Exam 5: Case Management Using Riskneedsresponsivity

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

___________________ supervision allows probation and parole officers to leave their department and conduct field visits.

_____ factors include things like substance abuse, unemployment, and lack of education.

The single most important element in preventing recidivism for adult probationers and parolees is having strong family ties.

No matter whether the programs were treatment-oriented or supervision-oriented, mixing low-risk offenders with high-risk offenders in the same program has been shown to decrease recidivism.

Community corrections departments serve both as a rehabilitative and a(n) ________ function in the criminal justice system.

According to the principles of effective correctional intervention, program level should be matched with client aptitudes or propensities according to gender, age, cultural background, and

At the lowest level of supervision, there may be no requirement that the probationer personally visit or contact a probation officer, referred to as administrative supervision or banked probation.

Verification of the probationer or parolee's situation and whereabouts by means of the officer speaking with a third party who knows the offender personally, such as a family member, friend, or employer, is known as ________ contact.

________ is a measure of an offender's propensity to commit further criminal activity that also indicates the level of community supervision required.

A ________ issue is an identified problem, offender characteristic, or pattern of conduct that requires intervention to overcome or change.

__________-specific programming is treatment that addresses previous victimization experiences and life circumstances delivered in a collaborative and nonconfrontational manner.

Treatment responsivity for women suggest that _________ therapy modalities work best for female offenders, especially when the focus is on structural circumstances that were related to offending, rather than the offending behavior itself.

Seventy-five percent of women in the criminal justice system have dependent children.

The __________ are considered the basis by which correctional treatment programs should operate.

The interview of an offender using a validated quantitative instrument that identifies an offender's risk of recidivism and criminogenic needs to address during treatment is called ___________.

Because of its impact on an offender's self-concept and the high correlation between it and the number of probationers and parolees who return to prison, every probation and parole officer should work with the offender to find ___________.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) helps offenders replace unhealthy thinking processes and criminal behavior with a sense of responsibility, empathy, and prosocial behavior.

Compare and contrast the concepts of caseload and workload computation. What are the benefits and drawbacks of each?

You are a judge who has to make frequent decisions about whether cases should be heard outside of the state. You are about to give a lecture to a law class about the reasoning behind your decisions. Write the lecture, and include any circumstances in which you feel supervision outside of the state is more justified than others? If so, which ones, and why? If not, why not?