Exam 9: Classification, Case Management, and Treatment

Which risk assessment tool is used to determine the level of risk and classification level of a newly admitted adult male offender?

What obstacle to effective correctional treatment is exemplified when a new staff member with minimal training conducts violence prevention programming for high-risk inmates, facilitates the program without referring to the manual, and participants in her group later show high rates of recidivism?

Which plan has been defined as a key component of the "process that determines the offender's institutional placement, specific treatment or training opportunities, and preparation for release"?

What term refers to aspects in an offender's life such as education, mental health, social networks, employment, accommodation, drugs and alcohol, attitudes, and cognitive skills?

What concept of care encourages prisoners to participate in and complete recommended programs and suggests programs that prisoners can continue after their release?

What issue must be addressed if treatment interventions are to work, even when inmates have access and are amenable to treatment, and particularly for inmates of racialized groups?

Which program matches a community volunteer with an offender, and attracts active involvement from college and university students?

What was Dr. Robert Martinson's original conclusion about prison programs, which he later recanted?

Which term is defined as "structured professional judgment"?

Who bears the primary responsibility for case management in federal institutions?

What type of risk factor is targeted when an inmate completes a trades training certificate program while incarcerated?

What three areas are examined in the Offender Intake Assessment?

What instrument is used to identify those offenders who are most likely to reoffend upon release from the institution if NO treatment intervention occurs?

The average offender who enters prison is offered a variety of programs to facilitate rehabilitation and reintegration. Which programs are most frequently utilized by the correctional staff?

Which risk factors are defined as contributing "to a person's propensity to commit criminal offences"?

Identify and describe the outcomes of the five phases of case management that allow an institution to readily assess, treat, and follow a prisoner's life while imprisoned.

An adult male sex offender has entered the federal correctional system for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl. Which risk assessment tool is used to evaluate the probability that he will reoffend?

What does preliminary research evidence reveal about the outcomes for participants in the Integrated Correctional Program Model?

Which offender group has the lowest rate of program completion?

Which term refers to the action of reoffending?