This is a Passing Grades Study material for the Test Bank Community-Based Corrections, 12th Edition by Alarid
3. Georg Michael von Obermaier was the Warden at Norfolk Island in 1842,
and implemented humane prison reforms and a rudimentary form of parole.
4. Credit for developing the world’s very first parole system goes to
Alexander Maconochie, who was in charge of the English penal colony at
Norfolk Island.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Origins of Parole
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
COBC.ALAR.17.03.01 – Explain how transport and ticket-of-leave influenced the development
Maconochie on Norfolk Island.
KEYWORDS: Remember
5. Convicted criminals were transported to early American colonies as a
partial solution to the poverty and unemployment found in England.
a. True
b. False