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Parole and Reintegration MCQ

_____ is known as provided for the continued performance of the U.S. Parole Commission.

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Correct Answer: United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2008

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_____ is defined as a permit given to a convict in exchange for a certain period of good conduct.

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Correct Answer: Ticket of Leave

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_____ is postrelease supervision.

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Correct Answer: Supervised Release

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Is roadmap to Reentry identifies five evidence-based principles that guide efforts to improve correctional programs that are developed for those who will reenter society after being incarcerated?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as when correctional systems use parole to reduce correctional populations.

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Correct Answer: Release Valve Mechanism

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_____ is defined as primarily tasked with the routine holding of preliminary parole revocation hearings by reviewing allegations made by parole officers against parolees.

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Correct Answer: Parole Revocations Officer

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_____ is extended the life of the Parole Commission until November 1, 2002, but only in regard to supervising offenders who were still on parole from previous years.

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Correct Answer: Parole Commission Phaseout Act of 1996

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Is parole Commission and Reorganization Act established the U.S. Parole Commission as an independent agency within the Department of Justice?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the early release of an offender from a secure facility upon completion of a certain portion of his or her sentence.

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Correct Answer: Parole

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_____ is defined as includes all activities and programming conducted to prepare ex-convicts to return safely to the community and to live as law-abiding citizens.

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Correct Answer: Offender Reentry

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_____ is addresses needs for restitution, any particular arrangements that have been made with the victim, and provisions to ensure the offender’s responsibility to the community at large.

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Correct Answer: Offender Accountability Plan

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Is mark System a system where the duration of the sentence was determined by the inmate’s work habits and righteous conduct?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as extended the life of the Parole Commission until November 1, 1997.

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Correct Answer: Judicial Improvements Act of 1990

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_____ is defined as works to aid the offender in making the transition from prison life to community supervision.

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Correct Answer: Institutional Parole Officer

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_____ is alexander Maconochie, so named due to his creation of the mark system, a precursor to modern-day parole.

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Correct Answer: Father of Parole

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Is english Penal Servitude Act established several rehabilitation programs for convicts?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as created a U.S. Sentencing Commission to establish federal sentencing guidelines favoring determinate sentences.

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Correct Answer: Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984

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Maconochie’s mark system was criticized for ______.

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Correct Answer: Being too lenient

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All of the following are accurate statements about parole except this.

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Correct Answer: Parole used to be a way to reduce prison overcrowding but currently is not being used for this purpose.

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Indeterminate sentences are associated with which punishment philosophy?

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Correct Answer: Rehabilitation

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Formal legal training is required to be a parole revocations officer.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which U.S. Supreme Court case established a two-part revocation process?

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Correct Answer: Morrissey v. Brewer

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The U.S. Sentencing Commission was established by the ______.

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Correct Answer: Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984

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The Martinson Report was critical of the efficacy of prison rehabilitation programs.

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Correct Answer: True

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Maconochie’s mark system used determinate sentences.

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Correct Answer: False

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The number of prisoners released on discretionary parole has steadily decreased in recent years.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which U.S. Supreme Court decision held that parolees have a limited right to counsel during revocation proceedings?

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Correct Answer: Gagnon v. Scarpelli

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The majority of parolees were convicted of ______.

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Correct Answer: Drug offenses

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Which individual is known as the father of parole?

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Correct Answer: Alexander Maconochie

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The federal system has abolished parole.

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Correct Answer: True

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In the 1980s, sentencing and correctional practices reflected which punishment philosophy?

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Correct Answer: Incapacitation

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What act was successfully lobbied for by Alexander Maconochie that established several rehabilitation programs for offenders?

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Correct Answer: English Penal Servitude Act

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