Discuss the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case Gagnon v. Scarpelli and its implications to probation
What will be an ideal response?
? Court found that probationers have a liberty interest and are thus entitled to diminished due process rights
? Court found that probations were entitled to:
o A notice of the alleged violations
o A preliminary hearing to decide whether there is sufficient (probable) cause to believe that probation was violated (to remand the probationer to custody)
o A revocation hearing
? Court ruled that the probationer has the right to appear and to present witnesses and evidence on his own behalf as well as a conditional right to confront adverse witnesses
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a. True b. False
______ intended to degrade or dehumanize inmates is not authorized by the sanctions society has imposed on them.
a. Punishment b. Coercion c. Treatment d. All of these
Which of the following is NOT likely to lead to an offender experiencing the self-fulfilling prophecy?
a. increasing the frequency of their illegal activity b. increasing the seriousness of their illegal activity c. confirming their status as criminals or delinquents d. trying to become an upstanding citizen
Abandonment is a valid defense, in those jurisdictions that recognize it as such, only when the accused has a genuine change of heart about committing the crime and clearly manifests the desire to abandon the criminal enterprise entirely.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)