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The collective policies, laws, and practices intended to reduce the trade and use of illegal drugs is known as:

Revocation

War on drugs

Remand

Strip-search

Answer

Correct Answer: War on drugs

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Violation is an act that follows every rule of the law.

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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___________ is the search of a person’s body for weapons or contraband that requires removal of clothing.

Revocation

War on drugs

Remand

Strip-search

Answer

Correct Answer: Strip-search

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The formal withdrawal of probation or parole status after a court determines the offender has not met the conditions of release, usually resulting in incarceration is called ______________ .

Revocation

War on drugs

Remand

Strip-search

Answer

Correct Answer: Revocation

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When a case is sent back from a higher court to a lower court for further action or when an offender is returned to custody is known as:

Revocation

War on drugs

Remand

Strip-search

Answer

Correct Answer: Remand

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_________ is a court-ordered period of conditional correctional supervision in the community, generally served as an alternative to incarceration

Pretrial services

Prosecutor

Net-widening

Probation

Answer

Correct Answer: Probation

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The legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial on behalf of the public against an individual accused of breaking criminal law Is known as:

Pretrial services

Prosecutor

Net-widening

Probation

Answer

Correct Answer: Prosecutor

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Processing, supervising, and providing services to defendants awaiting trial while free in the community, with the purpose of avoiding the unnecessary use of detention while still ensuring the defendant appears in court as required and avoids criminal conduct is called __________ .

Pretrial services

Prosecutor

Net-widening

Probation

Answer

Correct Answer: Pretrial services

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Parole is the provisional release to community supervision by a parole officer.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Applying sanctions to individuals who would otherwise have been only warned or released had those sanctions not existed is known as:

Pretrial services

Prosecutor

Net-widening

Probation

Answer

Correct Answer: Net-widening

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Gender responsiveness is attentive, aware, and accommodating of the particular needs of women and girls.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_________ is a charge of disobeying or disrespecting the court’s authority in the context of a trial or hearing.

Booking

Arraignment

Bail

Contempt of court

Answer

Correct Answer: Contempt of court

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The process by which jail staff register charges against a person held for a law violation is known as:

Booking

Arraignment

Bail

Contempt of court

Answer

Correct Answer: Booking

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A deposit made to the court in exchange for the release of a defendant from jail and to help ensure his or her appearance at trial is called ________ .

Booking

Arraignment

Bail

Contempt of court

Answer

Correct Answer: Bail

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A court proceeding to read criminal charges in the presence of the defendant and hear his plea of guilty or not guilty is known as:

Booking

Arraignment

Bail

Contempt of court

Answer

Correct Answer: Arraignment

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Abscond means to fail to appear in court on an appointed day or to fail to report to one’s probation or parole officer or to make them aware of a change of residence.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Net-widening is the unintended consequence of the expanding range of correction options.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Diversion programs are reserved for repeat offenders.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following are governed by jail administers?

Recreation

Sanitation

Physical and mental health care

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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All of the following factors are taken into consideration when designing a jail facility except?

Light and noise levels

Space requirements

Food quality

Occupancy

Answer

Correct Answer: Food quality

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Accelerating releases can help decrease prison overcrowding.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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All of the following statements are true except?

Indian jails are administered by tribal authorities

Native culture programming is available to Indian jails

Indian jails also suffer from overcrowding issues

The county Sheriffs departments assists with administration

Answer

Correct Answer: The county Sheriffs departments assists with administration

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All states have implemented the Secure Communities program?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following are examples of issues that females face while incarcerated?

Reproductive issues

Physical issues

Mental health issues

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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All of the following are advantages of utilizing video jail visitation except?

Inmates have the option to leave their cells

Prisoners have more privacy

Risk of contraband is decreased

Videos can be monitored

Answer

Correct Answer: Inmates have the option to leave their cells

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____________ is an imposition of a custody sentence and additional time served.

Arraignment

Probation

Revocation

Parole

Answer

Correct Answer: Revocation

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_______ percent of people in jail are people awaiting trial or sentencing.

20%

30%

40%

50%

Answer

Correct Answer: 50%

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Convicted felons with sentences longer than a year are held in prisons.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Jails can permanently detain juveniles.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Jails can readmit which of the following?

Probation

Parole

Bail bond violators

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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A/An _______________ is a court proceeding that reads criminal charges to offender.

Revocation

Arraignment

Pretrial Service

Probation

Answer

Correct Answer: Arraignment

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The Old Stone jail had no heat and no individual cells.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Early count jails were used to hold

People awaiting trial.

People who needed to appear as witnesses

People under suspicion.

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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Celebrity and non-celebrity receive the same amount of press.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Thirty percent of inmates are confined for drug or alcohols busts.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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