Probation Officer (20) | UPDATED Questions with 100%
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Q1: Functions of Community Corrections
A: Home Detention
Electronic Monitoring
Daily Reporting
Work Release
Q2: Who are Officers of the court?
A: Baliff
Judge
Prosecutor
Probation Officer
Court Reporter
Q3: What are the qualifications to be a probation officer?
A: 21 years old
American citizen
Bachelor's Degree
Attend orientation within one year of being hired
Take and pass test within 6 month of being hired
Be of good moral character
Q4: What are the duties and responsibilities of an adult probation
officer?
A: Provice written copy of terms and conditions of probation to probationers
Supervise probation and assist probationer with fufilling terms and conditions
Notify the probationers of any violations
File revocations
Do presentence investigations
Keep accurate records of cases and investigations assigned by the court
Collect monies and keep accounting, disburse
File for modifications of probation
Do transfers of probation
Assist court in making pretrial releases
Any other duties required by law
Q5: What are the duties of a Juvenile Probation Officer?
A: Receive and examine complaints and allegations
Do preliminary inquires and investigations
File petitions for delinquency
Write predispositional reports
Supervise juveniles placed on probation
, Keep written records
Implement informal adjustments
Collect fees and disburse
Any other duties required by law
Q6: WHat are the qualifications that make a juvenile a CHINS?
A: Parent has allowed the child to commit a sex offense
Child is the victim of a sex offense
Parent has refused to participate in disciplinary hearing involving improper behavior at
school
Child is a missing child
Child's mental/physical condition is endangered due to injury or omission
Child's mental'physical condition is seriously impaired or endangered due to inability,
refusal, or neglect on the part of the parent or guardian
Q7: Who are the parties to a CHINS proceeding?
A: Child
Parent or guardian
Department of Family and Children
Guardian Ad Litem
Q8: Who can see a pre-sentence report?
A: Defendant and his attorney
Prosecutor
Probation Department
Community Corrections
Department of Corrections
Criminal Justice Institute
Q9: List aggrivating offenses
A: The person has recently committed a violation of probation, parole, or prdon granted
to him
The person has a history of criminal or delinquent behavior
The person is in need of corrective or rehabilitative treatment that can best be provided
by his commitment to a penal facility
Imposition of a reduced sentence or suspension of the sentence and imposition of
probation would depreciate the seriousness of the crime
The victim of the crime was physically or mentally injured
The person comitted a forcible act while wearing a garmet designed to resist the
penetration of a bullet
Q10: List the mitigating factors
A: The crime neither caused nor threatened serious harm to a person or property or the
person did not contemplate that it would do so
Verified Answers
Q1: Functions of Community Corrections
A: Home Detention
Electronic Monitoring
Daily Reporting
Work Release
Q2: Who are Officers of the court?
A: Baliff
Judge
Prosecutor
Probation Officer
Court Reporter
Q3: What are the qualifications to be a probation officer?
A: 21 years old
American citizen
Bachelor's Degree
Attend orientation within one year of being hired
Take and pass test within 6 month of being hired
Be of good moral character
Q4: What are the duties and responsibilities of an adult probation
officer?
A: Provice written copy of terms and conditions of probation to probationers
Supervise probation and assist probationer with fufilling terms and conditions
Notify the probationers of any violations
File revocations
Do presentence investigations
Keep accurate records of cases and investigations assigned by the court
Collect monies and keep accounting, disburse
File for modifications of probation
Do transfers of probation
Assist court in making pretrial releases
Any other duties required by law
Q5: What are the duties of a Juvenile Probation Officer?
A: Receive and examine complaints and allegations
Do preliminary inquires and investigations
File petitions for delinquency
Write predispositional reports
Supervise juveniles placed on probation
, Keep written records
Implement informal adjustments
Collect fees and disburse
Any other duties required by law
Q6: WHat are the qualifications that make a juvenile a CHINS?
A: Parent has allowed the child to commit a sex offense
Child is the victim of a sex offense
Parent has refused to participate in disciplinary hearing involving improper behavior at
school
Child is a missing child
Child's mental/physical condition is endangered due to injury or omission
Child's mental'physical condition is seriously impaired or endangered due to inability,
refusal, or neglect on the part of the parent or guardian
Q7: Who are the parties to a CHINS proceeding?
A: Child
Parent or guardian
Department of Family and Children
Guardian Ad Litem
Q8: Who can see a pre-sentence report?
A: Defendant and his attorney
Prosecutor
Probation Department
Community Corrections
Department of Corrections
Criminal Justice Institute
Q9: List aggrivating offenses
A: The person has recently committed a violation of probation, parole, or prdon granted
to him
The person has a history of criminal or delinquent behavior
The person is in need of corrective or rehabilitative treatment that can best be provided
by his commitment to a penal facility
Imposition of a reduced sentence or suspension of the sentence and imposition of
probation would depreciate the seriousness of the crime
The victim of the crime was physically or mentally injured
The person comitted a forcible act while wearing a garmet designed to resist the
penetration of a bullet
Q10: List the mitigating factors
A: The crime neither caused nor threatened serious harm to a person or property or the
person did not contemplate that it would do so
