Exam 15: Release From Incarceration

In your opinion, are the programs that are currently used to ease prison residents' reentry into the community sufficient for their intended purposes? Explain your answer, and suggest how they might be best improved.

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Question 41

Incarcerated people who are released from any further correctional supervision and cannot be returned to prison for their current offense are given release.

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Question 42

In some states, those serving on a parole board are appointed by the .

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Question 43

A major criticism of discretionary release is that it shifts responsibility for primary criminal justice decisions from the sentence of the , who holds legal procedures in high regard, to a(n) board, where discretion rules.

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Question 44

Which of the following is NOT one of the three key concepts that parole is based upon?

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Question 45

Parole practices were introduced to lighten the punishment of prison sentences.

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Question 46

A parole date is the assumed release date stipulated by parole guidelines if the convicted person serves time without disciplinary incidents.

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Question 47

In the wake of the "get tough on crime" movement over the past three decades, the number of parolees in the United States has .

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Question 48

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. a. Postcustody supervision in the community b. Without any further correctional supervision c. Also known as "maxing out" d. Furlough is one example e. Occurs after an individual has served the complete sentence f. The person in prison promises to abide by certain conditions in exchange for being released g. Stipulated by parole guidelines based on convicted individual's actions h. An early form of conditional pardon i. The government extends the privilege of release j. Conditional release -Mandatory release

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Question 49

is when a person could be kept incarcerated but the government extends the privilege of release.

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Question 50

From 1920 to 1973, all states and the federal government used sentencing and release procedures involving .

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Question 51

According to people in prison, if you want to be paroled you are required to .

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Question 52

Almost all incarcerated individuals will eventually be released to live in the community.

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Question 53

Which of the following is an impact of release mechanisms?

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Question 54

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. a. Postcustody supervision in the community b. Without any further correctional supervision c. Also known as "maxing out" d. Furlough is one example e. Occurs after an individual has served the complete sentence f. The person in prison promises to abide by certain conditions in exchange for being released g. Stipulated by parole guidelines based on convicted individual's actions h. An early form of conditional pardon i. The government extends the privilege of release j. Conditional release -Expiration release

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Question 55

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. a. Postcustody supervision in the community b. Without any further correctional supervision c. Also known as "maxing out" d. Furlough is one example e. Occurs after an individual has served the complete sentence f. The person in prison promises to abide by certain conditions in exchange for being released g. Stipulated by parole guidelines based on convicted individual's actions h. An early form of conditional pardon i. The government extends the privilege of release j. Conditional release -Ticket-of-release

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Question 56

Parole evolved during the .

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Question 57

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. a. Postcustody supervision in the community b. Without any further correctional supervision c. Also known as "maxing out" d. Furlough is one example e. Occurs after an individual has served the complete sentence f. The person in prison promises to abide by certain conditions in exchange for being released g. Stipulated by parole guidelines based on convicted individual's actions h. An early form of conditional pardon i. The government extends the privilege of release j. Conditional release -Probation release

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Question 58

Release on parole only applies to those convicted of a .

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Question 59

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. a. Postcustody supervision in the community b. Without any further correctional supervision c. Also known as "maxing out" d. Furlough is one example e. Occurs after an individual has served the complete sentence f. The person in prison promises to abide by certain conditions in exchange for being released g. Stipulated by parole guidelines based on convicted individual's actions h. An early form of conditional pardon i. The government extends the privilege of release j. Conditional release -Contract of consent

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In your opinion, are the programs that are currently used to ease prison residents' reentry into the community sufficient for their intended purposes? Explain your answer, and suggest how they might be best improved.

Incarcerated people who are released from any further correctional supervision and cannot be returned to prison for their current offense are given release.

In some states, those serving on a parole board are appointed by the .

A major criticism of discretionary release is that it shifts responsibility for primary criminal justice decisions from the sentence of the , who holds legal procedures in high regard, to a(n) board, where discretion rules.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three key concepts that parole is based upon?

Parole practices were introduced to lighten the punishment of prison sentences.

A parole date is the assumed release date stipulated by parole guidelines if the convicted person serves time without disciplinary incidents.

In the wake of the "get tough on crime" movement over the past three decades, the number of parolees in the United States has .

is when a person could be kept incarcerated but the government extends the privilege of release.

From 1920 to 1973, all states and the federal government used sentencing and release procedures involving .

According to people in prison, if you want to be paroled you are required to .

Almost all incarcerated individuals will eventually be released to live in the community.

Which of the following is an impact of release mechanisms?

Parole evolved during the .

Release on parole only applies to those convicted of a .

The Corrections System

The Early History of Correctional Thought and Practice

The History of Corrections in America

Contemporary Punishment

The Law of Corrections

The Correctional Client

Jails: Detention and Short-Term Incarceration

Probation

Intermediate Sanctions and Community Corrections

Incarceration

The Prison Experience

Incarceration of Women

Institutional Management

Institutional Programs

Making It: Supervision in the Community

Corrections for Juveniles

Incarceration Trends

Race, Ethnicity, and Corrections

The Death Penalty

Immigration and Justice

Community Justice

American Corrections: Looking Forward16 Making It: Supervision in the Community

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