Test Bank for Community-Based
Corrections, latest Edition
The concept of ___ ___ is a philosophy of using the community to control and reduce
crime and to rebuild community relationships through community policing, community
courts, and restorative justice. - answers Community justice
The average sentence to a day reporting center is: - answers 6 months
T/F once a fine is imposed, unlike restitution, the defendant must pay it in full by the due
date or probation will be revoked resulting in the incarceration of the defendant. -
answers False
In the 1950s halfway houses began to provide: - answers Treatment and correctional
supervision
T/F restitution requires an offender to repay a victim for losses directly related to the
crime, pain and suffering, and attorney's fees - answers False
Sentencing individuals who should have received probation to a harsher intermediate
sanction is referred to as: - answers Widening the net
Two approaches to day reporting centers are: - answers Treatment and supervision
T/F ISP officers are assigned cases based on personality type first, and then based on
geographic quadrant. - answers False
Until the advent of intermediate punishments, the courts were faced with the polarized
choice of either ____________ or ________. - answers Probation or prison
Some victim's groups are opposed to the restorative justice initiatives because they
believe them to be - answers Still centered around the offender
Most DRC programs exist in states that do not have _________ as a sentencing option
- answers ISP
T/F Like monetary restitution, community service is both punitive and retributive -
answers False
In restorative justice cases, the amount of restitution is determined: - answers At the
victim-offender mediation session
,The standards in Bearden v. Georgia state that restitution: - answers Must be paid if the
offender has the ability to pay
T/F in a passive GPS system, the daytime tracking data is temporarily stored and
downloaded at night through a land-line phone wile the offender is sleeping - answers
True
T/F offenders on house arrest are twice as likely as regular parolees to have their parole
revoked for a technical violation - answers True
Using 24 military satellites orbiting the earth to pinpoint the offenders exact location
intermittently or at all times is: - answers global position system monitoring
Probation boot camp offenders are chosen to participate at time of sentencing by: -
answers judges or jail authorities
Responses to offenders w/ mental illnesses in the community vary and include which of
the following: - answers Mental health courts, specialized caseloads, outpatient
treatment = ALL OF THE ABOVE
T/F the first known use of restitution as a means of providing justice in criminal acts was
in Jamestown, VA in 1827 when the offender had to repay a farmer for stolen grapes. -
answers False
A nationwide survey of a stratified random sample of more than 2,000 probationers on
active supervision found nearly ________ of them admitted to being under the influence
of drugs or alcohol during the commission of their crime - answers one half
In a traditional criminal justice system the state acts on behalf of the __________ to
punish the offender: - answers victim
The John P. Craine House was founded in 1987 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is
designed specifically for _____ offenders convicted of misdemeanors or nonviolent
felony offenses that are caretakers of preschool aged children - answers women
In shock probation, an offender is sentenced to imprisonment for a short time (the
shock) and then released and re-sentenced to _______. - answers community
restitution
T/ FGalileo was placed under house arrest by church authorities for his heretical
assertion that the earth revolved around the sun. - answers True
How many persons in the US adult population are currently under the supervision of the
CJ system - answers Over 7 million
, The release of an offender under conditions imposed by the court for a specified period
of time during which the court retains the authority to modify the conditions or to re
sentence the offender if he or she violates the conditions is: - answers probation
Community correction include sanctions in which the offenders serve a portion of or
their entire sentence in the community and includes which of the following: - answers
Halfway houses, and fines and restitution - BOTH A AND B
The most common form of community corrections is: - answers probation
Despite recent increases in numbers, women are still underrepresented in the CJ
system in comparison to their numbers in the general population. They comprise
_________ percent of probationers today. - answers 23
The international policy and educational organization for practitioners who work with
adults or juveniles in the field of community corrections is: - answers The American
Probation and Parole Association
Under this sentencing model, judges determine who goes to prison, and parole boards
determine when offenders are rehabilitated and ready for release on parole. - answers
Indeterminate sentencing
Under indeterminate sentencing, offenders who did not go to prison were usually placed
on: - answers Probation
Lack of confidence in correctional programming peaked in 1974 when _________
publication concluded that, "with few exceptions, the rehabilitative efforts that have been
reported so far had no appreciable effect on recidivism." - answers Robert Martinson's
In 1975, _________ was the first state to return to a philosophy of determinate
sentencing. - answers Maine
Following arrest, some defendants are detained in jail but ___________ people are
released on some kind of bond, which is a general term for a method of release from
detention - answers most
Pretrial services is a department that has two overlapping functions. First, it assists the
court in deciding who to release and who to detain (the release decision). Second,
pretrial services attempts to improve the efficiency of the courts through helping to
supervise released defendants so that they... - answers appear at their next court date
A defendant's supervised release from jail into the community for the purpose of
securing the defendant's next court appearance as an alternative to pretrial detention is:
