Intro to Justice 10

​About____________of parolees return to prison before the end of their parole period, mostly because they were convicted of a new offense or had their parole revoked.​

• a quarter

• half

• two-thirds

• three-fourths

​Offenders sentenced to shock incarceration usually spend_______in prison or jail before being released and resentenced to probation.

• ninety days

• six months

• nine months

• one year

A community-based corrections center to which offenders report on a daily basis for the purpose of treatment, education, and incapacitation is a:​

• day reporting center

• treatment center

• pretrial diversion program

• probation office

A community-based sanction in which offenders serve their terms of incarceration where they actually live is called:​

• home confinement

• intensive supervision probation

• pretrial diversion prgoram

• shock incarceration

A judicially imposed condition in which an offender is sentenced after being convicted of a crime, but is not required to begin serving the sentence immediately is referred to as:​

• community corrections

• probation

• split sentence probation

• suspended sentence

A majority of states limit intensive supervision probation to offenders who:​

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  ​do not have a previous conviction.

  
  

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  ​do not have a prior probation violation.

  
  

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  ​do not have a drug problem.

  
  

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  ​do not have a job.

  
  

A process by which the government seizes private property attached to criminal activity is:​

• confiscation

• closure

• forfeiture

• restitution

A punishment-oriented form of probation in which the offender is placed under stricter and more frequent surveillance and control than conventional probation by probation officers with limited caseloads is a(n):​

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  ​day reporting center.

  
  

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  ​home confinement.

  
  

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  ​intensive supervision probation.

  
  

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  ​pretrial diversion program.

  
  

A strategy to keep those offenders who qualify away from prison and jail and toward community-based and intermediate sanctions is:​

• Deterrance

• Diversion

• Incapacitation

• Reintegration

A type of electronic monitoring which involves an offender being contacted periodically by telephone or beeper to verify his or her whereabouts is knowns as: ​

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  ​programmed contact.

  
  

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  ​programmed dialers.

  
  

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  ​receiver-contacts.

  
  

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  ​receiver-dialers.