Dr. Adam McKee's

Probation and Parole

Spring 2006

Assignment 6

1.  Define the following terms in your own words:

1. Supervision
2. Brokerage services
3. Community resource management
4. Team (CRMT) model
5. Justice model
6. Broken windows probation
7. Classification
8. Risk assessment
9. Static factors
10. Dynamic factors
11. Collateral contact
12. Field contact
13. Caseload

2.  How has the concept of supervision changed over the past half-century?  What factors have brought about these changes?

3.  How are the "casework" and "brokerage of service" supervision models different?

4.  Discuss how broken windows probation is different from previous models of supervision.

5.  What is case classification?  What are the advantages of assessing client needs?

6.  How does a specialized caseload differ from a traditional caseload?

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