Deck 14: Correctional Programming and Treatment

Question 1

Rehabilitation enjoyed the most popularity during which period?

A) early 1900s
B) mid 1900s
C) late 1800s
D) mid 1800s

Answer 1

B

Question 2

According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (2010), ______ of inmates have received professional substance abuse treatment since their admission.

A) a small minority
B) just under half
C) slightly more than half
D) the vast majority

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The purpose of rehabilitation is to ______.

A) separate offenders from the rest of society
B) return a person to constructive or healthy activity
C) prevent people from committing future crimes
D) ensure that revenge is exacted on criminals

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The central message of the seminal article, "What Works? Questions and Answers About Prison Reform," was misinterpreted as ______ works.

A) reform
B) everything
C) nothing
D) therapy

Question 5

Which of the following was one of the weaknesses of correctional programs as identified by Martinson (1974)?

A) Programming was too intensive.
B) Staff were not adequately trained.
C) Programs targeted dynamic risk factors.
D) Inmates were uninterested in programming.

Question 6

Which statement accurately compares Lipsey and Cullen's findings about correctional treatment programs with those of Martinson?

A) Lipsey and Cullen found that correctional programs work moderately well; Martinson found that most programs do not work.
B) Lipsey and Cullen had similar findings as Martinson-correctional programs do not work.
C) Lipsey and Cullen had similar findings as Martinson-correctional programs are very effective.
D) Lipsey and Cullen found that most correctional programs do not work; Martinson found that they work well.

Question 7

You run a program at your prison that has been successful in reducing recidivism. What is a reason that this program has likely been successful?

A) The program purposely targets behaviors tangential to crime.
B) The program is not intensive.
C) Staff are implementing the program the way they think works best.
D) The program assesses the offenders' risks and needs.

Question 8

Implementing ______ aims to reduce recidivism, corrections must implement practices that show effectiveness through empirical assessment.

A) rehabilitation
B) restorative justice
C) reintegration
D) evidence-based practices

Question 9

Assessing offenders' actuarial ______ is important for implementing the principles of best practice.

A) receptiveness to feedback
B) willingness to change
C) risks and needs
D) motivation

Question 10

In psychosocial assessments, the responsivity principle means that ______.

A) meaningful treatment requires awareness of offenders' learning styles
B) counselors must approach offenders rigidly for them to respond to treatment
C) offenders who engage in specific forms of crime will respond similarly to specific types of treatment
D) many treatments must be tested to determine offender responsiveness

Question 11

The needs principle refers to ______.

A) an offender's need to access healthcare
B) targeting interventions to criminogenic needs
C) the psychiatric dosage that an offender needs
D) an offender's need for cognitive-behavioral therapy

Question 12

Which statement accurately compares static risk factors with dynamic risk factors?

A) Both static and dynamic risk factors can change.
B) Both static and dynamic risk factors cannot change.
C) Static risk factors can change, but dynamic ones cannot.
D) Static risk factors cannot change, but dynamic ones can.

Question 13

A new inmate has been found to be at a high-risk of reoffending. This inmate most likely ______.

A) has a drug problem
B) is unemployed
C) is highly responsive
D) has high needs

Question 14

Which of these is an example of a dynamic risk factor?

A) age
B) attitudes
C) gender
D) race

Question 15

Which of these is an example of a static risk factor?

A) age
B) attitudes
C) values
D) behaviors

Question 16

Which statement is true of cognitive-behavioral therapy?

A) It operates through goal-oriented, systematic procedures.
B) It uses medication to cure abnormally functioning parts of a person's brain.
C) It requires a long period of time to become truly functional.
D) It works mainly through vocational training and group therapy.

Question 17

Which of these treatments is the most scientific?

A) anger management
B) cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
C) Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
D) substance abuse programming

Question 18

A juvenile offender who has been in and out of the juvenile justice system for her teen years complains to her therapist that life is not fair, and she often blames others for her bad decisions. What type of program or treatment would be beneficial for this offender?

A) therapeutic community
B) cognitive-behavioral therapy
C) substance abuse programming
D) pharmacological treatment

Question 19

______ is both the most popular and most deadly substance in the United States.

A) Alcohol
B) Tobacco
C) Heroin
D) Marijuana

Question 20

______ of homicides involve a drunken offender and/or victim.

A) A small minority
B) Just under half
C) Slightly more than half
D) The vast majority

Question 21

An offender has been arrested and is clearly under the influence of something when he is booked at the jail. What is the substance he most likely to be under the influence of?

