Exam 14: Bringing It All Together: Practical Solutions for Community-Based Corrections

The single most common measure of crime desistance is recidivism rates.

The theory of _____ helps to identify program characteristics that will produce the greatest reduction in recidivism.

What are the ways an offender maintain privacy about his past criminal records?

Expungement and sealing of records are essentially the same procedure, but some jurisdictions refer to them by one term and other jurisdictions by the other.

The theory of risk/need/responsivity is also known as the principles of correctional intervention.

You are a legislator whose pet issue is freedom of information. However, you also understand that it might be unfair in the age of information to make it easy to discover the worst moment of any citizen's life, a moment that might define them forever. Are there certain convictions that should never be sealed or expunged? Should an offender always be identifiable by the worst thing he or she did? Why or why not?

Justice reinvestment is the primary goal of community corrections.

Restoration of rights may be done in two ways: by application or by __________ restoration.

Expungement of records in New Jersey

You are a parole officer who wants to make sure the people you are responsible for stay out of prison. What, in your opinion, are the biggest risk factors to recidivism? How can they best be addressed?

Rehabilitation efforts are most successful when _____ methods are used for at least three to nine months.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three objectives to achieving crime desistance?

Being pardoned at the federal level restores the right to vote, to hold office, and to

Generally, the pardon process is initiated by

An absolute pardon freely and unconditionally absolves an individual from the legal consequences of his or her conviction.

_____ is more of a gradual process, rather than a sudden event.

The most effective juvenile programs involve a heavy dose of discipline and deterrence.

Casework strategies include assessing criminogenic problems, scoring risk and needs accurately, establishing long-range treatment goals, and assisting the client with meeting these goals.

Expungement of Class B Felonies in Washington state requires a waiting period of

Using a leverage approach means that officers must continuously confront offenders for undesirable behavior, and then carry out the consequences constantly when rule-violating behavior persists.