Deck 6: Supervision and Treatment for Offenders With Special Needs

Question 1

Officers who supervise ISP clients have smaller caseloads, in order to allow each officer greater contact in hopes of enhancing public safety.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The treatment retention model recommends that treatment for offenders should begin while they are incarcerated.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Therapeutic communities are controlled and operated by former drug addicts.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Methadone is a prescription medication used for treating alcoholism and reacts negatively with a person's system if he or she ingests alcohol.

Question 5

Over half of all offenders serving community corrections sentences were either under the influence of drugs or alcohol during the commission of their crime, or substance abuse contributed some way to their crime.

Question 6

The costs of ISP programs are far less than those for regular probation.

Question 7

Therapeutic communities focus on the long-term treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction and abstinence from substances for criminal offenders.

Question 8

The drug court concept is very similar to a traditional criminal court in how it views criminal cases.

Question 9

Intensive supervision probation was originally designed to enhance rehabilitation and public safety.

Question 10

The most common offense committed by undocumented offenders is rape.

Question 11

Sex offenders typically have higher recidivism rates than other types of offenders.

Question 12

Undocumented offenders are known as illegal aliens, but undocumented individuals who are not offenders are considered legal aliens.

Question 13

Drug courts are used for nonviolent drug offenders with at least moderate substance usage.

Question 14

Women typically use drugs in a social or public context that involves establishing or maintaining a relationship or reputation.

Question 15

Probation officers who supervise ISP clients generally have larger caseloads than officers with regular probation caseloads.

Question 16

One of the biggest challenges of therapeutic communities is the low completion rate.

Question 17

Roughly 10% to 15% of probationers and parolees are eligible for inclusion in a specialized caseload.

Question 18

Most Veterans' Courts allow veterans who were dishonorably discharged from the military to participate.

Question 19

Jails and prisons are the largest mental health institutions in the country.

Question 20

The vast majority of illegal aliens in the United States look for work and do not commit crimes.

Question 21

Addiction to more than one kind of drug for an extended period of time is known as ____________ use.

A) multisymptomatic
B) composite
C) polydrug
D) binary

Question 22

Continued drug use on probation/parole is a common reason for ________________.

A) drug intervention
B) enhanced therapy
C) suicide
D) revocation

Question 23

Drug court treatment is typically ________ in length.

A) one year
B) six months
C) nine months
D) two years

Question 24

Clients who are participating in drug courts who fail to attend treatment or miss court dates are

A) returned to prison.
B) sent to jail.
C) given predictable sanctions.
D) put on ISP.

Question 25

Most illegal aliens

A) are deported within six months of arrival.
B) commit a violent crime within six months of arrival.
C) come to the United States because they are desperate and want to work.
D) are detained for drug crimes.

Question 26

Which of the following offenders is not typically assigned to a specialized caseload?

A) A drug offender
B) A gang member
C) A status offender
D) A sex offender

Question 27

The process of closing mental health hospitals and releasing mentally ill individuals to the community is referred to as

A) depersonalization.
B) deinstitutionalization.
C) deconstructionism.
D) deconfinement.

Question 28

Offenders addicted to heroin or other opiate-based drugs may take _________ to decrease their drug dependency.

A) Antabuse
B) Valtrex
C) Methadone
D) Cymbalta

Question 29

__________ are a proactive way for a court judge, prosecutor, and defense attorney to work with a treatment provider in monitoring and treating people with substance abuse problems.

A) Misdemeanor courts
B) Mental health courts
C) Drug courts
D) Trial Courts

Question 30

When ISP reemerged in the 1980s, the focus was on maintaining __________ probationers and parolees and alleviating jail and prison crowding caused by abrupt changes in sentencing practices.

A) treatment patterns for
B) indeterminate sentencing for
C) tighter control of
D) increased counseling for

Question 31

The _____ perspective recommends that drug treatment begin for offenders while they are incarcerated, and that when they are released from prison, a cognitive-behavioral relapse prevention program should be administered while they are under supervision.

