one of the most frequent violations for which revocation occurs?

Back 38

committed a new crime

Front 39

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to extend the exclusionary rule to searches conducted by whom?

Back 39

parole officers

Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole v. Scott

Front 40

Which type of sentence requires that offenders serve time in a local jail before a period of supervised probation?

Back 40

split sentence

90 days in jail followed by 2 years of supervised probation, is a typical split sentence.

frequently given to minor drug offenders

Front 41

Who makes the release decision when an offender is sentenced to shock parole?

Back 41

the parole board

Front 42

Which of the following intermediate sanctions exposes offenders to a highly regimented environment involving strict discipline, physical training, and hard labor?

Back 42

shock incarceration

Front 43

Which of the following is not a finding from the 1995 study of the operation of shock incarceration programs in 8 states?

Back 43

the impact of recidivism is significant

Front 44

What is often described as the strictest form of probation for adults in the United States?

Back 44

intensive probation supervision

Front 45

What kind of parole hearing determines whether the parolee has violated the conditions of his or her parole?

Back 45

revocation hearing

24% of adults on parole, as well as 24% on probation have their conditional release revoked

Front 46

Whichof the following is not a disadvantafe of probation or parole?

Back 46

increased opportunities for rehavilitation

Front 47

Virtually every person incarcerated in jail and 97% of those incarcerated in prison?

Back 47

will eventually be released back into society

Front 48

The release of an inmate from prison that is determined by a statute or sentencing guidelines and is not decided by a parole board or other authority.

Back 48

mandatory release

has increased 91% since 1990

Front 49

Federal Probation officers have the authority to arrest probation violators, but they are encouraged to obtain an arrest warrant from a court and have the warrant executed by:

Back 49

The U.S Marshals Service