Chapter 6 Self-Check

. Correctional agencies are the end of the criminal justice process and have a sole duty to handle those sentenced to incarceration.

. Zebulon Brockway was responsible for the first official version of parole in American corrections.

. Resources dedicated to punishment typically suffer most during periods of budget problems.

. The term "sanction" is often used interchangeably with punishment and refers to a specific punishment (e.g., fine, probation, prison) imposed by a court.

. Jail remains the most frequently imposed penalty for criminal offenders.

. A central premise of ISP is that it provides closer supervision by frequent contact between offenders and officers.

. Programmed contact devices use bracelets that emit a signal to receivers that are placed within offenders' residences.

. A common research finding has been that boot camps with longer and more intensive aftercare services have been associated with more positive outcomes among their graduates.

. The lack of adequate and meaningful employment for release prisoners is one of the major characteristics associated with a return to prison.

. The early beginnings of probation were spearheaded in

. The ___________ system of Maconochie was the early beginnings of parole.

. The United States has recently experienced a ___________ of the correctional population.

. Perhaps the most common intermediate sanction is

. When a new program is used for less serious offenders, rather than the originally targeted population, it is called

. _______________ use random automated telephone or beeper calls that require offenders to contact a centralized call center within a limited period of time.

. The central premise of ___________ is that the highly structured environment of military-like training can provide a unique experience for offenders.

. The process of adjusting to a law-abiding lifestyle after returning to the community from prison is called

. What is the most important role of a community supervision officer?

. ________ of all prisoners will eventually be released from prison.

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