The first state to use house arrest as a punishment for criminal offenders.
What is Florida
100
2 ways electronic monitors are used
What are GPS tracking devices and alcohol monitors
100
The person you have to check in with (report to) if you are ordered to go to a DRC.
What is your probation officer.
100
The average amount of time offenders spend in boot camp.
What is 90 to 180 days.
100
Halfway houses are also known as
What are residential reentry centers.
200
$400
What is the amount it costs to keep someone on house arrest per year.
200
What ankle monitors are called because it is possible for them to be tampered with and removed.
What is tamper-resistant.
200
How frequently offenders report to DRCs once they've been ordered to go.
What is regularly.
200
The year boot camps started for adult offenders.
What is 1983.
200
The types of people who go to halfway houses.
What are addicts, homeless and ex-convicts
300
2 celebrities who have been on house arrest.
Who are TI, Paris Hilton, Michael Vick, Martha Stewart
300
When electronic monitors were first used in the U.S.
What is the 1980s.
300
3 programs DRC offenders participate in:
What are:
Counseling
Treatment
Social skills training
GED
Employment training.
300
Why were boot camps were banned in Florida?
What is because a 14 year old was killed.
300
The average cost per day for halfway houses.
What is $65.
400
2 Arguments why celebrities should not be permitted to be on house arrest.
- A criminal should not enjoy the comforts of his/her home
- Criminals should not be permitted regular visitors
400
The number of criminals on ankle monitors by 1987.
What is 826
400
The state that had the first DRC.
What is Massachusetts
400
The end result if/when an offender does not complete the boot camp program.
What is he has to serve the original prison sentence.
400
The halfway houses we learned about in Nashville is called:
What is Mending Hearts
500
- cost effective.
- easily implemented
- allows offenders to hold jobs
What are the pros of House Arrest
500
Two "Pros" about using ankle monitors.
What are:
Offender avoids prison atmosphere
Offender retains employment and supports family
Assists probation officers in monitoring duties
Gives judges and other officials greater flexibility in sentencing offenders
Potential to reduce recidivism rates
Potential to reduce jail and prison populations
More cost effective in relation to incarceration
Can be used to monitor a wide range of offenders at various stages of the criminal justice process.
500
The reason there isn't much evidence on how effective Day Reporting Centers are:
What is:
1. New
2. Large variation in DRCs in terms of target population, eligibility criteria, services offered, etc.
500
31
What is the number of children who have died in boot camp.
500
3 typical requirements for offenders in halfway houses:
What are:
Support group meetings
Drug testing
Household chores and meetings
Job-skills training