Exam 5: Case Management Using Risk Needs Responsivity

To identify treatment needs, an officer must conduct a needs assessment.

Women on community supervision have typically entered the system because of __________ crimes.

Probation and parole officers are not police officers, thus they are never permitted to conduct a warrantless search of their client's homes. ​

The _____ is an agreement that allows probationers and parolees to be supervised across state lines. ​

According to the Interstate Compact, the sending state retains the ultimate authority to modify the conditions of probation, revoke probation, or terminate probation. ​

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.

_____ refers to the number of individuals or cases on probation or parole that an officer can supervise effectively. ​

__________ factors include things that do not change, such as age, race, and criminal history.

___________________ provides a measure of the probationer or parolee's degree of propensity for violence and dangerousness to the public, and also measures the offender's propensity to engage in future criminal activity.

According to the principles of effective intervention, treatment should be intensive and occupy 40-70% of each day for three to nine months. ​

With respect to client supervision, a _________ contact is considered to be the most time consuming but is also the most valuable type of face-to-face contact for both the offender and the supervising officer.

Each new client under community supervision must first be interviewed. ​

The recidivism rates of offenders in neighborhood-based and traditional community supervision are ​

Women under community supervision have usually entered the criminal justice system because of a crime they committed alongside a male partner. ​

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. ​

Using a validated quantitative instrument to identify characteristics, conditions, or behavioral problems that limit an offender's motivation or that might be linked with criminal behavior is known as ​

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 ___________.

A(n) _________ is an individualized, written document that clarifies how each court-ordered condition is to be fulfilled by the offender and the supervising officer in the context of the risks and needs posed. ​

Discuss the concept of caseload and workload computation. Why might workload be a better method of allocating probation or parole officer resources?

One of the principles of effective supervision entails differentiating offenders who need closer supervision from those who require less. ​