Intro. to Criminal Justice A Brief
Introduction" Frank Schmalleger 11th
edition ( CH 7-12) Final review
alternative sentencing strategies - correct answer ✔✔Intermediate sanctions are also sometimes termed
________.
relative lack of punishment - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is considered a disadvantage of
probation and parole?
general - correct answer ✔✔Mary is sentenced to probation. The conditions of her probation include:
maintain employment, possess no firearm, obey all laws, and meet with her probation officer biweekly.
These ________ conditions apply to all probationers in the jurisdiction where she was sentenced.
Convicted murderers and rapists cannot be sentenced to probation - correct answer ✔✔Which of the
following statements about probation is false?
a parole board - correct answer ✔✔Discretionary release is granted by ________.
4 functions: presentence investigations, intake procedures, diagnosis and needs assessment, and client
supervision
*-NOT assistance to prosecutors by conducting arrests and investigations* - correct answer ✔✔Which of
the following is NOT a function of a probation or parole officer's work?
Advantages
1. lowers cost
2. increases employment opportunities for offenders
3. increases the likelihood that restitution will be paid
,*-NOT provides the offender with many opportunities to interact with other convicted offenders* -
correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using probation instead of
imprisonment?
Morrissey v. Brewer - correct answer ✔✔Which Supreme Court case provides procedural safeguards to
parolees at revocation hearings?
Social work model - correct answer ✔✔Which model emphasizes probation and parole officers' service
role and views probationers and parolees as clients?
Mixed sentence - correct answer ✔✔Which type of sentence requires that offenders serve weekends in
jail and receive probation supervision during the week?
30 days in jail - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following sentences is NOT an example of an
intermediate sanction?
Georgia - correct answer ✔✔________ was the first state to have a shock incarceration program.
intensive - correct answer ✔✔What type of probation in Georgia includes at least five face-to-face
contacts between officer and probationer each week and requires that probationers have a mandatory
curfew, have a job, and submit to weekly alcohol and drug testing?
Offenders with special needs - correct answer ✔✔House arrest is a valuable alternative to prison for
________.
requires a hearing to determine if the conditions of probation or parole were violated - correct answer
✔✔Revocation of probation or parole ________.
the police may search a parolee for the sole reason that he or she is on parole - correct answer ✔✔In
Samson v. California the U.S. Supreme Court held that ________.
, Community service - correct answer ✔✔A sentencing alternative that requires offenders to spend at
least part of their time working for a community agency is known as ________.
Vocational and work release programs - correct answer ✔✔The Serious Violent Offender Reentry
Initiative (SVORI) has found that ________ reduce(s) recidivism.
authorized by the National Probation Act of 1925. - correct answer ✔✔The Federal Probation System
was ________.
c - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is NOT cited as a disadvantage of probation and parole?
Mempa v. Rhay - correct answer ✔✔Which Supreme Court case held that a probationer should have the
opportunity for counsel before a deferred prison sentence can be imposed?
Greenholtz v. Nebraska - correct answer ✔✔Which Supreme Court case held that parole boards do not
have to specify the evidence used in deciding to deny parole?
court - correct answer ✔✔Probation is sanctioned by the ________.
Griffin v. Wisconsin - correct answer ✔✔Which U.S. Supreme Court decision ruled that probation officers
may search a probationer's residence without a search warrant?
Probation - correct answer ✔✔What is the most common form of criminal sentencing in the United
States?
- correct answer ✔✔According to a Bureau of Justice Statistics study, about what percentage of people
convicted of homicide are placed on probation?
Parole - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following sentences is a prisoner reentry strategy?
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