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Contemporary Issues in Corrections Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
This course explores current challenges, trends, and debates within the field of corrections, focusing on topics such as mass incarceration, prison reform, rehabilitation versus punishment, the impact of race and socioeconomic status, and the use of technology within correctional institutions. Students critically examine policy responses to overcrowding, reentry and recidivism, privatization of prisons, and the rights of incarcerated individuals. Through analysis of case studies, current events, and scholarly research, the course encourages discussion on ethical, legal, and practical considerations shaping the future of corrections systems globally.
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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 all non-incarcerating correctional sanctions imposed upon an offender for the purposes of reintegrating that offender within the community.
A) evaluation
B) intervention
C) split sentencing
D) community corrections
Answer: D
Q2) One of the earliest forms of leniency was known as _______________ which came in two forms-one that was largely secular in nature and the other that had its roots in Christian religion.
A) benefit of clergy
B) judicial reprieve
C) sanctuary
D) recognizance
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: What Influences Offenders' Willingness to Serve
Alternative Sanctions?
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Q1) 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
Q2) The term _______________ refers to a concept where communities that experience disorderly conduct or criminal behavior possess citizens who have the cohesiveness to act in an "effective" means to solve the crime problem in their area.
A) diversion
B) therapeutic jurisprudence
C) collective efficacy
D) pretrial supervision
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: When the Policy Becomes the Problem
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Q1) The notion behind the premise of _______________ is that stigmatizing an offender is counterproductive to the reintegration process.The more stigmatizing the offense, the more likely the offender is to reoffend.
A) teen courts
B) reintegrative shaming
C) labeling
D) environmental crime prevention
Answer: B
Q2) _______________ refers to a sense of cohesion within a given community whereby citizens have close and interlocking relationships with one another.These relationships tend to cement the community together-psychologically, sociologically, and perhaps even spiritually.
A) Restorative justice
B) Broken windows thesis
C) Community justice
D) Collective efficacy
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) Abadinsky (2003) noted that there are multiple key components practiced in social casework, which includes _______________; the gathering and analyzing relevant information upon which a treatment and a supervision plan should be based.
A) assessment
B) evaluation
C) intervention
D) All of the above
Q2) The key in distinguishing between reinforcers and punishments to keep in mind is that reinforcers are intended to increase the likelihood of a desired behavior whereas punishments are intended to decrease the likelihood of an undesired behavior.In _______________, the term positive refers to the addition of a stimulus rather than the notion that something is good or beneficial.Likewise, the term negative refers to the removal of a stimulus rather than being used to denote something that is bad or harmful.
A) prevention
B) treatment
C) reality therapy
D) operant conditioning
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Chapter 5: State Administration of Drug Courts
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Q1) 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
Q2) According to your textbook authors, the risk assessment must have _______________ and transparency with staff, prisoners, probationers, Parolees, and policy makers.The instrument and the process of assessment must be understood and recognized as credible by all persons in the agency.
A) Reliability
B) Validity
C) Face validity
D) Inter-rater reliability
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Chapter 6: Restorative Practices in Instituttional Settings and
at Release
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Q1) According to Alarid and Schloss, _______________assumes that the government has been unable to adequately control crime or ensure the security of the general public.
A) deterrence
B) retribution
C) prison-industrial complex
D) postmodernism theory
Q2) Kuck (2003) conducted what was perhaps one of the most comprehensive examinations of stress among community supervision personnel to date.In their report to the National Institute of Justice, they found that when considering stress associated with probation, there is/are (s) frequent and severe source(s) of stress:
A) high caseloads
B) excessive paperwork
C) unreasonable deadlines
D) All of the above
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Chapter 7: The Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Practices
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Q1) Typically, within residential facilities, staff will tend to play the following role(s):
A) the security
B) the treatment role
C) the auxiliary and/or support role
D) All of the above
Q2) _______________ boot camps provide a combination of therapeuticprogramming, intensive supervision following release, and an aftercare services component.
A) First-generation
B) Second-generation
C) Third-generation
D) All of the above
Q3) According to Duwe and Kerschner, boot camps can, in theory, reduce prison bed space needs in the following way(s):
A) offering program graduates a reduction in time served
B) decreasing the amount of time offenders spend in prison following release
C) All of the above
D) None of the above
Answer: C
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Chapter 8: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Thinking for a Change
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Q1) _______________ is the mandated action that forces an offender to stay within The confines of their home or on their property until a time specified by the sentencing judge.
A) Global positioning system (GPS)
B) Home detention
C) Day reporting centers
D) Drug testing
Q2) The offender undergoing therapy in a day reporting center is immersed into a treatment regimen that accomplishes three key tasks:
A) The offender is supervised on a face-to-face basis
B) The offender is kept busy and thus cannot be out on the street offending
C) The offender is forced to comply with treatment and regardless of any inherent resistance, a certain amount of this will eventually be processed even if they are resistant
D) All of the above
Q3) The source(s) from which samples are drawn for drug testing includes:
A) Urine and blood
B) Hair
C) Sweat and saliva
D) All of the above
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Chapter 9: Offender Coercion in Treatment: A
Meta-Analysis of Effectiveness
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Q1) A(n) _______________came about during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980sand crime became a hotly debated topic that often became intertwined with political agendas and legislative action.The sour view of rehabilitationled many states to abolish the use of parole.Indeed, from 1976 onward, 15 states and the federal government abolished the use of parole.
A) crime control model of corrections
B) independent parole administration model
C) consolidated parole administration model
D) None of the above
Q2) The _______________ refers to where a parole board is responsible for determining release determinations from prison as well as overseeing the supervision processes of offenders who are released on parole (or good time).This type of administration is independent of any other state agency and reports directly and only to the governor of the state.
A) crime control model of corrections
B) independent parole administration model
C) consolidated parole administration model
D) None of the above
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Chapter 10: The LSI-R and the COMPAS:
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Q1) Juvenile courts differ from adult courts in that:
A) These courts are informal in nature
B) Their legal basis is in civil law
C) They tend to have closed proceedings and do not usually have jury trials
D) All of the above
Q2) The Cook County juvenile court emerged from the concerns of a group of compassionate and wealthy women in Chicago who advocated for the rights of disadvantaged children who were found errant of the law. These women, commonly referred to as ________________, fought for these needy children to have the same care, custody, and treatment as their natural family would have presumably provided.
A) the juvenile investors
B) the child savers
C) the adolescent crusaders
D) None 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 term _______________ refers to sexual activity with a prepubescent child (generally age 13 and younger).
A) opportunistic
B) power assertive
C) pedophilia
D) containment
Q2) With _______________ sex offenders are injected with drugs (most commonly Depo-Provera) to reduce the amount of testosterone in the offender's body.This achieves the sex drive reduction of surgical castration but does not require the controversial surgery.
A) interrogation-oriented techniques
B) chemical castration
C) detoxification
D) self-help groups
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