Intermediate Sanctions MCQs

Intermediate Sanctions MCQs

Welcome to MCQss.com's page dedicated to Intermediate Sanctions MCQs. This page offers a comprehensive set of multiple-choice questions that focus on the diverse range of community-based punishments and alternatives to traditional incarceration.

Intermediate sanctions serve as alternatives to imprisonment, providing various punitive measures that are less restrictive than incarceration but more stringent than probation. These sanctions aim to hold offenders accountable, reduce recidivism, and address overcrowding in correctional facilities.

The Intermediate Sanctions MCQs on MCQss.com provide an interactive platform to assess your knowledge and explore the effectiveness, advantages, and challenges associated with intermediate sanctions. Each question examines different types of intermediate sanctions, such as electronic monitoring, community service, house arrest, intensive supervision, and boot camps.

By practicing these MCQs, you can deepen your understanding of the rationale behind intermediate sanctions, their application in different contexts, their impact on offender rehabilitation, and the potential benefits and limitations of community-based punishments. These MCQs offer valuable insights into the evolving landscape of criminal justice and the efforts to develop effective alternatives to incarceration.

1: Which of the following is an accurate statement about electronic monitoring?

A.   Active systems are faster than passive systems in determining noncompliance because it assesses the offender’s whereabouts much faster.

B.   Passive systems are faster than active systems in determining noncompliance because it assesses the offender’s whereabouts much faster.

C.   Passive systems have a lower rate of false alarms than active systems.

D.   Electronic monitoring is more expensive than incarceration.

2: Which of the following is an accurate statement finding from the evaluation of Tennessee’s GSP tracking of sex offenders?

A.   Low-risk offenders who were more closely monitored were more likely to recidivate than low-risk offenders with less monitoring.

B.   Low-risk offenders who were more closely monitored were less likely to recidivate than low-risk offenders with less monitoring.

C.   Older offenders were more likely to recidivate than younger offenders.

D.   Offenders with higher levels of education attainment were more likely to recidivate than those with less education.

3: The potential for infection is a disadvantage of which type of drug test?

A.   Blood

B.   Hair

C.   Urine

D.   Sweat

4: In general, intermediate sanctions are cheaper than incarceration.

A.   True

B.   False

5: In Smith v. Doe, the U.S. Supreme Court ______.

A.   In Smith v. Doe, the U.S. Supreme Court ______.

B.   Upheld the use of community notification laws for sex offenders

C.   Abolished the use of fines

D.   Upheld the use of home detention

6: The majority of sex offenders recidivate.

A.   True

B.   False

7: A restriction on weapons would be an example of what measure of intermediate sanctions?

A.   Physical confinement measure

B.   Education-related measure

C.   Injunctive measure

D.   Economic measure

8: All of the following are correct statements about home detention except this.

A.   The United States invented the punishment of home detention.

B.   Home detention is an alternative to pretrial detention.

C.   Some offenders wear ankle bracelets to monitor their locations.

D.   Home detention can be combined with other intermediate sanctions such as fines or community service.

9: The use of standard amounts for fines has been criticized as being a harsher punishment for the poor.

A.   True

B.   False

10: Which of the following is an accurate statement about the caseload of probation officers who supervise offenders on intensive supervision?

A.   They have more clients than a probation officer with traditional probation clients.

B.   They have less clients than a probation officer with traditional probation clients.

C.   They have about the same number of clients as a probation officer with traditional probation clients.

D.   The usual caseload for a probation officer with clients on intensive supervision is 30 to 40.

11: Intermediate sanctions are a range of sentencing options that fall between ______.

A.   Death penalty and fines

B.   Incarceration and probation

C.   Death penalty and probation

D.   Incarceration and community service

12: According to research, which is the most reliable and cost-effective means of drug testing?

A.   Blood

B.   Hair

C.   Urine

D.   Sweat

13: Day reporting centers are similar to ______, though offenders return to their own homes at night.

A.   Residential treatment centers

B.   Jails

C.   Mental hospitals

D.   Boot camps

14: Electronic monitoring includes the use of any mechanism that is worn by the offender for the means of tracking his or her whereabouts through electronic detection.

A.   True

B.   False

15: In most cases, intensive supervision is the option afforded to individuals who would otherwise be incarcerated for felony offenses.

A.   True

B.   False

16: _____ is using blood samples to determine if an offender has been using drugs.

A.   Conditions of probation

B.   Early release

C.   Blood Testing

D.   None of these

17: _____ is defined as treatment facilities to which offenders are required to report, usually on a daily basis.

A.   The safety of prisoners is paramount

B.   None of these

C.   Day Reporting Centers

D.   What is reasonable within the walls of prison may be different than what is reasonable beyond those walls

18: _____ is known as the use of any mechanism worn by the offender for the means of tracking his or her whereabouts through electronic detection.

A.   Contraband

B.   Electronic Monitoring

C.   Criminogenic

D.   All of these

19: Is hair Testing using hair samples to determine if an offender has been using drugs?

A.   False

B.   True

20: _____ is the mandated action that forces an offender to stay within the confines of his or her home for a specified time.

A.   Home Detention

B.   Bond

C.   Release on recognizance

D.   All of these

21: _____ is defined as the extensive supervision of offenders who are deemed the greatest risk to society or are in need of the greatest amount of governmental services.

A.   Sing Sing Prison

B.   All of these

C.   Newgate Prison

D.   Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP)

22: _____ is known as a range of sentencing options that fall between incarceration and probation.

A.   Chasing the per diem

B.   Intermediate Sanctions

C.   None of these

D.   Chasing the price

23: Is megan’s Laws term for legislation that mandates a public notification process when sex offenders are released into the community?

A.   False

B.   True

24: _____ is using samples of saliva to determine if an offender has been using drugs.

A.   All of these

B.   New Mexico

C.   Saliva Testing

D.   Maryland

25: _____ is defined as using samples of sweat excretion to determine if an offender has been using drugs.

A.   71%

B.   89%

C.   All of these

D.   Sweat Testing

26: _____ is known as using urine samples to determine if an offender has been using drugs.

A.   Internal classification

B.   Urine Testing

C.   External classification

D.   None of these