Question 1

What is the basic purpose of the AIMS model?

Accepted Answer

The basic idea behind the AIMS model is that classifying inmates according to behavioral characteristics can greatly enhance differential treatment modalities.

Question 2

What is a furlough?

Accepted Answer

A furlough authorizes an overnight absence from the prison; a day pass, only during daylight hours.

Question 3

President Franklin d. Roosevelt established the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (otherwise known as Wickersham Commission).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Explain the "wait and see" strategy?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain the "wait and see" strategy?...

Question 5

Early jails and prisons did not even classify inmates according to age or gender.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Case Management Classification System is used by ______ of responding agencies.

Accepted Answer

A)  25.6% 
B)  36.1% 
C)  43.5% 
D)  48.2% 
A)  25.6% 
B)  36.1% 
C)  43.5% 
D)  48.2%

Question 7

A furlough authorizes an overnight absence from the prison; a day pass, only during daylight hours.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Proper classification protects other inmates and correctional staff.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following types of offenders constitute the majority of probationers and perhaps a few parolees?

Accepted Answer

A)  environmental structure 
B)  casework/control 
C)  limit setting 
D)  selective Intervention 
A)  environmental structure 
B)  casework/control 
C)  limit setting 
D)  selective Intervention

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A)  age 
B)  sex 
C)  weight 
D)  genetic inheritance 
A)  age 
B)  sex 
C)  weight 
D)  genetic inheritance

Question 11

Diagnostic interviews typically only last 30 min.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The National Institute of Corrections Model for custody and need instrument identifies ________areas of assessment that provide for objective custodial placement.

Accepted Answer

A)  5 
B)  8 
C)  12 
D)  14 
A)  5 
B)  8 
C)  12 
D)  14

Question 13

Classification takes precedence over needs assessment in institutional corrections.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following AIMS model groups are classified as light?

Accepted Answer

A)  I and II 
B)  II and III 
C)  III and IV 
D)  IV and V 
A)  I and II 
B)  II and III 
C)  III and IV 
D)  IV and V

Question 15

_____ refers to the probability of reoffending and/or the threat the offender poses to the community.

Accepted Answer

A)  Custodial level 
B)  Offender risk 
C)  Criminogenic needs 
D)  Actuarial method 
A)  Custodial level 
B)  Offender risk 
C)  Criminogenic needs 
D)  Actuarial method

Question 16

In a needs assessment, the areas of primary concern are:

Accepted Answer

A)  social 
B)  medical 
C)  familial 
D)  financial 
A)  social 
B)  medical 
C)  familial 
D)  financial

Question 17

Placing _____ offenders in the same restrictive programs as high-risk offenders exposes them to bad influences that may disrupt the very factrs that made them low-risk in the first place.

Accepted Answer

A)  casework/Control 
B)  environmental Structure 
C)  limit setting 
D)  selective Intervention 
A)  casework/Control 
B)  environmental Structure 
C)  limit setting 
D)  selective Intervention

Question 18

The need for proper risk and needs assessment is more important for community corrections than for institutional corrections.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Societies have historically responded to criminal acts almost exclusively from a rehabilitation stance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Actuarial assessment uses historical data, such as:

Accepted Answer

A)  criminal records 
B)  history of drug and alcohol use 
C)  employment history 
D)  all of these 
A)  criminal records 
B)  history of drug and alcohol use 
C)  employment history 
D)  all of these

Exam 10: Classification and Assessment of Offenders

What is the basic purpose of the AIMS model?

What is a furlough?

President Franklin d. Roosevelt established the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (otherwise known as Wickersham Commission).

Explain the "wait and see" strategy?

Early jails and prisons did not even classify inmates according to age or gender.

The Case Management Classification System is used by ______ of responding agencies.

A furlough authorizes an overnight absence from the prison; a day pass, only during daylight hours.

Proper classification protects other inmates and correctional staff.

Which of the following types of offenders constitute the majority of probationers and perhaps a few parolees?

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

Diagnostic interviews typically only last 30 min.

The National Institute of Corrections Model for custody and need instrument identifies ________areas of assessment that provide for objective custodial placement.

Classification takes precedence over needs assessment in institutional corrections.

Which of the following AIMS model groups are classified as light?

_____ refers to the probability of reoffending and/or the threat the offender poses to the community.

In a needs assessment, the areas of primary concern are:

Placing _____ offenders in the same restrictive programs as high-risk offenders exposes them to bad influences that may disrupt the very factrs that made them low-risk in the first place.

The need for proper risk and needs assessment is more important for community corrections than for institutional corrections.

Societies have historically responded to criminal acts almost exclusively from a rehabilitation stance.

Actuarial assessment uses historical data, such as:

The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections

Early Corrections: From Ancient Times to Colonial Jails and Prisons

Correctional History: Early Prisons to Corrections Today

Ethics and Corrections

Sentencing: The Application of Punishment

Jails and Detention Centers

Special Problem-Solving Courts in Corrections

Community Corrections: Probation and Intermediary Sanctions

Prisons and the Correctional Client

Correctional Programming and Treatment

Parole and Prisoner Reentry

Correctional Organizations and Their Management

The Corrections Experience for Staff

Women and Corrections

Minorities and Corrections

Juveniles and Corrections

Legal Issues in Corrections

The Death Penalty

Comparative Corrections: Punishment in Other Countries

Corrections in the 21st Century

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