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__________ means exit from prison after full sentence completion, so there is no further obligation to the state.

Reentry

Specialty courts

Unconditional release

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Unconditional release

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Courts that focus on a single kind of offense, such as drug offenses. The judge plays the role of intensive supervisor and collaborates with social service agencies to carry out case management and to address underlying issues is known as :

Reentry

Specialty courts

Unconditional release

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Specialty courts

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The process through which incarcerated individuals return to society after serving their sentence is called ____________ .

Reentry

Specialty courts

Unconditional release

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Reentry

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Mandatory parole is a discretionary release mechanism whereby a parole release date is set during sentencing.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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________ is a set of correctional responses to misbehavior that grow in severity as the misbehavior is repeated or becomes more serious.

Graduated sanctions

Criminalization

Discretionary parole

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Graduated sanctions

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A term of parole determined by a parole board or other paroling authority. A certain portion of the court’s sentence must be served prior to the granting of parole is known as:

Graduated sanctions

Criminalization

Discretionary parole

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Discretionary parole

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De facto or formal (by law) designation of particular behavior or characteristics as illegal and punishable is called _________ .

Graduated sanctions

Criminalization

Discretionary parole

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Criminalization

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Commuting is the reduction in the length or severity of a sentence (e.g., the reduction of the death penalty to life in prison).

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Specialty courts were developed as a response to high rates of failure in parole and probation.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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High-risk offenders are more likely to recidivate if there is a high level of intervention.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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In 2012, ________ of parolees were male.

38%

59%

71%

89%

Answer

Correct Answer: 89%

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Which of the following are employment areas that bar ex-offenders?

Medicine

Law

Education

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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Which of the following is not an example of challenges that ex-offenders face when they are re-entering society.

Locating housing in the public market

Subject to discrimination and stigma

Expensive deposits and high rent

Geographic limitations

Answer

Correct Answer: Locating housing in the public market

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Educators can serve on parole boards.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Elected officials are not stakeholders in parole.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Terms of supervised release are used most often used in the federal corrections system.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Parole refers to a person’s food world to maintain acceptable behavior.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Which of the following was not further developed by criminologist Zebulon Brockway?

Supervised release

Rehabilitation

Solitary confinement

Indeterminate sentencing

Answer

Correct Answer: Solitary confinement

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Captain Alexander Maconochie was the superintendent of an Irish Penal colony in 1840.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Probationers are the most serious offenders in the corrections system.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Parole is most often administered by local authorities.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following are examples of services/rights that prisoners do not have once they are released from prison?

Welfare

Hold political office

To vote

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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95% of prisoners are eventually released back into society.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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