Chapter 10 notes pt. 3

Question 1

sanctions that are more restrictive than probation and less restrictive than imprisonment

Answer 1

intermediate sanctions

Question 2

In additon to imprisonment and probation, a judge has what other sentencing option?

Answer 2

1. fines
2. community service
3. restitution
4. pretrial diversion programs
5. forfeiture

Question 3

an alternative to trial offered by a judge or prosecutor in which the offender agrees to participate in a specified counseling or treatment program in return for withdrawal of the charges

Answer 3

pretrial diversion programs

Question 4

______ courts are the most common problem-solving courts

Answer 4

drug

Question 5

either after arrest or on conviction, the offender is given the option of entering a _____ _______ program or continuing through the standard ___________ process

Answer 5

drug court

courtroom

Question 6

when offenders successfully complete the program, how does the drug court reward them?

Answer 6

By dropping all charges against them

Question 7

the process by which the government seizes private property attached to criminal activity

Answer 7

forfeiture

Question 8

a community-based corrections center to which offenders report on a daily basis for treatment, education, and rehabilitation

Answer 8

day reporting centers (DRC’s)

Question 9

a short period of incarceration that’s designed to deter further criminal activity by “shocking” the offender with the harships of imprisonment

Answer 9

shock incarceration

Question 10

Contrast day reporting centers with intensive supervison probation.

Answer 10

In a day reporting center, the offender is allowed to remain in the community, but must spend all or part of each day at the reporting center. While at the center, offenders meet with probation officers, submit to drug tests, and attend counseling and education programs. With intensive supervision probation (ISP), more restrictions are imposed, and there is more face-to-face contact between offenders and probation officers

Question 11

a community-based sanction in which offenders serve their terms of incarceration in their homes

Answer 11

home confinement

Question 12

a technique of probation supervision in which the offender’s whereabouts are kept under surveillance by an electronic device

Answer 12

electronic monitoring

Question 13

List the three levels of home monitoring.

Answer 13

1. curfew, which requires that the offender be at home during specified hours
2. home detention, which requires that the offender be at home except for education, employment, and counseling
3. home incarceration, which requires that the offender be at home at all times except for medical emergencies.

Question 14

List the two major types of electronic monitoring systems and explain them.

Answer 14

1. “programmed contact” program, in which the offender is contacted periodically by telephone or beeper to verify his or her wherabouts
2. “continuously signaling” device, worn around the convict’s wrist, ankle, or neck

Question 15

the criticism that intermediate sanctions designed to divert offenders from prison actually increase the number of citizens who are under the control and surveillance of the American corrections system

Answer 15

widen the net

Question 16

Judicially administred sanctions include fines, restitution, and __________, a process in which the government seizes property connected to illegal activity.

Answer 16

forfeiture

Question 17

Offenders may also be sentenced to spend part of their time at __________ __________ __________, where they receive treatment and are more easily __________ by corrections officials.

Answer 17

day reporting centers

supervised

Question 18

__________ _________, or militarisitic programs designed to instill self-responsiblity, are a form of ________ incarceration.

Answer 18

boot camps

shock

Question 19

Home confinement, another intermediate sanction, has become more effective in recent years thanks to technology known as ________ ________.

Answer 19

electronic monitoring