Correctional Alternatives
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Course Introduction
This course explores various alternatives to traditional incarceration within the criminal justice system, focusing on programs and strategies designed to reduce recidivism, promote rehabilitation, and support successful reintegration into society. Topics include probation, parole, community service, electronic monitoring, restorative justice, and diversion programs. The course examines the effectiveness, challenges, and ethical considerations of correctional alternatives, as well as their impact on public safety, offenders, and communities. Students will engage in critical analysis of current practices and emerging trends, gaining a comprehensive understanding of the role these alternatives play in modern corrections.
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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) _______________ is often referred to as the "eye for an eye" mentality and simply implies that offenders committing a crime should be punished in a like fashion or in a manner that is commensurate with the severity of the crime that they have committed.In other words, it implies proportionality of punishments to the seriousness of the crime committed.
A) Deterrence
B) Retribution
C) Rehabilitation
D) Incapacitation
Answer: B
Q2) _______________ is an enhanced version of regular probation.With this option, offenders have increased contacts with their probation officer.Typically, these contacts begin with three to five times a week with regular drug and alcohol screenings.Contacts are diminished as the offender demonstrates success on this option.
A) Operant conditioning
B) Probation
C) Reality therapy
D) Intensive supervision
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: What Influences Offenders' Willingness to Serve
Alternative Sanctions?
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Q1) According to Heck and Roussell, and with regard to the categorical models of statewide drug court management, whereas "hard" executive or judicial models are easy to identify, _______________ are "softer" and appear in a wide array of incarnations.
A) executive models
B) judicial models
C) collaborative models
D) civil models
Answer: C
Q2) 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
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Chapter 3: When the Policy Becomes the Problem
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Q1) According to Martha Henderson Hurley, the sheer size of the victim population in the United States requires some recognition of the role of victims.In 2005, U.S.residents age 12 and older were the victims of more than _______________ crimes, with at least 5.2 million of those offenses being violent in nature.
A) 3,000
B) 230,000
C) 3 million
D) 23 million
Answer: D
Q2) _______________ techniques can be utilized to enhance the security of a given area, such as adding more effective street and business lighting, ensuring that business/domicile entry points are visible from other locations, ensuring effective placement of landscaping, parking, and/or fencing, etc.
A) Target-hardening
B) Community policing
C) Restorative circles
D) Victim-offender mediation
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Impact of Gender and Race-Ethnicity in the
Pretrial Release Process
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Q1) _______________ is based on the notion that all persons have two specific psychological needs: (1) the need to belong and (2) the need for self-worth and recognition.Therapists operating from this theoretical perspective seek to engage the offender in various social groups and to motivate them in achievement-oriented activities.
A) Prevention
B) Treatment
C) Reality therapy
D) Operant conditioning
Q2) _______________, a principle of effective correctional intervention, refers to the agency aggressively making referrals and advocates for its offenders in order that they receive high quality services in the community.
A) Program characteristics
B) Core correctional practice
C) Inter-agency communication
D) Evaluation
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Chapter 5: State Administration of Drug Courts
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Q1) One method of assessment, the _______________ process of interviewing and observation, is an important yet less structured method of determining the security and treatment needs of the offender.This process entails the use of professionals who use their sense of judgment and experience to determine the offender's possible dangerousness, treatment needs, likelihood of responding to treatment, and their likelihood of escaping.
A) subjective assessment
B) objective assessment
C) risk-principled assessment
D) needs-principled assessment
Q2) According to Fass, Heilbrun, and Fretz, _______________ risk factors may include impulsiveness, negative affect, psychosis, antisocial attitudes, current substance use, interpersonal relationship problems, and poor treatment compliance.
A) static
B) dynamic
C) lethargic
D) constant
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Chapter 6: Restorative Practices in Instituttional Settings and
at Release
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Q1) The _______________ process allows for the accused to maintain a crime-free record with all rights afforded to citizens.This refers to the defendant being convicted of a crime followed by "the execution of a criminal sanction".
A) recognizance
B) suspended sentence
C) recidivism
D) caseload delivery
Q2) While administrators will be more removed from the rank-and-file probation officer staff, ________________ is/are thought to offset concerns related to this type of administration.
A) the uniformity of services
B) elimination of widespread disparity in supervision
C) the improved integration of services with other social service agencies
D) All of the above
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Chapter 7: The Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Practices
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Q1) A _______________ is typically designed to use some form of strict discipline with rehabilitative measures.
A) split sentencing
B) shock incarceration
C) differential association
D) boot camp
Q2) _______________ are a type of facility that is designed primarily for first-time and/or property offenders.These offenders are required to pay victim restitution and/or provide community service as a means of fulfilling their sentence.
A) Halfway houses
B) Community residential treatment centers
C) Restitution centers
D) Work release programs
Q3) 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
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Chapter 8: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Thinking for a Change
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Q1) _______________ is a form of restorative justice that requires the offender to pay monetary compensation to the victim, the victim's family, or an organization designated by the victim for the harm caused.
A) Restitution
B) Community service
C) Intensive supervision
D) Electronic monitoring
Q2) The idea of community service began as one of _______________.
A) retribution
B) rehabilitation
C) deterrence
D) incapacitation
Q3) _______________ 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) _______________ tend to view their jobs as just that-jobs.They will tend to do as little as possible, and they do not have passion for their jobs.Unlike the punitive officer and the welfare worker, they simply do not care about the outcome of their work so long as they avoid any difficulties.These individuals are often in the job simply due to the benefits that it may have as well as the freedom from continual supervision that this type of job affords.
A) Paternal officers
B) Punitive officers
C) Welfare workers
D) Passive agents
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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Q1) According to Hubbard and Matthews, _______________ are directive approaches that are more educational than therapeutic, that is, they are structured, goal-oriented approaches that focus on values enhancement and skill development through the use of modeling and reinforcement techniques.
A) cognitive-behavioral therapies
B) relational models
C) cognitive skills training
D) All of the above
Q2) _______________ is a judicial disposition under which youthful offenders are subject to certain conditions imposed by the juvenile court while being allowed to remain in the community during the duration of their sentence.
A) Parens patriae
B) Juvenile probation
C) Social study
D) Informality
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Chapter 11: Can 14,737 Women Be Wrong?
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Q1) The _______________ strongly desires to harm women. This offender seeks to "get even" with women who have embarrassed or humiliated him in his past.These causes for embarrassment or humiliation may be real or imagined, but this type of offender essentially views women as bad, even evil, and thus deserving of harm.This rapist is socially competent and usually comes from a noxious family of origin where abuse or neglect was commonplace.
A) power reassurance rapist
B) power assertive rapist
C) anger retaliation rapist
D) sadistic rapist
Q2) According to Willis and Grace, if behavior is viewed from a(n) _______________, interactions with environmental systems such as family, community, and employment might be paramount in preventing sexual recidivism.
A) ecological perspective
B) risk factors perspective
C) deterrence perspective
D) feminist perspective
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