A) treatment retention
B) cognitive-behavioral
C) motivational interviewing
D) forensic behavioral

Question 32

Drug courts began in the late

A) 1990s.
B) 1980s.
C) 1970s.
D) 2000s.

Question 33

__________ focus on long-term treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction and abstinence from substances for criminal offenders.

A) Drug courts
B) Mental health courts
C) Veterans' courts
D) Therapeutic communities

Question 34

One-third of all new prison admissions in the United States are now for ___________ offenses.

A) assault
B) sex
C) drug
D) fraud

Question 35

Therapeutic communities are better suited for long-term ___________ addictions.

A) stimulant (e.g., cocaine)
B) polydrug
C) prescription painkiller
D) depressant (e.g., marijuana)

Question 36

The cost of confining an inmate with a severe ____________ to special housing is two-and-a-half times greater than that for an inmate not on psychotropic medication.

A) mental illness
B) sexual compulsion
C) drug addiction
D) physical malady

Question 37

Alcoholics may take __________, which is a prescription medicine that reacts with a person's system if he or she ingests alcohol.

A) Antabuse
B) Methadone
C) Valtrex
D) Naltrexone

Question 38

Intensive supervision probation is also known as

A) a specialized caseload.
B) electronic monitoring.
C) a treatment caseload.
D) a day reporting center.

Question 39

The southwest border of the United States supervises nearly ___________ of undocumented individuals.

A) 60%
B) 70%
C) 80%
D) 90%

Question 40

The use of ISP began in California in the 1950s under the assumption that increased contact would improve __________ efforts and provide a viable alternative to incarceration.

A) restorative
B) rehabilitative
C) surveillance
D) incapacitation

Question 41

_________ use a team problem-solving approach in lieu of traditional case processing to supervise and treat mentally ill offenders in the community.

Question 42

_______________ generally have recidivism rates lower than those of other types of adult offenders.

A) Violent offenders
B) Sex offenders
C) Nonviolent property offenders
D) Drug offenders

Question 43

__________ are a proactive way for a court judge, prosecutor, and defense attorney to work with a treatment provider in monitoring and treating people with substance abuse problems.

Question 44

Participants in most veterans' courts must have been ________ discharged from the military in order to be eligible.

Question 45

Probation and parole officers in sex offender units are specially trained in the area of sex offenses and in recognizing secrecy and deceit, which frequently characterize crimes against ________.

Question 46

In the Supreme Court case of _______________, the Court held that a sex offender treatment program did not violate the Fifth Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination when it required that offenders acknowledge past crimes, insofar as doing so was the beginning of the rehabilitation process and acceptance of responsibility for their actions.

A) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Shepard (2001)
B) State of Connecticut v. Faraday (2002)
C) McCune v. Lile (2002)
D) Gallagher v. Johnston (2001)

Question 47

It has been determined that many veterans returning from active combat-related military service have some measurable level of depression and

A) schizophrenia.
B) bipolar disorder.
C) anxiety.
D) posttraumatic stress disorder.

Question 48

_____ hold more mentally ill offenders than mental health institutions.

Question 49

The most common offenses undocumented offenders commit are _________ offenses.

Question 50

_____________________ allow mentally impaired individuals who are not in danger to themselves or others a chance to avoid the harmful incarcerative environment, while improving independent functioning and continuing an ongoing treatment regimen.

A) Court-mandated psych ward placements
B) Cognitive-behavioral strategies
C) Outpatient community clinics
D) Inpatient therapeutic communities

Question 51

Nearly 8 out of 10 undocumented individuals are supervised in the community by only five federal judicial districts located in the ________ region of the United States.

Question 52

Undocumented immigrants are officially known as _____________.

Question 53

______ is an enhanced form of supervision that subjects offenders to closer surveillance, more conditions, and more treatment exposure than regular probationers and parolees.

