Exam 15: Correctional Programming and Treatment

A Supreme Court justice claimed, "To put people behind walls and bars and do little or nothing to change them is to win a battle but lose a war. It is wrong. It is expensive. It is stupid." Who was it?

Which of the following explanations accounts for the overrepresentation of mentally ill populations in the correctional system?

Because of the counseling element inherent in the therapeutic community (TC) approach, life in TCs is relatively easy on inmates.

Prison officials support programming because it prevents inmates from being idle and keeps them out of trouble.

Residential substance abuse treatment communities are ______.

About ______ of state inmates were regular drug users prior to their incarceration.

The movement from a medical model of corrections to a justice model signaled the death of rehabilitation programs.

Do you agree or disagree with the use of rehabilitation in corrections? Provide a detailed justification of your position.

Heritability is a larger factor in type I alcoholics than in type II alcoholics.

The needs principle is how responsive an individual is to treatment and learning style.

Drug abuse increases the extent and seriousness of criminal activity.

The effective treatment of sex offenders depends on all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Pharmacological treatment can do all of the following EXCEPT ______.

The medical model does not acknowledge the existence of any of the external factors associated with criminality.

Describe the relationship between drugs and crime. What challenges does this relationship pose for researchers and practitioners?

A review of 11 meta-analyses covering 353 studies by Kim and colleagues (2016) from 1943 to 2009 found that ______ had the strongest effect in the lower recidivism of sex offenders.

Evidence-based treatment modalities are based on ______.

Discuss what you think is the most effective way to treat addiction.

Rehabilitation is ______.

Discuss the issue of chemical castration. What is it and what is it intended to do? Who is the target population? Do you agree with this type of treatment? Why or why not?