Alternatives to Incarceration Final Exam
Course Introduction
This course explores various alternatives to traditional incarceration within the criminal justice system, emphasizing community-based and restorative justice approaches. Students examine programs such as probation, parole, diversion, electronic monitoring, drug courts, mental health courts, and restorative justice initiatives. The course analyzes the effectiveness, challenges, and societal impacts of these alternatives, considering factors like cost, recidivism, justice equity, and the well-being of offenders, victims, and communities. Through case studies and critical discussions, students gain insight into policy development and best practices for reducing incarceration rates while maintaining public safety.
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Community Based Corrections A TextReader 1st edition by Shannon M. Barton-Bellessa
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Chapter 1: The Ethics of Community-Based Sanctions
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Q1) The term _______________ refers to the process whereby assessment data are incorporated into the planning process to assist in goal setting for the offender.
A) evaluation
B) intervention
C) split sentencing
D) community corrections
Answer: A
Q2) _______________ was an alternative to incarceration that was usually only used with offenders who had committed petty crimes.If the offender violated the terms of this agreement, the binding was claimed by the state, and the offender might then face incarceration or some other form of punishment-often including physical sanctions.
A) benefit of clergy
B) judicial reprieve
C) sanctuary
D) recognizance
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: What Influences Offenders' Willingness to Serve
Alternative Sanctions?
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Q1) Following the use of pretrial supervision, those individuals who have been convicted or adjudicated may qualify for a diversionary program.Specifically designed for juvenile offenders but used for adults as well, these programs offer assistance at (a) different point(s) in the system, including:
A) diversion from arrest
B) diversion from prosecution
C) diversion from jail and/or imprisonment
D) All of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Diversion from _______________ includes a variety of different sanctions, which can include suspending the sentence of offenders in lieu of probation, release on parole, early release, or other intermediate sanctions such as diversionary or specialized courts such as drug courts.
A) arrest
B) prosecution
C) jail
D) imprisonment
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: When the Policy Becomes the Problem
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Q1) _______________ is, in a general sense, a philosophy on justice that is based on the pursuit of justice that goes beyond the traditional tasks of the criminal justice system-apprehension, conviction, and punishment.These approaches seek to improve the quality of life in a given community, and this is especially the case for communities that have been hard-hit by crime.
A) Restorative justice
B) Broken windows thesis
C) Community justice
D) Collective efficacy
Answer: C
Q2) Restorative justice approaches to offender sanctioning seek to restore the ______________ to a similar level of functioning that existed prior to the commission of the criminal act.
A) victim
B) community
C) offender
D) All of the above
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: The Impact of Gender and Race-Ethnicity in the
Pretrial Release Process
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Q1) According to Parhar, Wormith, Derkzen, and Beauregard comparative studies have found that those who are legally mandated to treatment are more likely to stay in treatment longer than those who are not legally mandated to treatment.
A) less
B) equally
C) more
D) None of the above
Q2) _______________, a principle of effective correctional intervention, refers to the assessment of offender risk using psychometric instruments of proven predictive validity. The assessment also takes into account the responsivity of offenders to different styles and modes of service.Changes in risk level over time are also routinely assessed.
A) Organizational culture
B) Program implementation/maintenance
C) Management/staff characteristics
D) Client risk/need practices
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Chapter 5: State Administration of Drug Courts
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Q1) A guideline for completing the Presentence Investigation Report (PSI), _______________, refers to PSI reporting officers verifying the facts contained in their report from some other source than the offender.If unverified information is included, it should be clearly designated as being unverified.It is important to note that unverified information can and does cause serious harm to the offender and also negatively impacts supervision and/or treatment programs in the future.
A) brevity
B) sources of information
C) technical words and phrases
D) style and format
Q2) In _______________, the U.S.Supreme Court upheld the confidentiality of the PSI. This is largely due to the perception of the court that the presentence investigator is a neutral and detached party with no real vested interest in the punishment of the offender.
