Deck 10: Classification and Assessment of Offenders

Question 1

______ is the process of making judgment about something or someone based on certain criteria.

A) Classification
B) Actuarial method
C) Assessment
D) Custodial level

Answer 1

C

Question 2

______ is the process of sorting things into categories according to their shared qualities or characteristics to achieve some purpose.

A) Classification
B) Actuarial method
C) Assessment
D) Custodial level

Answer 2

A

Question 3

To accomplish assessment, correctional workers use well-researched and tested instruments that document which of the following?

A) Knowledge
B) Skills
C) Weaknesses
D) all of these

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In the early 1800s, the Charlestown Prison in ______ established a tri-level system of classification based on prior convictions.

A) Maryland
B) Massachusetts
C) Maine
D) Montana

Question 5

Which of the following types of offenders received the first best quarters, job assignments, and food?

A) mentally ill and elderly offenders
B) juvenile offenders
C) first-time offenders
D) habitual offenders

Question 6

Second-time offenders were allowed only ______ meals per day.

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four

Question 7

Which of the following individuals created the marks system?

A) Maconochie
B) Brockway
C) Crofton
D) Beccaria

Question 8

President Herbert Hoover established the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (otherwise known as Wickersham Commission) in:

A) 1920
B) 1925
C) 1929
D) 1931

Question 9

The Wickersham Commission's main concern was:

A) prison security
B) staff safety
C) public protection
D) all of these

Question 10

The Morris v. Travisono (1970) case was brought by inmates at a ______ prison.

A) Nevada
B) New York
C) Rhode Island
D) Maryland

Question 11

Which of the following were identified as core intake functions?

A) Sentencing the offender.
B) Arresting the offender.
C) Performing medical and mental health assessments.
D) Determining whether the prisoner will be paroled.

Question 12

Areas of concern related to custodial safety include which of the following?

A) Consideration of suicidal gestures
B) The protection of any inmates known to be informants
C) The protection of inmates whose crimes make them targets for abuse
D) All of these

Question 13

Access to programs and activities such as educational and vocational opportunities, counseling services, and recreational and hobby activities is largely determined by

A) custody level.
B) offenders needs.
C) resources.
D) age and gender.

Question 14

The National Institute of Corrections Model for custody and need instrument identifies ________areas of assessment that provide for objective custodial placement.

A) 5
B) 8
C) 12
D) 14

Question 15

In ______, meals are supervised.

A) minimum security level prisons
B) medium security level prisons
C) maximum security level prisons
D) supermax security level prisons

Question 16

In ______, day movement inside the facility is unrestricted.

A) minimum security level prisons
B) medium security level prisons
C) maximum security level prisons
D) supermax security level prisons

Question 17

In ______, inmates who leave the institution have a minimum of two escorts with one armed, full restraints; strip search prior to departure and upon return.

A) minimum security level prisons
B) medium security level prisons
C) maximum security level prisons
D) supermax security level prisons

Question 18

In the prison intake process, which of the following staff are responsible for the identification process?

A) Security staff
B) Nurse staff
C) Mental health staff
D) Records and classification staff

Question 19

In the prison intake process, which of the following staff are responsible for criminal history?

A) Security staff
B) Nurse staff
C) Mental health staff
D) Records and classification staff

Question 20

Which of the following AIMS model groups are classified as light?

A) I and II
B) II and III
C) III and IV
D) IV and V

Question 21

In a needs assessment, the areas of primary concern are:

A) social
B) medical
C) familial
D) financial

Question 22

Included in the final needs assessment summary are which of the following?

A) Custody level and score
B) Parole date
C) Medication list
D) Background check results

Question 23

Psychopaths are callous individuals who lack the social emotions of:

A) guilt
B) shame
C) embarrassment
D) all of these

Question 24

Psychopaths make up 15% to ______ of the prison population.

A) 20%
B) 25%
C) 30%
D) 35%

Question 25

Offenders in general have an average PCL-R score of:

A) 15
B) 22
C) 27
D) 31

Question 26

In what decade did a shift to objective actuarial methods based on known risk factors to predict treatment needs occur?

A) 1950s
B) 1960s
C) 1970s
D) 1980s

Question 27

Actuarial assessment uses historical data, such as:

A) criminal records
B) history of drug and alcohol use
C) employment history
D) all of these

Question 28

The Case Management Classification System is used by ______ of responding agencies.

