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    Probation & Parole Coatesville Fire Dept‚ PA Patience Smith CJ 101-02 Kaplan University The most common form of criminal sentencing in the United States these days is probation. Conditions of probation and parole are primary factors that have an effect on a probationers post lock-up life. When determining conditions of probation and parole‚ the offender’s background plays a very vital role in the determination. A probation or parole officer has four functions that helps them figure

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    Answer Key: True Question 4 of 26 4.0 Points Probation took from in the United States‚ but it was essentially an outgrowth of several practices found in English common law. Probation developed as a variation of the English practice of the conditional suspension of punishment pending the offender’s good behavior. A. True B. False Answer Key: True Question 5 of 26 4.0 Points By 1924‚ every state had adopted probation as a form of correctional disposition.

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    Do parole boards have to specify why they deny parole? 17. What percentage/number of offenders get prison vs community based sanctions? 18. Difference b/w parole and probation 19. Powers of probation officers 20. Advantages/ disadvantages of being a parole/ probation officer 21. What are examples of community based corrections? 22. Conditions of probation- know the types of conditions 23. Probation- who can get it? What does it cost? Who orders it

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    Determining Conditions of Probation Simulation When working in the correction’s profession‚ not only do the correction officers need to be sure that criminals stay safe and are able to pay their debt to society‚ they also are responsible for the rehabilitation of the inmates. Once inmates are released from prison they may also have to serve probation or parole as part of their sentencing. Probation or parole is determined on the person’s background such as criminal history‚ family background‚

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    It will ensure that prisoners do not go out with the same attitude they had when they came in (Cartmell‚ 2011). It will change their lives and give his or her hope that there is life waiting for them outside the prison walls. Parole is the discharge of an

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    Probation Probation is a method of correctional supervision in which the offender’s sentence is conditionally suspended upon the promise of good behavior. Probation is different from parole‚ which involves conditional release from imprisonment after part of their sentence has already been served. A judge   may order probation in

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    way that an offender is punished for a crime can be different depending on age or the type of crime committed. Depending on the age of the offender they could go through the juvenile or adult corrections system. Each system has levels like parole and probation built in to help rehabilitate the offender. Another form of corrections that is used is community corrections. This form allows citizens to help with the corrections process while giving offenders a second chance. Over time each level of corrections

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    agencies to improve offenders and to provide them with the tools needed to be positive members of society (Seiter‚ 2011). These programs for inmates include job training‚ drug treatment‚ and mental health services. Parole is defined as the conditional release of inmates by a parole board prior to the expiration of their sentence (Seiter‚ 2011). An inmate is given a list of conditions that must be followed during the length of supervision in the community‚ Inmates meeting this standard can be expected

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    Final Study Guide Define the different types of sentencing Retribution: the purpose of retribution is actively to injure criminal offenders‚ ideally in proportion with their injuries to society‚ and so expiate them of guilt. An example of Retribution is the code of Hammurabi‚ which punishes by the theory of “An eye for an eye”. Incapacitation: offenders are not rehabilitated. Criminals are put in jail not to teach them the consequence of their actions but to bring them under such an environment

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    sentenced him to 15 years’ imprisonment‚ but suspended the sentence and placed him on probation for seven years in the custody of the Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare. At that time‚ he signed an agreement specifying the terms of his probation and a "Travel Permit and Agreement to Return" allowing him to reside in Illinois‚ with supervision there under an interstate compact. On August 5‚ 1965‚ the Adult Probation Department of Cook County‚ Illinois‚ accepted him for supervision. On August 6‚

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