- answers Pretrial release
Corrections, latest Edition
The concept of ___ ___ is a philosophy of using the community to control and reduce
crime and to rebuild community relationships through community policing, community
courts, and restorative justice. - answers Community justice
The average sentence to a day reporting center is: - answers 6 months
T/F once a fine is imposed, unlike restitution, the defendant must pay it in full by the due
date or probation will be revoked resulting in the incarceration of the defendant. -
answers False
In the 1950s halfway houses began to provide: - answers Treatment and correctional
supervision
T/F restitution requires an offender to repay a victim for losses directly related to the
crime, pain and suffering, and attorney's fees - answers False
Sentencing individuals who should have received probation to a harsher intermediate
sanction is referred to as: - answers Widening the net
Two approaches to day reporting centers are: - answers Treatment and supervision
T/F ISP officers are assigned cases based on personality type first, and then based on
geographic quadrant. - answers False
Until the advent of intermediate punishments, the courts were faced with the polarized
choice of either ____________ or ________. - answers Probation or prison
Some victim's groups are opposed to the restorative justice initiatives because they
believe them to be - answers Still centered around the offender
Most DRC programs exist in states that do not have _________ as a sentencing option
- answers ISP
T/F Like monetary restitution, community service is both punitive and retributive -
answers False
In restorative justice cases, the amount of restitution is determined: - answers At the
victim-offender mediation session
,The standards in Bearden v. Georgia state that restitution: - answers Must be paid if the
offender has the ability to pay
T/F in a passive GPS system, the daytime tracking data is temporarily stored and
downloaded at night through a land-line phone wile the offender is sleeping - answers
True
T/F offenders on house arrest are twice as likely as regular parolees to have their parole
revoked for a technical violation - answers True
Using 24 military satellites orbiting the earth to pinpoint the offenders exact location
intermittently or at all times is: - answers global position system monitoring
Probation boot camp offenders are chosen to participate at time of sentencing by: -
answers judges or jail authorities
Responses to offenders w/ mental illnesses in the community vary and include which of
the following: - answers Mental health courts, specialized caseloads, outpatient
treatment = ALL OF THE ABOVE
T/F the first known use of restitution as a means of providing justice in criminal acts was
in Jamestown, VA in 1827 when the offender had to repay a farmer for stolen grapes. -
answers False
A nationwide survey of a stratified random sample of more than 2,000 probationers on
active supervision found nearly ________ of them admitted to being under the influence
of drugs or alcohol during the commission of their crime - answers one half
In a traditional criminal justice system the state acts on behalf of the __________ to
punish the offender: - answers victim
The John P. Craine House was founded in 1987 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is
designed specifically for _____ offenders convicted of misdemeanors or nonviolent
felony offenses that are caretakers of preschool aged children - answers women
In shock probation, an offender is sentenced to imprisonment for a short time (the
shock) and then released and re-sentenced to _______. - answers community
restitution
T/ FGalileo was placed under house arrest by church authorities for his heretical
assertion that the earth revolved around the sun. - answers True
How many persons in the US adult population are currently under the supervision of the
CJ system - answers Over 7 million
, The release of an offender under conditions imposed by the court for a specified period
of time during which the court retains the authority to modify the conditions or to re
sentence the offender if he or she violates the conditions is: - answers probation
Community correction include sanctions in which the offenders serve a portion of or
their entire sentence in the community and includes which of the following: - answers
Halfway houses, and fines and restitution - BOTH A AND B
The most common form of community corrections is: - answers probation
Despite recent increases in numbers, women are still underrepresented in the CJ
system in comparison to their numbers in the general population. They comprise
_________ percent of probationers today. - answers 23
The international policy and educational organization for practitioners who work with
adults or juveniles in the field of community corrections is: - answers The American
Probation and Parole Association
Under this sentencing model, judges determine who goes to prison, and parole boards
determine when offenders are rehabilitated and ready for release on parole. - answers
Indeterminate sentencing
Under indeterminate sentencing, offenders who did not go to prison were usually placed
on: - answers Probation
Lack of confidence in correctional programming peaked in 1974 when _________
publication concluded that, "with few exceptions, the rehabilitative efforts that have been
reported so far had no appreciable effect on recidivism." - answers Robert Martinson's
In 1975, _________ was the first state to return to a philosophy of determinate
sentencing. - answers Maine
Following arrest, some defendants are detained in jail but ___________ people are
released on some kind of bond, which is a general term for a method of release from
detention - answers most
Pretrial services is a department that has two overlapping functions. First, it assists the
court in deciding who to release and who to detain (the release decision). Second,
pretrial services attempts to improve the efficiency of the courts through helping to
supervise released defendants so that they... - answers appear at their next court date
A defendant's supervised release from jail into the community for the purpose of
securing the defendant's next court appearance as an alternative to pretrial detention is:
- answers Pretrial release
