In today's correctional environment the most important issue in evaluating effectiveness is what?
a. Can what we are doing be measured?
b. What are the most cost effective approaches?
c. Will the public be pleased?
d. Will the elected officials be pleased?
b
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According to Braithwaite and Fisse, which of the following is not a common reason that corporations expend resources to police themselves?
a. They are not uniformly indifferent to an ethical obligation to do so b. They want to be seen as the moral leader in their respective economic sector c. They have a powerful self-interest in maintaining a good public reputation d. They want to preempt the imposition of government regulation
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Most probation/parole officers are White and middle class. 2. One study found that 13% of offenders supervised by a “hybrid” officer received a technical violation. 3. Authoritarian supervision styles can lead to hostility and rebelliousness among those to whom it is directed. 4.Many more offenders get into trouble because of pathologies, not deficiencies.
A police officer has the following:
a. The powers, rights and duties given by the County Court b. The duties , rights, powers given by the Sheriff c. The duties, rights, and jurisdiction granted to or imposed on a peace office by the Code of Criminal Procedure and other powers prescribed by the governing body. d. Duties, rights and powers given by the Penal Code
Integrity shoppers or mystery shoppers are usually employed by:
a. the academy of criminal justice b. shopping services c. undercover services d. senior services