A) 25.6%
B) 36.1%
C) 43.5%
D) 48.2%

Question 29

The average caseload of a probation officer is around ______ cases.

A) 120
B) 130
C) 139
D) 141

Question 30

Offenders in the ______ category are firmly bedded in a criminal lifestyle and are thus at high risk for probation or parole failure.

A) casework/Control
B) environmental Structure
C) limit setting
D) selective Intervention

Question 31

Offenders in the _____ are considered to be low-risk and low-needs. They are minimally criminally involved, and they have a stake in conformity.

A) casework/Control
B) environmental Structure
C) limit setting
D) selective Intervention

Question 32

Placing _____ offenders in the same restrictive programs as high-risk offenders exposes them to bad influences that may disrupt the very factrs that made them low-risk in the first place.

A) casework/Control
B) environmental Structure
C) limit setting
D) selective Intervention

Question 33

_____ are offenders who are on the low end of medium risk and require regular supervision.

A) casework/Control
B) environmental structure
C) limit setting
D) selective Intervention

Question 34

Which of the following types of offenders constitute the majority of probationers and perhaps a few parolees?

A) environmental structure
B) casework/control
C) limit setting
D) selective Intervention

Question 35

______ offenders tend to be more entrenches in the criminal lifestyle and are more likely to have severe drug and/or alcohol problems.

A) environmental structure
B) casework/control
C) limit setting
D) selective Intervention

Question 36

Offenders in the _____ category require a great deal of officer time and considerable coordination of auxiliary programs in the community.

A) casework and control
B) environmental structure
C) limit setting
D) selective intervention

Question 37

Protection of the community of offenders is of primary concern with offenders of the _____ type.

A) environmental structure
B) casework/control
C) selective intervention
D) limit setting

Question 38

Which of the following is an example of a dynamic factor?

A) age
B) sex
C) weight
D) genetic inheritance

Question 39

Which of the following is an example of a static factor?

A) age
B) stress
C) weight
D) lack of exercise

Question 40

_____ refers to the probability of reoffending and/or the threat the offender poses to the community.

A) Custodial level
B) Offender risk
C) Criminogenic needs
D) Actuarial method

Question 41

The need for proper risk and needs assessment is more important for community corrections than for institutional corrections.

Question 42

Diagnostic interviews typically only last 30 min.

Question 43

An instrument widely used around the world to identify the most troublesome and dangerous of criminals is Hare's Psychopathy Checklist-Revised.

Question 44

The AIMS model establishes eight groups based on the behavioral characteristics of inmates.

Question 45

Classification and assessment are related, but distinct processes.

Question 46

The "things" being classified in the criminal justice system are the system, and the purpose for categorizing the system.

Question 47

Classifying prison inmates is an immensely important function.

Question 48

The actuarial method of making predictions is based on statistical analyses of behavior patterns of people similarly situated averaged over many thousands of cases.

Question 49

Classification errors tend more often to be false negative than false positive.

Question 50

Societies have historically responded to criminal acts almost exclusively from a rehabilitation stance.

Question 51

Early jails and prisons did not even classify inmates according to age or gender.

Question 52

Third-time, or habitual offenders, did the most menial tasks and received the worst food and accommodation.

Question 53

Zebulon Brockway created the marks system.

Question 54

President Franklin d. Roosevelt established the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (otherwise known as Wickersham Commission).

Question 55

Classification takes precedence over needs assessment in institutional corrections.

Question 56

Proper classification protects other inmates and correctional staff.

Question 57

Upon arrival at an institution, all offenders are considered open-custody.

Question 58

Stability factors are legal holds that another jurisdiction has placed on an inmate.

Question 59

The most widely used internal classification system is the Adult Internal Classification System.

Question 60

A furlough authorizes an overnight absence from the prison; a day pass, only during daylight hours.

Question 61

What is the most widely used instrument in needs assessment?

Question 62

What is the first generation assessment?

Question 63

What is a current detainer?

Question 64

What five groups are established by the AIMS model?

Question 65

What is the basic purpose of the AIMS model?

Question 66

What are the two types of prediction errors?

Question 67

What is an override?

Question 68

What is a custodial level?

Question 69

What is a furlough?

Question 70

Why is classification considered the most involved aspect of inmate supervision?

Question 71

What did the complaint in Morris v. Travisono (1970) address?

Question 72

Identify and discuss the core intake functions?

Question 73

Explain the "wait and see" strategy?

Question 74

What does the factor analysis of the PCL-R reveal?