You are Grant's probation officer and you stop by the police station to visit an officer on gun amnesty and buy back day. You see Grant turning in a handgun and although he is indeed turning it in, it is a violation of Grant's conditions of probation to be in possession of a firearm. What is your best course of action?
a. Change Grant's probation to a suspended sentence
b. Make Grant forfeit the money he receives from the gun amnesty program
c. Revoke Grant's probation on the spot and have your friend arrest him
d. Notify Grant that his probation may be revoked and his conditions may be changed
d
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A. crime control B. nonintervention C. due process D. restorative justice
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What will be an ideal response?
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A) Partitioned B) Multi-jurisdictional C) Divided D) Fragmented
______ refers to the likelihood of rewards and punishments that will reinforce or diminish behaviors.
a. Differential association b. Imitation observation c. Differential reinforcement d. Reproachful behavior