Exam 10: Correctional Programs and Services

The basic purpose for vocational training is to:

Programs designed to help inmates manage their anger, especially in interpersonal relations, are called:

Anger is linked to violent criminal behavior in the community, self-harm, and institutional conflict in the prison environment.

Failure to abide by the conditions set up in treatment programs may result in:

A type of insight-based therapy is:

Donald is an "old-timer" in prison. He is serving a 50-year sentence for second-degree murder. Correctional programs and services were very different when Donald entered prison in 1963. He often does the inmate orientation at his prison, where he meets with all the incoming inmates and discusses prison life with them. When Donald entered prison, the administrators only allowed inmates to practice Christianity. All other religions were banned. Today, most religions are recognized, and religious instruction and services are always provided in federal, state, and private prisons. In fact, most prisons have full-time _______________ chaplains.

A ____________________ is used to assign inmates to high-, medium-, and low-risk caseloads.

Overcrowded institutions, filled with inmate gangs, violence, and racial conflicts, require that the focus be on security and institutional survival.

Conjugal visits usually mean that prisoners enjoy 24 or 48 hours of privacy with their families.

The "no-frills" institutional emphasis found in many states cuts back on programming and treatment, as much as constitutionally is permitted.

Self-help programs are primarily lead by:

A technique in which rewards or punishments are used to alter or change a person's behavior is:

A therapy that uses positive and negative reinforcement to encourage desirable behavior and extinguish undesirable behavior is called ____________________.

An example of a service project would be:

A community treatment group designed to divert drug users from the criminal justice system is known as:

Effective programs:

A program designed to help inmates manage their anger, especially in interpersonal relations, is called a(an)____________________.

The system that provides staff with access to critical inmate information such as assignments, program completions, and inmate movement is known as:

What deterrents discourage the wider use of institutional programs?

The __________________was passed on January 19, 1929, and mandated that prison-made goods and merchandise transported from one state to another were to be subject to the existing laws of the importing state.