Deck 8: Reentry: Saving Offenders From a Life in Crime

Question 1

Stanley, the jack-roller, referred to the House of Correction as the House of _______ :

A) Crookedness
B) Cleanliness
C) Corruption
D) Cruelty

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to Progressive designers of rehabilitation, prisoners that are released should:

A) be sent back to the community
B) be returned to the community under the supervision of family or friends
C) be sent to a transitional facility to live in an environment that parallels the community
D) be returned to the community under the supervision of a parole officer after they have been judged as being reformed by a parole board

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Rehabilitation had gone through some policy changes and by the mid-1970s, a coalition of liberals and conservatives _______ the rehabilitative ideal:

A) attacked
B) endorsed
C) ignored
D) petitioned for

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following statements about "managerial parole" is true?

A) the model emphasized the role of individualized treatment to curtail offender misconduct
B) the model emphasized the close surveillance of offenders to curtail their potential misconduct
C) the model emphasized the mentoring relationship between parole officers and offenders to curtail misconduct
D) the model emphasized the use of intermediate facilities to hold offenders when they were not at work or treatment

Question 5

The reentry movement focuses on:

A) developing programs to facilitate the successful return of prisoners to the community
B) developing laws that reduce collateral consequences
C) developing plans to reduce the likelihood offenders move back into communities
D) developing programs to better treat offenders once they commit new crimes and go back to prison

Question 6

Which of the following is not a public-policy concern for prisoner reentry?

A) reentry is tied to the problem of mass imprisonment
B) prisons do not seem to reduce the criminality of inmates
C) reentry is hampered by the lack of treatment services available to prisoners prior to release and then after release
D) reentry is not something that is supported by the American people

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of a collateral consequence

A) an offender must report to their parole agent on a regular basis
B) an offender is mandated to receive treatment
C) an offender cannot work in fields of child care, education, and security
D) an offender receives additional education to help secure decent wages

Question 8

Approximately how many inmates are reentering society annually?

A) 2.2 million
B) 200,000
C) 1.5 million
D) 600,000

Question 9

Which of the following statements regarding the findings from the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) is true?

A) SVORI participation is categorized as significantly reducing recidivism compared to control groups
B) SVORI participation had significant effects for juveniles but not for adults
C) SVORI participation is categorized as having "no effects"
D) SVORI participation significantly reduced recidivism for males but not for females

Question 10

In 2008, President Bush supported and helped to pass which piece of legislation regarding offenders and reentry?

A) Three-Strikes Law
B) Second Chance Act
C) The Wetterling Act
D) Redeem Act

Question 11

According to Cullen et al. (2001), the public mostly agrees with which of the following statements regarding prisoner reentry:

A) it is a good idea to provide treatment for offenders who are supervised by the court and live in the community
B) it is okay for offenders to receive treatment as long as they do not return to my community or any community around me
C) it is not a good idea to release offenders back into the community
D) offenders should be punished for their crimes and not be given the assistance of treatment

Question 12

Which of the following is not an example of public support for reentry?

A) respondents are concerned about the fact that prisoners will be released from prison to their home communities
B) a high percentage of respondents are in favor of providing reentry support to offenders
C) respondents mostly agree with the reality that a majority of offenders will be released and access to treatment and job training is needed
D) respondents generally do not support legislation that directs millions of dollars for reentry services

Question 13

Missouri's Parallel Universe program was created to help offenders transition from the prison to the community by:

A) attempting to make the prison environment approximate life outside of prison
B) attempting to prepare inmates for community living by showing them multiple training videos and giving them written homework assignments
C) attempting to make community housing resemble prison life
D) attempting to give offenders more freedom by allowing them to live in the community during the day while returning to the prison at night

Question 14

Which of the following statements regarding halfway houses is true?

A) they offer a permanent housing option for offenders who cannot or are unable to secure housing with family or friends
B) they are an illegal housing operation that work to hide offenders from legal sanctions
C) they are used as a punishment to monitor offenders prior to being sent to prison
D) they seek to provide a gradual rather than an abrupt transitional process back into society for offenders

Question 15

The FOCUS program that was initiated in Boulder, Colorado in 2005 is an example of which type of reentry service?

A) employment
B) substance abuse
C) mentoring
D) mental health

Question 16

Which of the following is not an example of a barrier that offenders face when attempting to secure housing?

A) there is not enough vacant housing in communities for law-abiding citizens or offenders
B) private landlords refusing to rent to those who have served time in prison
C) families who will not allow their returning family member to live with them
D) eligibility restrictions for federal subsidized housing

Question 17

Which of the following is not a barrier to reentry effectiveness?

A) the diversity of programs offered
B) the public generally does not support reentry programs for offenders
C) the lack of credible theory informing reentry programs
D) the lack of integrity in program implementation

Question 18

Which of the following statements regarding conclusions from evaluation literature on reentry program development is true?

A) programs that provided care, even intermittently, were found to be extremely effective
B) programs that target high-risk offenders and their criminogenic needs were found to be more effective
C) programs that used therapeutic communities were less effective than programs that did not use therapeutic communities
D) programs that target issues of anxiety and self-esteem were more effective than those that target criminogenic needs

Question 19

According to the propensity explanation, released offenders recidivate soon after their release because:

A) they do not have the resources to provide for themselves so they need to engage in crime to obtain means for survival
B) they have difficulty adjusting to society after life in a total institution
C) they are criminals and will return to crime as soon as possible
D) they are forced engage in crime by their associates

Question 20

Which of the following statements regarding the importance of why it is difficult to develop reentry programs based on evidence-based corrections is true?

A) there are not enough programs to evaluate
B) the effects of programs are heterogeneous
C) funding for reentry programs is limited
D) there are no programs that have been successful

Question 21

Describe what reentry is and how it is theoretically supposed to reduce recidivism. What components are important to reduce crime?

Question 22

Briefly describe how correctional policy has changed from before World War II until today. What was the social context surrounding these shifts?

Question 23

How did "the social construction of reality" affect the view of reentry? What two features does a social problem need to be identified as such?

Question 24

Describe the two events that were especially important in lending legitimacy to the idea of prisoner reentry. How did these two events affect reentry?

Question 25

Briefly outline the different community programs used for reentry. Is there any support that these programs are effective at reducing recidivism?