Administration And Management In Criminal Justice 2nd Edition By Jennifer M. – Test Bank

Chapter 11
Probation and Parole
Test Bank

Multiple Choice (25)

1. All of the following are examples of community corrections except __________.
a. Probation
b. Halfway houses
*c. Jails
d. Electronic monitoring
Answer location: (Probation and Parole) p. 378
Question Type: MC

2. As of 2011, the number of people on probation in the United States was between __________.
*a. Three and four million
b. Six and seven million
c. Eight and nine million
d. Ten and eleven million
Answer location: (Probation and Parole) p. 378
Question Type: MC

3. Individuals may be sentenced to probation for committing (and being convicted of) a __________.
a. Felony
b. Misdemeanor
c. Other infraction
*d. All of the above
Answer location: (Probation and Parole) p. 379
Question Type: MC

4. The term probation is derived from the Latin word probatio meaning __________.
a. In the community
*b. To test or to prove
c. Freedom from incarceration
d. With conditions
Answer location: (Probation) p. 379
Question Type: MC

5. Only about 1 in ___________ probationers under community supervision are being supervised for a violent offense.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
*d. 5
Answer location: (Probation and Parole) p. 379
Question Type: MC

6. Probation as we know it today began in 1841 through the efforts of __________.
*a. John Augustus
b. Henry Fielding
c. Zebulon Brockway
d. Sir Robert Peel
Answer location: (Probation) p. 380
Question Type: MC

7. If a presentence investigation report shows that the offender is likely to be a danger to the community, then a judge is more likely to sanction the offender with ______________.
a. Community service
b. Fines
*c. A term of incarceration
d. Probation
Answer location: (Probation) p. 380
Question Type: MC

8. Depending upon the municipality, city, or state, probation services are organized as part of the __________ branch of government
a. Legislative or executive
*b. Executive or judicial
c. Judicial or legislative
d. Legislative, judicial, or executive
Answer location: (Probation) p. 380
Question Type: MC

9. Which of the following would best be considered a special condition of probation?
a. Requiring offender to seek employment
b. Requiring offender to adhere to curfews
c. Requiring a burglary offender to remain crime-free
*d. Requiring a drunk driver to speak before a Mothers Against Drunk Driving group
Answer location: (Probation) p. 381
Question Type: MC

10. Which of the following is not an example of a probation technical violation?
a. Failing a drug test
b. Violating a court-mandated curfew
*c. Committing a burglary
d. Refusing to attend counseling
Answer location: (Probation) p. 381-382
Question Type: MC

11. Which of the probationers below is at the highest risk of having his/her probation revoked?
*a. A probationer who assaults his spouse
b. A probationer who fails a drug test
c. A probationer who gets fired from a job for failing to show up for work
d. A probationer who arrives home two hours after curfew
Answer location: (Probation) p. 382
Question Type: MC