A) Williams v.New York
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) Gideon v. Wainright
D) Roe v. Wade
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Chapter 6: Restorative Practices in Instituttional Settings and
at Release
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Q1) _______________ probation systems include separate probation services for juveniles who are administered through county or municipal governments or on a statewide basis.
A) Juvenile
B) Municipal
C) County
D) State
Q2) Some conditions of probation result in what are often called _______________; actions that do not comply with the conditions and requirements of a probationer's sentence, as articulated by the court that acted as thesentencing authority.They are not necessarily criminal, in and of themselves, and would likely be legal behaviors if the offender were not on probation.
A) prisonization
B) technical violations
C) reintegration
D) privatization
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Chapter 7: The Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Practices
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Q1) _______________ is the short term of incarceration of an individual followed by a specified term of community supervision in hopes of deterring the offender from recidivating.These sentences usually range between 30 and 90 days with the judge reducing the original sentence and allowing the offender to be released into the community.
A) Split sentencing
B) Shock incarceration
C) Differential association
D) Boot camp
Q2) _______________ are non-confining residential facilities that are utilized as Alternatives for adjudicated adults or juveniles who are not appropriate for probation and/or who need a period of readjustment after imprisonment.
A) Halfway houses
B) Community residential treatment centers
C) Restitution centers
D) Work release programs
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Chapter 8: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Thinking for a Change
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Q1) According to your textbook authors, community supervision is beginning to utilize military capabilities to keep track of offenders._______________ uses 24 military satellites to determine the exact location of a coordinate.By using The satellite monitoring and remote tracking, offenders can be tracked to their exact location.
A) Global positioning system (GPS)
B) Home detention
C) Day reporting centers
D) Drug testing
Q2) _______________ is the seizing of property by the government because it is illegal contraband, was illegally obtained, was acquired with resources that were illegally obtained, or was used in connection with an illegal activity.
A) A fine
B) Fees
C) Forfeiture
D) A bill
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Chapter 9: Offender Coercion in Treatment: A
Meta-Analysis of Effectiveness
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Q1) Alexander Maconochie created a _______________ in which "marks" would be provided to the convict for each day of successful toil.
A) ticket-of-leave
B) banishment
C) mark system
D) chain gang
Q2) _______________ is sentencing that includes a range of years that will be potentially served by the offender.The offender is released during some point in the range of years that are assigned by the sentencing judge.Both the minimum and maximum times can be modified by a number of factors such as offender behavior and offender work ethic.
A) Indeterminate sentencing
B) Determinate sentencing
C) Truth-in-sentencing
D) None of the above
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Q1) Child _______________ occurs when a parent or caretaker of the child does not provide the proper or necessary support, education, medical or other remedial care that is required by a given state's law, including food, shelter, and clothing.It also occurs when adult caretakers abandon a child they are legally obligated to support.
A) abuse
B) assault
C) neglect
D) None of the above
Q2) _______________ range from minor aggression, such as bullying and annoying others, to violence, such as rape and attacks.
A) Overt pathways
B) Covert pathways
C) Authority conflict pathway
D) All of the above
Q3) Juvenile courts fall into the following category/categories:
A) that of a separate court
B) a part of the family court
C) a component of the local trial court system
D) All of the above
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Chapter 11: Can 14,737 Women Be Wrong?
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Q1) The _______________ is probably the least violent of the types that will be considered. Typically, these offenders are socially incompetent and may be quite introverted in thought and behavior.These individuals tend to have a low sense of self-esteem and suffer from profound feelings of inadequacy, both socially and sexually.Aggression is not a key factor of motivation.Rather these offenders seek to prove their sexual prowess and adequacy through fantasies in which they imagine eagerly yielding victims who succumb to their sexual coercion enjoying the experience so much that they actually begin to desire further sexual intercourse.Such fantasies are soothing to their sense of insecurity and incompetence.
A) power reassurance rapist
B) power assertive rapist
C) anger retaliation rapist
D) sadistic rapist
Q2) The cognitive behavioral technique, empathy training, utilizes the following process(es) to recognize the harm caused to the victim:
A) victim counselors
B) cognitive restructuring
C) role-playing
D) All of the above
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