Answer the Following Questions for Each Document

Parole/Probation Assignment

Answer the following questions for each document:

NC Structured Sentencing Act / Evaluation of NC’s Structured Sentencing Act 1. What are the different purposes of the Act? 2. What is the difference between a Class A Felony and a Class I Felony? 3. Since the criminal serves a minimum or maximum sentence, what type of sentencing is this? 4. What happened to the Parole system as a result of this act? 5. What is a criticism of this Act? Parole Commission Staff 6. What is the purpose of each role on the staff? Myths and Truths about the Parole Process 7. What myth do you find most interesting? Why? Parole Process 8. When determining someone’s parole what are the factors considered by the Commission 9. In the bottom section, what are the guidelines for how much time a felon must serve in order to be let out of prison early according the Structured Sentencing Act? Victims of Crimes 10. What happens to the victim when an inmate that committed a violent crime is let out on parole? 11. What are the two ways in which victims may be involved in the parole review process? Cost Supervision 12. What is the difference, in dollars, between the average costs of keeping a convict in medium custody in prison verses sentenced offenders under Criminal Justice Partnership Program (Sentenced offender) community corrections supervision for an entire year? 13. Do you believe that it is worth it to the state to have such an expansive parole system? NCDPS – Evidence Based Practices 14. What are the eight principles of Evidence Based Practices? 15. Define the step you believe is the most important and tell me why you think it is more important than the others. You may need to compare your step to the others in you answer. School Partnership Program 16. What is the school partnership program? 17. What do you believe is the most important condition of the School Partnership Program Special Conditions? Why? 18. Do you think that there should be special conditions for the parents of these children? Why or why not? Probation Officers in the Schools 19. What is the job of the contact person at the school? 20. What do officers cite as the main reason why these parolees/ youths out on probation to fail?