Study Guide for Chapter 13 -- Alternatives to Incarceration CRJU 4200

Chapter 13 -- Parole Conditions and Revocation

1. What is the main goal of parole?

2. Describe the experiment used on Parolees in California?

3. What did the Iowa Study find regarding men being released on parole?

4. What is the typical contact time between a parole officer and a parolee?

5. Name the functions that officers typically perform?

6. What two things do parole officers consider to be their most important duties?

7. Define “Standard conditions” of parole?

8. Define “Special Conditions” of parole?

9. What location may a parole officer search without a search warrant?

10. What did the case of Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole v. Scott determine?

11. Does a parole officer have the right to arrest a parolee without a warrant?

12. Define revocation of parole?

13. What court case determined the due process rights of parolees?

14. Define Parole Absconder?

15. For what two reasons do parolees usually violate the no-travel condition of parole?