Which term describes the release of an offender from prison and supervision in the community?

Which term describes the release of an offender from prison and supervision in the community?

• A. Parole
• B. Probation
• C. Community control
• D. Ethics

Answer: (A)

Parole is the release of an offender from prison before the full sentence is served, with supervision in the community. It involves a decision by a parole board to grant early release under conditions, and the person must comply with rules and be regularly monitored by a parole officer. If they violate those conditions, they can be returned to prison for revocation. Probation, by contrast, is a sentence served in the community instead of prison, typically imposed as part of a conviction or as an alternative to incarceration. It does not involve being released from prison because the person may not have been imprisoned to begin with. Community control (often known as intensive supervised probation) is a stringent form of supervision in the community, used as part of probation or a similar sentence, and is not a release from prison. Ethics is unrelated to the release and supervision concept described here.

Parole is the release of an offender from prison before the full sentence is served, with supervision in the community. It involves a decision by a parole board to grant early release under conditions, and the person must comply with rules and be regularly monitored by a parole officer. If they violate those conditions, they can be returned to prison for revocation.

Probation, by contrast, is a sentence served in the community instead of prison, typically imposed as part of a conviction or as an alternative to incarceration. It does not involve being released from prison because the person may not have been imprisoned to begin with.

Community control (often known as intensive supervised probation) is a stringent form of supervision in the community, used as part of probation or a similar sentence, and is not a release from prison.

Ethics is unrelated to the release and supervision concept described here.