Deck 13: Public Policy

Question 1

According to the U.S.Department of Justice (2015),around _____ of inmates in the federal prison are serving time for drug related crime.​

A) ​one-third
B) ​one-half
C) ​two-thirds
D) ​90%

Answer 1

​one-half

Question 2

Legal threats to pregnant women who are using drugs during pregnancy have resulted in​

A) ​fewer women obtaining prenatal care
B) ​more prevention and treatment services available
C) ​more money for services
D) ​a commitment to provide basic social and health needs.

Answer 2

​fewer women obtaining prenatal care

Question 3

​What legal complications can occur when the client refuses to sign the Consent-for-Release-of-Information form?

Answer 3

Answers May Vary

Question 4

The TANF guidelines that encourage states to deny cash assistance or food stamps to persons with recent drug felony convictions apply to​

A) ​men only
B) ​women without children only
C) ​single mothers only
D) ​men and women

Question 5

When assets of suspected drug dealers are seized,according to the text,​

A) ​the whole family may suffer grievous loss *
B) ​statistics show drug dealing in the immediate area is reduced.
C) ​the impact is greatest on the middle classes who own enough to suffer a loss.
D) ​this is an example of harm reduction.

Question 6

What are the unintended consequences of the mandatory minimum sentencing laws?

Question 7

A major problem in the addictions professions,according to Laura Kaplan is​

A) ​that this field is not a profession.
B) ​the problem of dual relationships.
C) ​the lack of a code of ethics
D) ​the lack of a national professional association.

Question 8

According to the text,media reports of a whole generation of "crack babies"​

A) ​underestimated the problem.
B) ​led to policy reform where reform was needed.
C) ​were not informed by empirically-based studies.
D) ​should have focused on "meth babies" instead.

Question 9

​As an effort of harm reduction,the text favors

A) ​mandatory minimum sentencing to enhance treatment possibilities.
B) ​the seizing of assets used in crime.
C) ​drug-free zones to protect children.
D) ​decriminalization of marijuana.

Question 10

According to the text,a primary emphasis of managed care is on​

A) ​providing the most comprehensive service possible for patients.
B) ​cost containment.
C) ​educating the medical community on substance use issues.
D) ​public health issues.

Question 11

Why do current sentencing policies have a disproportionate effect on African Americans and Hispanics?

Question 12

Professor Reichert conducts student tours of Europe to teach​

A) ​the harms of drug misuse.
B) ​the advantage of teaching youths how to drink moderately.
C) ​how the harm reduction model operates in practice.
D) ​what Europeans can learn from U.S.drug treatment models.

Question 13

The ________ is an approach designed to help mentally ill persons in trouble with the law stay out of jail by diverting them into treatment.​

A) ​case-management
B) ​mental health court movement
C) ​drug courts
D) ​polydrug addiction services

Question 14

Women caring for minor children (prior to incarceration in prison)make up approximately what percent of all women offenders?​

A) ​one-third
B) ​around 70%
C) ​over 90%
D) ​less than 10%

Question 15

What are the essential features of decriminalization?

Question 16

Mandatory minimum sentences apply to everything that has to do with the substances listed below except:​

A) ​marijuana
B) ​cocaine
C) ​heroin
D) ​alcohol

Question 17

Discuss the impact on families of the welfare reforms passed in the late 1990s.

Question 18

Discuss incarceration rates regarding the impact on women and their families.Consider the impact of conspiracy laws.

Question 19

The legal case,Kerr v.Farrey determined​

A) ​that people with drug-related felonies could not receive welfare aid.
B) ​that involuntary commitment proceedings were legal.
C) ​that Narcotics Anonymous was a religious program,not a secular one.
D) ​that persons with substance addiction would no longer qualify for welfare aid.

Question 20

The stress on decriminalization of illicit drugs is most pronounced (as of 2011)in​

A) ​the United States
B) ​Portugal
C) ​Mexico City
D) ​Washington,DC

Question 21

The bulk of money related to the war on drugs is diverted into military and law enforcement operations.

Question 22

In the U.S. ,__ states have some form of legal gambling,only ______ of which appropriate money for treatment​

A) 30,10 %​
B) ​48,around half
C) ​50,75%
D) ​10,one-fourth

Question 23

In the Kerr v.Farrey ruling by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Wisconsin,a prisoner (Kerr's)First Amendment rights were violated because he was coerced into attending an NA program.

Question 24

The recommendation of the book regarding drug control is​

A) ​criminalization.
B) ​full legalization.
C) ​a middle harm reduction policies including decriminalization.
D) ​crackdown on the dealers,not addicts.

Question 25

Prior to passage of health care reform,substance abuse treatment in the U.S.was integrated within the healthcare system.

Question 26

It is illegal for law enforcement to take the money and property of persons "involved" in a drug crime without the owners' being convicted,indicted,or arrested for a particular crime.

Question 27

Michelle Alexander's book,The New Jim Crow is largely concerned with the mass incarceration of minorities.

Question 28

According to research studies,there is no convincing evidence that prenatal cocaine exposure is associated with developmental toxic effects that are different in severity,scope,or kind from the sequelae of multiple other risk factors.