Chapter 8 Residential Community Supervision Programs

Question 0

Halfway house

Answer 0

The oldest and most common type of community residential facility for probationers or parolees who require a more structured setting than would be available if living independently.

Question 1

Intermediate sanctions

Answer 1

A spectrum of community supervision strategies that vary greatly in terms of their supervision level and treatment capacity, ranging from diversion to short-term duration in a residential community facility.

Question 2

Residential community corrections facilities

Answer 2

A sanction in the community in which the convicted offender lives at the facility and must be employed, but can leave the facility for a limited purpose and duration in pre-approved. Examples include halfway houses, pre-release centers, restitution centers, drug treatment facilities, and work release centers.

Question 3

Work release

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A program in which offenders who reside in a facility (a community facility, jail, or prison) are released into the community only to work or attend education classes or both.

Question 4

Restitution center

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A type of residential community facility specifically targeted for property or first time offenders who owe victim restitution or community service.

Question 5

Work ethic camp

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A 120-day alternative to prison that teaches job skills and decision making using a cognitive-behavioral approach, followed by intensive supervision probation.

Question 6

Shock incarceration

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A brief period of incarceration followed by a term of supervised probation. Also called shock probation, shock parole, intermittent imprisonment, or split sentence.

Question 7

Boot camp

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A form of shock incarceration that involves a military-style regimen designed to instill discipline in young offenders.