Question 54

Once a participant is accepted into a mental health court program, a ________________ is selected to work with the offender.

Question 55

A(n) __________________ refers to when an offender with a substance abuse problem returns to abusing drugs/alcohol.

Question 56

___________________ tests have been recognized as a tool to reduce the secrecy and deceit that sex offenders typically use with their victims and with supervising probation officers.

A) Intelligence
B) Psychological
C) Polygraph
D) Written aptitude

Question 57

The majority of sex offenders are under supervision in

A) prison.
B) jail.
C) the community.
D) inpatient mental health facilities.

Question 58

A(n) _____________ facility is an alternative to a jail setting for offenders who need more structure and treatment intervention but are not yet ready to be released to outpatient services, probation, or parole.

A) long-term prison
B) court-mandated military-boot camp style
C) inpatient
D) half-way house

Question 59

Therapeutic communities are one of the few programs that are operated by __________.

Question 60

Most undocumented offenders are being supervised for

A) robbery.
B) sex offenses.
C) drug-related offenses.
D) violent crimes.

Question 61

What is a drug court? Why do they exist?

Question 62

__________________ prohibit sex offenders from living within 1,000 to 2,500 feet of areas in which children are likely to be present.

Question 63

Community notification laws focus on sex offenders, especially those who tend to victimize __________.

Question 64

Sex offender registration requirements stems directly from the passage of _________ Law in 1996, a law that makes public where and for how long a sex offender has lived in a particular area.

Question 65

Discuss the various treatment strategies for sex offenders.

Question 66

You are a judge in an area where a prominent mental health center and outpatient facility are located. Your community is particularly concerned with sex offenses. Some of the sex offenders who come before you have serious mental issues, others do not. Because you are an elected judge, you need to reach out to your community to explain your decision-making process. They want you to speak on this issue. Your speech must answer the questions: Should sex offenders who have mental health issues be supervised differently than sex offenders who do not? Why or why not?

Question 67

You are an assistant to a state legislator, who wants to reform laws that shame the offender to prevent recidivism. Your state has the largest number of sex offenders in the nation, but it also has an enormous drug problem and because of undetected lead in the public drinking water of one of your major cities, there is also a mental health crisis underway. You must advise your boss whether the facts support laws that shame the offender in order to prevent recidivism are effective. Discuss your opinion in the light of each of the following cases: sexual offenders, offenders with mental health issues, and offenders with addictions.

Question 68

Compare and contrast specialized caseloads with traditional caseloads, specifically in the context of mental health.

Question 69

What are the biggest risks to recidivism for drug and alcohol addicted offenders? How can they be averted?

Question 70

What are the particular challenges in serving mentally ill people within the legal system?

Question 71

You are the district attorney for a region in the southwest United States which sees a lot of immigration. Some of the immigration is legal, some is not. A sheriff in one of your major cities is on an anti-immigrant crusade and has arrested scores of immigrants, some of whom are illegal, some of whom are not. Meanwhile, there are reports that sex offenses are up in the city, but because they are being committed by U.S. citizens, they are not being followed up on. How will you use your discretion to handle this situation?

Question 72

You are running for governor of your state, a state that has a major military base, and houses thousands of military families. In another part of your state, there is an urban area with an opioid crisis. You have to come up with a policy that satisfies both sets of constituents and does not give the impression of unfairness. You are about to make a major speech on mental health and addiction. In your speech, you have to answer the following questions: Should veterans who are addicted to drugs be treated differently than civilians? What about veterans with mental health issues? Why or why not?

Question 73

You are an adviser to the president of the United States on immigration policy. The president spent most of her life in a state without much immigration, and she wants to understand the subtleties of immigration policy, which has been a focus on the prosecution and deportation of undocumented offenders. Write a position paper advising the president about whether the focus on arresting and deporting undocumented offenders is in the nation's best interests, and why, using every fact at your disposal.