A. children in conflict with law
B. political detenue
C. convict prisoners
D. under trial prisoners
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Penology Treatment of Offenders MCQs
Which is the administrative authority controlling the Child Welfare Committee?
A. police department
B. judicial department
C. social welfare department
D. prosecution department
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A. special home – for children in need of care &protection
B. children’s home – for children in need of care and protection
C. juvenile justice board – for children in need of care and protection
D. child welfare committee – for children in conflict with law
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The spirit of parole or pre-mature release is ________. (i) Reformation and Rehabilitation (ii) Saving for public exchequer (iii) Utilization of family and community resources (iv) Concession to the wrong-doer Find the correct combination using the codes given below:
A. (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
B. (i) & (iii) are correct.
C. (i), (ii) & (iv) are correct.
D. (i) and (ii) are correct.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Under the probation of Offender Act pre-sentence report is _______.
A. mandatory
B. optional
C. preferable
D. not necessary
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The process whereby the parties in a particular offence come together to resolve collectively is known as
A. ‘just desert’
B. community justice
C. retributive justice
D. restorative justice
✅ The correct answer is option D.
A sentencing alternative that requires offenders to spend at least a part of their time working for a community agency is called ________.
A. compensation
B. restitution
C. victim impact statement
D. community service
✅ The correct answer is option D.
“Penal populism” is the term refers to
A. increasing involvement of ngos in prison programmes
B. growing politicisation of crime control
C. dealing with increasing prison population
D. making punishment more popular
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Probation and parole
A. are essentially the same
B. use different supervision technique but are administered by the same office
C. are sentences handed over by courts
D. are distinctly different forms of community correction administered by different authorities
✅ The correct answer is option D.
An approach to punishment which stresses the importance of crime prevention through incarceration/imprisonment is known as
A. incapacitation
B. retribution
C. desistance
D. redemption
✅ The correct answer is option A.