AMERICAN CORRECTIONS CH 6-8
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
day reporting center - Answer-A facility where offenders such as pretrial releases
and probation check in attending daylong intervention and treatment sessions.
electronic monitoring - Answer-an approach in home confinement programs that
ensures compliance through electronic means
pretrial diversion - Answer-An alternative to adjudication in which the defendant
agrees to conditions set by the prosecutor (for example, counseling or drug
rehabilitation) in exchange for withdrawal of charges.
widening the net - Answer-Increasing the scope of corrections by applying a
diversion program to those people charged with offenses less serious than those in
the program originally intended to serve.
The criticism that intermediate sanctions designed to divert offenders from prison
actually increase the number of citizens who are under the control of the corrections
system is called:
absconders - Answer-People who fail to appear for a court date and have no
legitimate reason.
preventative detention - Answer-A law that allows judges to order an accused person
to stay in jail without bail when there is good reason to believe that the person will
commit another serious crime before trial
new generation jail - Answer-a type of jail that is distinguished podular architecturally
from its predecessors by a design that encourages interaction between inmates and
jailers and that offers greater opportunities for treatment
podular unit - Answer-Self-contained living areas, for 12-25 inmates, composed of
individual cells for privacy and open areas for social interaction. New-generation jails
are made up of two or more pods.
direct supervision - Answer-to be physically present, or within an immediate
distance, such as on the same floor, and available to respond to the needs of
something or someone.
therapeutic justice - Answer-A philosophy of reorienting the jail experience from
being mostly punitive to being mostly rehabilitative.
community model jails - Answer-a model for jail admin that promotes a sense of
community among staff & inmates alike, while using community to promote
rehabilitation.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
day reporting center - Answer-A facility where offenders such as pretrial releases
and probation check in attending daylong intervention and treatment sessions.
electronic monitoring - Answer-an approach in home confinement programs that
ensures compliance through electronic means
pretrial diversion - Answer-An alternative to adjudication in which the defendant
agrees to conditions set by the prosecutor (for example, counseling or drug
rehabilitation) in exchange for withdrawal of charges.
widening the net - Answer-Increasing the scope of corrections by applying a
diversion program to those people charged with offenses less serious than those in
the program originally intended to serve.
The criticism that intermediate sanctions designed to divert offenders from prison
actually increase the number of citizens who are under the control of the corrections
system is called:
absconders - Answer-People who fail to appear for a court date and have no
legitimate reason.
preventative detention - Answer-A law that allows judges to order an accused person
to stay in jail without bail when there is good reason to believe that the person will
commit another serious crime before trial
new generation jail - Answer-a type of jail that is distinguished podular architecturally
from its predecessors by a design that encourages interaction between inmates and
jailers and that offers greater opportunities for treatment
podular unit - Answer-Self-contained living areas, for 12-25 inmates, composed of
individual cells for privacy and open areas for social interaction. New-generation jails
are made up of two or more pods.
direct supervision - Answer-to be physically present, or within an immediate
distance, such as on the same floor, and available to respond to the needs of
something or someone.
therapeutic justice - Answer-A philosophy of reorienting the jail experience from
being mostly punitive to being mostly rehabilitative.
community model jails - Answer-a model for jail admin that promotes a sense of
community among staff & inmates alike, while using community to promote
rehabilitation.
