Chapter 4: Probation and Intermediate Sanctions

Question 1

Community Corrections

Answer 1

criminal sanctions that involve community supervision of offenders, make use of program resources, and require offenders to abide by specific conditions to remain.

Question 2

John Augustus

Answer 2

Boston shoemaker
- “Father of probation”

Question 3

Probation

Answer 3

prison sentence that is suspended on the condition that offender follow certain prescribed rules and commit no further crime

Question 4

First state to pass probation statute

Answer 4

Massachussets

Question 5

Probation supervision

Answer 5

role of officer in monitoring offender’s behavior, through visits, contacts with family, and visits to their home and place of work

Question 6

Casework Style of supervision

Answer 6

places emphasis on assisting the offender with problems, counseling, and working to make sure they complete probation

Question 7

Surveillance style of supervision

Answer 7

emphasis on monitoring and enforcing compliance with the rules and detection of violation leading to revocation and return to custody

Question 8

Regular caseload

Answer 8

consists of standard probationers, requiring no special program or supervision

Question 9

Intensive-superivison caseload

Answer 9

caseload for offenders with too high a risk or need to be on regular

Question 10

Special caseload

Answer 10

made up of offenders with a particular type of problem such as substance abuse, mental illness, or sex offenses

Question 11

Standard conditions of probation

Answer 11

conditions that must be followed by every probationer

Question 12

Special conditions of probation

Answer 12

conditions that are tailored to meet the needs or a particular offender Ex. avoiding a specific person, attending mental health counseling, drug testing, staying out of bars

Question 13

Technical violation

Answer 13

violation of community supervision conditions

Question 14

New-crime violation

Answer 14

violation of condition prohibiting the commission of a new/ additional crime

Question 15

Gagnon V. Scarpello

Answer 15

Supreme court decision that created due process requirements for revoking probation

Question 16

Community classification system

Answer 16

risk assessments that predict the chance of new crimes being committed; used to determine the level of supervision probationers need

Question 17

Intermediate sanctions

Answer 17

midrange between probation and imprisionment

Ex.bootcamps, rehab, drug courts

Question 18

Fines

Answer 18

require that offenders pay some dollar amount to court as punishment for crime commission

Question 19

House arrest

Answer 19

offenders live at home and must be home except for times they are at work or activities approved by probation officer

Question 20

Electronic monitoring

Answer 20

use of technology to monitor offenders location

Question 21

Split sentences

Answer 21

combination of short jail sentence and then return to the community of probation

Question 22

Shock probation

Answer 22

short period of imprisonment to shock the offender, with a return to the community within a few weeks to continue supervision on probation

Question 23

Net widening

Answer 23

overlapping of criminal sanctions and added supervision for community placed offenders

Question 24

Examples of Intermediate sanctions

Answer 24

economic, intensive supervised probation, house arrest,community residential centers, split sentences,boot camps, shock probation

Question 25

Intensive supervised probation

Answer 25

supervision of offenders with higher than average risk, through smaller caseloads and close monitoring

Question 26

Community residential centers

Answer 26

houses in which offenders live, that provides supervision, room/board, and treatment as an alternative to prison