Reference no: EM131824957
Which of the following combination of risk and needs are most frequently the focus of problem-solving courts?
Higher-risk, higher-need in a specific area
Lower-risk, lower-need
Lower-risk, higher-need in a specific area
Higher-risk, lower-need
Which of the following is a type of informal social control shown to be important in explaining why criminals stop committing crime?
Meeting a police officer
Friendship
Starting a family
Identity shifts
Which of the following criminal justice responses best fits the principles of justice reinvestment?
A judge decides to stop using a sentencing matrix when deciding on dispositions for juvenile offenders
To reduce prison populations for low risk offenders, a state passes a law requiring certain offenders to receive probation in lieu of prison.
A hospital includes criminal history in its emergency room intake forms
A municipality upgrades its emergency dispatch center
What is the general policy implication of Padgett and colleagues' (2006) study on the effectiveness of electronic monitoring (EM)?
EM cannot help most probationers, but it is effective for parolees
Problem-solving courts can help divert low-risk offenders from prison
EM in the community may be effective compared to imprisonment
There are too many technical malfunctions for EM to be effective
Which actor within the courtroom workgroup makes the final decision in problem-solving courts?
Juvenile Probation Officer
Judge
Prosecutor
Defense attorney
At what point in the criminal justice process does prisoner reentry typically begin?
While the inmate is still in prison
After the police detain the offender
After educational programming is completed
After correctional supervision ends
Which of the following is NOT a focus of restorative justice responses?
Restoration of community relationships
Offender accountability
Victim reparation
Police efficacy
Match the parole board decision to the appropriate term for revocation hearing outcomes.
A.Return to Community
B.Parole Revoked
C.Revoke-Reparole
Parolee is returned to prison due to lack of residence only until stable housing is established.
- A. B. C.
Parolee is sent to prison to serve the remainder of their term of incarceration.
- A. B. C.
Parolee is given additional special conditions of community supervision and returned to the custody of the parole office.
- A. B. C.
Parolee cannot visit a person that they got into an altercation with, but they can return home.
- A. B. C.
Parolee cannot find work, so the parole board decides to keep the parolee in a correctional facility pending a vocational skills program.
- A. B. C.