Test Bank for Community Based Corrections

Test Bank for Community Based Corrections True / False 1. Over the last three decades, our nation’s crime control policies have resulted in a steady increase of convicted misdemeanants and felons into our correctional system. a. True b. False ANSWER: True REFERENCES: The Correctional Dilemma LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.17.01.01 - Define corrections and its purpose. KEYWORDS: Remember 2. Community corrections are sanctions that may be completed after a defendant serves time in prison. a. True b. False ANSWER: False REFERENCES: The Correctional Dilemma LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.17.01.01 - Define corrections and its purpose. KEYWORDS: Remember 3. According to the text, the most common form of community supervision is probation. a. True b. False ANSWER: True REFERENCES: The Correctional Dilemma LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.17.01.01 - Define corrections and its purpose. KEYWORDS: Remember 4. Nearly 3% of the total adult population in the United States is currently under some form of correctional supervision. a. True b. False ANSWER: True REFERENCES: The Correctional Dilemma LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.17.01.01 - Define corrections and its purpose. KEYWORDS: Remember 5. Until the 1990s, determinate sentencing was the primary sentencing philosophy in the United States. a. True b. False ANSWER: False REFERENCES: The Correctional Dilemma LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.17.01.01 - Define corrections and its purpose. KEYWORDS: Remember 6. Robert Martinson, a social scientist tasked with examining prison programming in the United States during the 1960s, determined that correctional rehabilitation programs were effective at reducing recidivism. a. True b. False ANSWER: False