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2365 EXAM2 | Questions and Answers | 100% Correct
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1. cons of drug courts: they don't have the defendants best interest
at heart because they are coerced to enter to avoid a felony
conviction
2. mental health courts: designed to handle non-violent offenders
who have mental health issues; reduce recidivism, improve quality
of life and be cheaper than incarceration
3. mental health court outcomes: generally show positive treatment
outcomes but not at the same level as drug courts
4. cons of mental health courts: difficult to keep up with participants
5. veterans courts: hybrids of the drug and mental health courts who
accept vets arrested for nonviolent crimes
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6. cons of veterans courts: "get out of jail free card", the court
assumes all vets have experienced combat and all combat vets
have PTSD
7. domestic violence courts: goals: more comprehensive relief for
the victim, greater understanding by judges of the effects of DV on
victims, consistency in treating and punishing offenders, hold DV
offenders accountable for abuse and improve DV offender
compliance with court
8. probation: court-ordered period of correctional supervision in the
community as an alternative to incarceration
9. 90%: of all sentences in the US are probation orders
10. John Augustus: 1840s Boston cobbler who would appear in court
and hand select offenders to work as apprentices in his shop to
rehabilitate offenders (would not allow repeat offenders)
11. Ex Parte United States: (1916) judges may not indefinitely
suspend an offenders sentence
12. National Probation Act of 1925: allowed judges to suspend
sentences and place convicted individuals on probation
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, 2365
13. community corrections: is the primary punishment alternative to
incarceration
14. pros of community corrections:
many offenders current offenses do not warrant incarceration
community supervision is cheaper than incarceration
recidivism rates among offenders supervised in community is
not higher than those in prison
ex-inmates require support and supervision to reintegrate into
society
15. definitions of recidivism:
percentage of people arrested for a new crime after being
released from prison
percentage of people convicted of a new crime after being
released from prison
percentage of people returned to prison after being released from
prison
16. probation officers have two functions:
investigation- with pre sentence investigations
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2365 EXAM2 | Questions and Answers | 100% Correct
(Latest Update )
1. cons of drug courts: they don't have the defendants best interest
at heart because they are coerced to enter to avoid a felony
conviction
2. mental health courts: designed to handle non-violent offenders
who have mental health issues; reduce recidivism, improve quality
of life and be cheaper than incarceration
3. mental health court outcomes: generally show positive treatment
outcomes but not at the same level as drug courts
4. cons of mental health courts: difficult to keep up with participants
5. veterans courts: hybrids of the drug and mental health courts who
accept vets arrested for nonviolent crimes
1
, 2365
6. cons of veterans courts: "get out of jail free card", the court
assumes all vets have experienced combat and all combat vets
have PTSD
7. domestic violence courts: goals: more comprehensive relief for
the victim, greater understanding by judges of the effects of DV on
victims, consistency in treating and punishing offenders, hold DV
offenders accountable for abuse and improve DV offender
compliance with court
8. probation: court-ordered period of correctional supervision in the
community as an alternative to incarceration
9. 90%: of all sentences in the US are probation orders
10. John Augustus: 1840s Boston cobbler who would appear in court
and hand select offenders to work as apprentices in his shop to
rehabilitate offenders (would not allow repeat offenders)
11. Ex Parte United States: (1916) judges may not indefinitely
suspend an offenders sentence
12. National Probation Act of 1925: allowed judges to suspend
sentences and place convicted individuals on probation
2
, 2365
13. community corrections: is the primary punishment alternative to
incarceration
14. pros of community corrections:
many offenders current offenses do not warrant incarceration
community supervision is cheaper than incarceration
recidivism rates among offenders supervised in community is
not higher than those in prison
ex-inmates require support and supervision to reintegrate into
society
15. definitions of recidivism:
percentage of people arrested for a new crime after being
released from prison
percentage of people convicted of a new crime after being
released from prison
percentage of people returned to prison after being released from
prison
16. probation officers have two functions:
investigation- with pre sentence investigations
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