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Q: Defined as the ability to monitor one's own and others feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use this information to guide ones thinking and actions is the concept of? a. Miranda protections b. Demeanor c. Department politics d. Emotional intelligence

Q: Discuss the "paradox of community corrections."

Q: What are the three levels of home monitoring? What does each level require of the offender?

Q: Which of the following factors best fits under the heading of extralegal discretionary factors? a. Peer pressure in policing b. Racial profiling c. Offender demeanor d. The working and living environment

Q: Contrast day reporting centers with intensive supervision probation.

Q: Which policing style utilizes the least amount of discretion? a. Crime fighter b. Social agent c. Law enforcer d. Watchman

Q: Discuss sentencing options for judges other than probation and imprisonment.

Q: Which style of policing prefers to ignore or treat informally issues of concern, unless the social or political order is being jeopardized? a. Crime fighter b. Social agent c. Law enforcer d. Watchman

Q: Which officer's style involves acting as a problem solver and is therefore well suited for community policing? a. Crime fighter b. Social agent c. Law enforcer d. Watchman

Q: An officer approaches a group of teenagers standing in a parking lot, drinking beer. He or she checks them for gang symbols and calls into the station to ascertain if any of them have active warrants. This officer typifies which officer style? a. Crime fighter b. Social agent c. Law enforcer d. Watchman

Q: Parole boards use a number of criteria to determine whether a convict should be given discretionary release. Discuss the criteria.

Q: Explain the difference between probation and parole.

Q: List five standard conditions of parole.

Q: An officer approaches a group of teenagers drinking beer, he or she checks everyone's ID and arrests all who are underage. This example best typifies which officer style? a. Crime fighter b. Social agent c. Law enforcer d. Watchman

Q: Which of the following traits is said to be found at all levels of policing? a. Anger b. Racism c. Dogmatism d. Cynicism

Q: List the three concepts that parole is based on.

Q: List and discuss the three stages of the revocation process.

Q: Which of the following is not one of the six core beliefs at the heart of the police culture? a. Loyalty to colleagues counts above all else. b. The war against crime cannot be won without bending the rules. c. No one else understands the nature of police work. d. Patrol work is a necessary and vital part of police work.

Q: The blue curtain is a term used to describe: a. police reluctance to express personal feelings with each other. b. the police practice of shrouding the windows and doors of the briefing room when confidential information is disseminated at roll call. c. the secrecy and insulation from others in society that is a consequence of the police subculture. d. the sheet used to drape the coffins of slain police officers.

Q: Discuss the supervisory role of the probation officer, his or her use of authority, and the caseload dilemma.

Q: Which is false regarding education and the police? a. Educated officers are better able to communicate with the public. b. Administrators believe that educated officers generate fewer citizen complaints. c. Educated officers have greater disciplinary problems due to job boredom. d. Higher educated officer have greater self-confidence and assurance.

Q: Surveys of male officers show that ______ of the officers tend to view policing as a masculine profession and do not think women can handle the physical requirements of the job. a. just a few b. many c. some d. the majority

Q: Explain the role conflict that probation officers face.

Q: Identify and discuss the three general categories of probation conditions.

Q: What city was the first to hire and award the title of police officer to a woman in 1910? a. Chicago b. Boston c. Los Angeles d. New York City

Q: Over the years, minority officers seem to be as self-assured as white officers, regardless of feeling ________rates of job-related stress and strain stemming from general police stressors. a. lower b. higher c. similar d. nonexistent

Q: Not every offender is eligible for probation. Identify five of the six conditions that would most likely make an offender ineligible for probation.

Q: What term is used to describe the phenomena where black officers must deal with the expectation that they will give members of their own race a break, while at the same time they experience overt racism from their police colleagues? a. The black curtain b. Double marginality c. Inherent role conflict d. Toxic race relations

Q: Discuss the sentencing arrangements that combine probation with incarceration.

Q: What are three justifications given for community corrections? Explore how they provide reasoning for the use and existence of community corrections in society today.

Q: Legal factors are at play when an officer's police practices are shaped by how the department that he or she is part of and how his or her fellow officer's act. a. True b. False

Q: Research shows that the more support police officers get in the workplace, the lower their feelings of stress and anxiety. a. True b. False

Q: requires offenders to be in their homes at specific hours each day.

Q: Currently, there is not enough oversight or enough policies to regulate less than lethal weapons. a. True b. False

Q: Critics argue that intermediate sanctions by adding to the number of citizens who are currently under supervision.

Q: To obtain a search warrant, the presiding magistrate only has to have a general idea of the reason the police want to search the property. a. True b. False

Q: is a technique of probation supervision in which the offender's whereabouts are kept under surveillance by an electronic device.

