Criminology Questions
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Which of the following was the closest European forerunner of the modern U.S. prison?
The results of research on recidivism have indicated that the factor most strongly related to the likelihood of rearrest is the offender's ________.
Approximately ________ percent of all prison inmates will eventually be released from prison.
________ are imposed at the discretion of the judge and probation officials and are designed to address the offender's particular situation.
Mandatory release is similar to ________ in that persons let out under either arrangement ordinarily receive a period of community supervision.
One study on recidivism demonstrated that the inmates who adjusted most successfully to prison life ________ to life in the free community upon release.
________ offer community-based residential facilities that are an alternative to confinement in jail or prison.
You are a probation officer and learn that your client violated the conditions of probation. You recommend parole ________ and the offender is sent to prison.
Which of the following activities is part of the law enforcement role of community corrections staff?
Identify the type of probation in which an offender is initially sentenced to prison but is soon (perhaps after 120 days) recalled to court and placed on probation.
________ refers to organized and systematic efforts to remove people from further criminal justice system processing.
The ________ is a theory that states that the inmate society arises as a response to the prison environment and the painful conditions of confinement.
Which of the following is conducted by a probation agency at the request of a judge, usually during the period between the finding or plea of guilt and sentencing?
Which of the following terms is defined as the return to illegal activity after release from incarceration?
Which of the following is the most frequently used sentence in criminal justice?
A pardon is a type of ______ in which the crime is erased and the offender's punishment ended.
Community corrections has traditionally emphasized which goal of corrections?
Which of the following is a distinguishing feature of the inmate society in many women's prisons?
Who determines whether an offender will be placed on probation?
Probation was first used in which city in the U.S.?