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,Chapter_1__An_Overview_of_Community_Corrections__Goals_and_Evidence_Based_Practices1. How many people are currently under some form of correctional supervision in the United States?
a. 7 million b. 1.2 million
c. 42 million d. 5 million
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: The Correctional Dilemma
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.3 - 5
2. The release of an offender under conditions imposed by the court for a specified period of time during which the
court retains the authority to modify the conditions or to resentence the offender if he or she violates the conditions
is:
a. Probation b. Parole
c. Mandatory conditional release d. Electronic monitoring
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: The Correctional Dilemma
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.4 - 5
3. ______ refers to any sanction in which offenders serve all or a portion of their entire sentence in the community.
a. Community corrections b. Social justice
c. Restorative justice d. Halfway house
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: The Correctional Dilemma
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.4 - 5
4. The most common form of community corrections is:
a. Boot camp b. Community restitution
c. Probation d. Parole
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: The Correctional Dilemma
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.4 - 5
5. From the 1930s to the 1970s, _____ was the primary sentencing philosophy in the United States.
a. determinate sentencing b. three-strikes
c. indeterminate sentencing d. retribution
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Indeterminate Sentencing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.3 - 5
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6. What type of sentence would a judge give an offender under an indeterminate sentencing model?
a. 20 years b. Life
c. 5 to 10 years d. Death
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Indeterminate Sentencing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.3 - 5
7. Which of the following is NOT considered a determinate sentencing philosophy?
a. mandatory minimums b. truth-in-sentencing
c. discretionary parole d. three strikes laws
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Origins of Determinate Sentencing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.3 - 5
8. Lack of confidence in correctional programming peaked in 1974 when _____ _____ publication concluded that,
“with few exceptions, the rehabilitative efforts that have been reported so far had no appreciable effect on
recidivism.”
a. Robert Martinson’s b. Andrew von Hirsch’s
c. Herbert Packer’s d. James Marquart’s
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Indeterminate Sentencing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.3 - 5
9. Determinate sentencing is often referred to as:
a. unconstitutional b. flat-time
c. round time d. a range
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Origins of Determinate Sentencing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.3 - 5
10. In 1975, _________ was the first state to return to a philosophy of determinate sentencing.
a. Texas b. Maine
c. Oklahoma d. Florida
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Origins of Determinate Sentencing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.3 - 5
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11. In determinate sentencing, the range of permissible sentences is determined largely by:
a. Legislated statutes b. Treatment goals and objectives
c. Parole boards d. Boards of pardons and clemency
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Origins of Determinate Sentencing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.3 - 5
12. _____ require offenders to serve specified portions of their sentence prior to release.
a. Three-strikes laws
b. Mandatory minimum sentencing laws
c. Community-based treatments
d. Faith-based treatment programs
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Origins of Determinate Sentencing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.3 - 5
13. Truth-in-sentencing laws require offenders to serve at least _________ of their original sentence length before
becoming eligible for release.
a. 90% b. 85%
c. 75% d. 50%
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Origins of Determinate Sentencing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.3 - 5
14. The concept that communities are made safer by removing unsafe residents is ingrained in American tradition, but
correctional policy shifts according to legislators’ perceptions of what the public wants. This relationship is known as:
a. The swing of the pendulum b. The enigma
c. The revolution d. The paradox
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: The Paradox
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.2 - 5
15. Surveys have suggested that adults support prisons that emphasize:
a. Rehabilitation b. Retribution
c. Deterrence d. Restitution
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: The Paradox
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.13.4 - 5
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