Q: Scared straight programs and boot camps are examples of .

Q: Suicide by cop is a term that was coined by the internal review board to denote police officers who commit employment suicide by becoming a corrupt officer and taking bribes. a. True b. False

Q: The Supreme Court has created a "good faith exception" to the exclusionary rule that indicates that evidence is admissible in court if the police officers acted in good faith by first obtaining court approval for their search, even if the warrant they received was deficient or faulty. a. True b. False

Q: In shock incarceration, the offender is first sentenced to a prison or jail term and then released and resentenced to ____________________.

Q: In 1914, in Weeks v. United States, the court established the exclusionary rule. a. True b. False

Q: In , judges attempt to address problems such as drug addiction, mental illness, and homelessness that often lead to the eventual rearrest of the defendant.

Q: In a consent search, individuals waive their constitutional rights. a. True b. False

Q: The Knapp Commission concluded that the vast majority of police officers involved in police corruption are meat eaters. a. True b. False

Q: "Release from prison that occurs when an offender has served the full length of his or her sentence, minus any adjustments for good time."This is called _______________.

Q: In the landmark case Tennessee v. Garner, the US Supreme Court outlawed deadly use of force by police. a. True b. False

Q: The Supreme Court has ruled that under certain circumstances, a valid search may be conducted without a search warrant. a. True b. False

Q: Annually, about 38 percent of US residents aged 16 or older had a face-to-face contact with a police officer. a. True b. False

Q: An individual's race, class, and gender are examples of extralegal factors that may influence discretion. a. True b. False

Q: Probation is under the domain of the .

Q: An individual's demeanor is a situational factor that an officer considers when deciding whether or not to arrest. a. True b. False

Q: Working in a department that is located in a high crime area is an example of a peer factor of discretion. a. True b. False

Q: "An early release from a correctional facility, in which the convicted offender is given the chance to spend the remainder of her or his sentence under supervision in the community." This is the basic definition of __________.

Q: Factors such as the living and working environment of the officer often affect their discretion. a. True b. False

Q: ___________ is defined as "an alternative to imprisonment in which a person who has been convicted of a crime is allowed to serve his or her sentence in the community subject to certain conditions and supervision by a probation officer."

Q: A _______________ is an agreement between the state and the offender that establishes the conditions of parole.

Q: Some police experts believe that law enforcement personnel believe it is impossible to win the war against crime without bending the rules, and this is part of the police culture. a. True b. False

Q: The social agent style of policing is characterized by officers who view themselves as community problem solvers. a. True b. False

Q: Parole often falls under the domain of the ______________.

Q: is/are more restrictive than probation and less restrictive than imprisonment.

Q: The three stages of probation revocation include a preliminary hearing, revocation hearing, and _________________________________.

Q: The watchman style of policing is characterized by officers devoted to the profession of police work and who are most likely to aspire to achieve prestige, status, and rank. a. True b. False

Q: The vast majority of law enforcement agencies, more than 75 percent, require recruits to have a college degree. a. True b. False

Q: A(n) is an action taken by a probationer that, although not criminal, breaks the terms of probation as designated by the court.

Q: The number of cases handled by a probation officer in a given period is her or her .

Q: Studies of women in policing indicate that they have gained full acceptance in law enforcement and feel that they earn equal credit for equal job performance. a. True b. False

Q: The social burden African"American police officers carry by virtue of being both minority group members and law enforcement officers is termed broken marginality. a. True b. False

Q: Today, approximately 13 percent of all officers are female and about 25 percent are members of minority groups. a. True b. False

Q: The power designated to an agent of the law over a person who has broken the law is _________________________.

Q: conditions usually reflect the seriousness of the offense and are intended to increase the punishment of the offender.

Q: The higher the percentage of black officers on the police force, the higher the arrest rates for crimes such as assault. a. True b. False

Q: As a means to reverse patterns of self-destructive behavior, conditions are imposed on the offender.

Q: The most controversial issue revolving around the Court's control of police behavior is what is commonly known as the exclusionary rule. Summarize the basics of this rule and discuss its current status and controversy.

Q: The Supreme Court has used case law to define the boundaries of the Miranda warning since its inception. Discuss recent case law that appears to have narrowed the scope of Miranda.

Q: Reporting regularly to the probation officer is an example of a condition.

Q: Discuss the various types of police corruption. What causes such behavior and how can it be controlled?

Q: With , the offender spends a certain amount of time each week, usually the weekends, in a jail, workhouse, or other government institution.

Q: In an offender is sentenced to prison or jail with the understanding that after a period of time, he or she may petition the court to be released on probation.

Q: Not every offender is eligible for , especially someone who was convicted on multiple charges or who seriously injured the victim.