Test Bank for Community Based Corrections 11El Alarid.pdf

Test Bank for Community Based Corrections
11El Alarid

,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

, REFERENCES: The Correctional Dilemma
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.17.01.01 - Define corrections and its purpose.
KEYWORDS: Remember

7. All U.S. states have adopted some form of mandatory minimum sentencing laws for certain types of offenses that
require a minimum period of time be served before release can be considered.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Correctional Dilemma
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.17.01.01 - Define corrections and its purpose.
KEYWORDS: Remember

8. Parole is more frequently used at the federal level as opposed to the state level.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Correctional Dilemma
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.17.01.01 - Define corrections and its purpose.
KEYWORDS: Remember

9. According to a recent national public opinion poll, the most well-known forms of community-based corrections in the
United States are probation, house arrest, and electronic monitoring.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Paradox
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.17.01.01 - Define corrections and its purpose.
KEYWORDS: Remember

10. “Redeemability” refers to convincing the public that offenders can change their ways.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Paradox
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.17.01.01 - Define corrections and its purpose.
KEYWORDS: Remember

11. Due to the recent fiscal crisis, there is growing consensus among state legislators and correctional administrators that
jail and prison facilities should only be used for the most serious offenders.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Paradox
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: COBC.ALAR.17.01.01 - Define corrections and its purpose.
KEYWORDS: Remember

12. The pretrial and bail decision is one of the three major decision points in the corrections system.