Exam 10: Correctional Programs and Services

Inmates express a much greater interest in dealing with their substance abuse and anger management problems than their mental health problems.

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. Donald also runs some of the group programs at the institution. He tells the new group of inmates that participating in a group program can be beneficial and help them adjust to prison life and also help to rehabilitate them. He specifically recommends that those inmates addicted to drugs attend a group program. Which of the following is the group designed to divert drug users from the criminal justice system?

Inmates who attain sufficient reading and writing skills for functional literacy may increase the possibility of:

The principle that maintains that programs should consider offenders' situations as well as characteristics that may become barriers to success in a correctional program is known as the:

What vocational training is often available for inmates in prison, and how is it valuable?

Any means to correct an offender's character, habits, attitudes, or behaviors to overcome his or her propensity to commit crime is known as:

The basic purpose of vocational training is to keep offenders busy while incarcerated.

_______________________ have included fighting forest fires and training service dogs.

Treatment has been a part of the correctional experience since the 17 th century.

Vocational programs offered in some prisons include:

Ted just entered the reception center of his state's correctional system. He is about to begin his 10-year prison sentence for the crime of armed robbery. During his classification, it becomes evident that Ted is in need of a wide variety of correctional treatment. Officer Smith is the official assessing Ted's needs. Next, Officer Smith needs to gather information concerning Ted's social adjustment, hygiene, and level of family support. This information is most likely gathered during the __________ assessment.

Programs from which inmates seek improvement, such as anger management, or that express ethnic or cultural goals are called:

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. Donald informs the incoming prisoners that there are opportunities to improve themselves in prison if they want to. He tells them how he obtained a bachelor's degree while in prison in 1968. Today, many inmates in Donald's prison desire to get their college degree as well. However, the prison no longer offers this opportunity for inmates. What is the primary reason that college prison programs have been cut?

One example of an infectious disease that is commonly found in prisons is ____________________.

The treatment goal of psychotherapy is to:

An assessment used to record staff assessments of prisoners' problems, as well as the magnitude of these problems, is known as a(an):

What educational possibilities are available to inmates in prison, and how valuable is educational programming for offenders?

Ted just entered the reception center of his state's correctional system. He is about to begin his 10-year prison sentence for the crime of armed robbery. During his classification, it becomes evident that Ted is in need of a wide variety of correctional treatment. Officer Smith is the official assessing Ted's needs. Dr. Walker meets with Ted at the reception center and confirms that Ted is in need of individual-level treatment. He confirms with Officer Smith that Ted has a mental and emotional disorder. Dr. Walker recommends an insight-based therapy. Which of the following insight therapies will best help Ted to obtain basic needs?

A ____________________ is used to record staff assessment of prisoner's problems, as well as the magnitude of these problems.

Cognitive-behavior therapy uses: