Administrative Justice 075-ADJ075- American Corrections in Brief-Assignment 4

According to your authors, proponents of boot camps argue that young offenders get involved in crime because they lack _________________.education

	A.	education
	B.	job skills
	C.	good parents
	D.	self-respect

According to your authors, the two most common types of intermediate sanctions used to lessen prison overcrowding in the U.S. are _____________ and boot camps.

	A.	intensive supervised probation
	B.	home confinement
	C.	shock incarceration
	D.	community service

All of the following are ways in which those convicted in the U.S. are currently placed on probation, except:

	A.	direct probation sentence.
	B.	suspended probation sentence.
	C.	intermediate sentence.
	D.	split sentence.

Because intermediate sanctions rely on discretion there is more of an opportunity for_____________.

	A.	use of force
	B.	bias
	C.	forgiveness
	D.	clemency

Intermediate sanctions have two general goals, first, to provide more effective alternatives to probation and second, to serve as:

	A.	a tougher way of handling offenders
	B.	a deterrent for future criminal behavior
	C.	a way to eliminate biases in the system
	D.	a less costly alternative to prison

Judicial reprieve in the United States___________________.

	A.	was used only for juvenile offenders
	B.	was the source of widespread judicial corruption
	C.	was never enacted and used
	D.	was declared unconstitutional in 1916

Probation granted under conditions of strict reporting to a probation officer with a smaller, specialized caseload is known as___________________.

	A.	PSI
	B.	ISP
	C.	SIP
	D.	IPS

The goal of ________ is to minimize the probability that an offender will commit a new offense, especially by applying tight controls over the probationer’s activities and maintaining careful surveillance.

	A.	risk management
	B.	treatment management
	C.	split sentencing
	D.	community justice

The most important issue concerning the use of intermediate sanctions has to do with both sentencing philosophy and ____________.

	A.	power
	B.	practice
	C.	authority
	D.	compliance

When savings from community corrections are used to help build up the crime prevention programs in communities that have the most people under community supervision, this process is referred to as “justice   _________________.”

	A.	distribution
	B.	allocation
	C.	sharing
	D.	reinvestment