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

Question 22

An offender has been convicted of driving under the influence and is required to attend treatment for alcoholism. In treatment, the offender explores how she has been drinking since she was a teenager, and that her parents also tended to drink to excess regularly. This offender is most likely a ______.

A) high-needs offender
B) high-risk offender
C) Type II alcoholic
D) Type I alcoholic

Question 23

What program shows success based on its "no nonsense" delivery of treatment and "swift and certain" punishment for violations?

A) therapeutic community programming
B) Delaware Multistage Program
C) Alcoholics Anonymous
D) Hawaii's Opportunity Probation With Enforcement

Question 24

Following assessment of a substance-addicted offender, the assessor finds that the offender would benefit from peer processes in overcoming addiction and building social skills. Which type of treatment would be most effective for this offender?

A) cognitive-behavioral therapy
B) substance-abuse treatment
C) anger management
D) therapeutic communities

Question 25

Evaluations of the Delaware Multistage Program suggested that ______ of individuals who completed all three phases of the program, when compared to the control group, remained drug free.

A) a small minority
B) about a quarter
C) around half
D) about three-quarters

Question 26

______ are residential settings for substance abuse treatment that use the surrounding society to help people overcome their addiction and develop effective social skills.

A) Pharmacological treatments
B) Halfway houses
C) Group homes
D) Therapeutic communities

Question 27

A substance involved offender who will be paroled soon is in a therapeutic community that operates within a prison. What type of program is he most likely involved in?

A) Hawaii's HOPE Program
B) prison management program
C) residential substance abuse treatment
D) residential reintegration program

Question 28

A substance-addicted offender who has problems with brain chemistry has been arrested for drug possession and use. What type of treatment would work best for this offender?

A) cognitive-behavioral
B) anger management
C) a therapeutic community
D) pharmacological

Question 29

Pharmacological treatments for alcoholism and drug use can ______.

A) replace traditional treatment methods
B) supplement traditional treatment methods
C) be more harmful than helpful
D) lead to new substance reliance in addicts

Question 30

______ is often central to violent criminal behavior.

A) Marijuana
B) Anger
C) Poverty
D) Addiction

Question 31

Following assessment of a violent offender, the assessor finds that the offender has difficulty preventing her frustration and aggression from spilling over into violence. Which type of treatment would be most effective for this offender?

A) cognitive-behavioral therapy
B) substance-abuse treatment
C) anger management
D) therapeutic community

Question 32

Research tends to find that sex offenders ______.

A) present a greater threat of reoffending
B) recidivate less than other types of offenders
C) are prevented from reoffending only by safety zones
D) are some of the highest-need and highest-risk offenders

Question 33

Which of these offenders is least likely to reoffend?

A) sex offender
B) white-collar criminal
C) violent offender
D) cybercriminal

Question 34

An offender has been convicted of a sex offense. Regardless of the state where the conviction takes place, the offender will have to ______.

A) register as a sex offender
B) be treated via chemical castration
C) remain in prison for life
D) pay a fine to the victims' families

Question 35

What portion of states have sex offender registration laws?

A) a small minority
B) just under half
C) slightly more than half
D) all of these

Question 36

Why is sex offender treatment so important?

A) Sex offenders have high recidivism rates.
B) The vast majority are supervised in the community.
C) It is highly effective and inexpensive to treat them.
D) Cognitive-behavioral therapy has proven to be effective.

Question 37

Research has found that persons with mental illness are ______ to have convictions for violent offenses than the general population.

A) less likely
B) much less likely
C) equally as likely
D) more likely

Question 38

What do you think is the most important risk factor for programming to target? Provide a justification for your selection.

Question 39

Describe the relationship between drugs and crime.

Question 40

Discuss the historical use of rehabilitation in the U.S. correctional system.

Question 41

Discuss the various component parts of the responsivity principle. Assess its importance in treatment of offenders.

Question 42

Discuss what you think is the most effective way to treat addiction. Justify your answer with examples from the chapter.

Question 43

Given the discussion in the chapter, assess the viability of rehabilitation in corrections. Do you believe it is a worthy endeavor? Use examples from the text to justify your answer.