Deck 6: Offenders With Special Needs

Question 1

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. ​

Answer 1

True

Question 2

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

Answer 2

False

Question 3

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

Answer 3

True

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

There are currently more convicted sex offenders in our communities than there are incarcerated. ​

Question 14

Mental health courts use a problem-solving approach to treat mentally ill offenders.

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

Question 18

Supervising sex offenders in the community requires less frequent contacts and searches when compared to other types of offenders. ​

Question 19

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

Question 20

Therapeutic communities are controlled and operated by former drug addicts. ​

Question 21

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 22

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 23

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 24

__________ 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 25

Just like drug courts, mental health courts use a __________ approach instead of traditional criminal case processing, in order to effectively supervise and treat mentally ill offenders in the community. ​

A) client-specific risk ​
B) individualized treatment
C) team problem-solving
D) hands-off

Question 26

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 27

Drug court treatment is typically ________ in length. ​

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

Question 28

Drug courts are designed for ___________ offenders with at least a moderate substance abuse issue. ​

A) violent adult drug
B) nonviolent drug
C) violent juvenile drug
D) nonviolent status offenders

Question 29

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

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

Question 30

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 31

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

A) multi-symptomatic ​
B) composite
C) polydrug
D) binary

Question 32

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 33

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

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

Question 34

__________ 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 35

Drug courts began in the late ​

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

Question 36

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 37

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 38

When ISP re-emerged 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 39

Intensive supervision probation is also known as ​

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

Question 40

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 41

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

Question 42

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

Question 43

Today, intensive supervised probation is also referred to as _____________.

Question 44

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 45

_____________________ 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 46

_____ hold more mentally ill offenders than mental health institutions.

Question 47

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

Question 48

Supervising sex offenders in the community involves more frequent contacts and more frequent searches. Sex offenders who are most at risk of ________ are increasingly being monitored using global positioning system (GPS) technology to quell the concerns.

Question 49

The majority of sex offenders are under supervision in ​

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

Question 50

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 51

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

Question 52

The two greatest challenges of working with mentally ill offenders are ensuring compliance with medication and counseling sessions and ​

A) finding money to pay for treatment.
B) coordinating treatment.
C) preventing relapse.
D) obtaining prescriptions.

Question 53

In the Supreme Court case of _______________, the Court held that a sex offender treatment program did not violate the 5th 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 54

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) post-traumatic stress disorder.

Question 55

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

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

__________ 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 58

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

Question 59

The term ________________ refers to a wide range of behaviors ranging from exposing oneself in a public place to rape.

Question 60

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

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

Question 61

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

Question 62

Discuss the difficulties in supervising offenders who are mentally ill.

Question 63

Describe the origin and evolution of intensive supervision probation in the United States.

Question 64

__________________ prohibit sex offenders from living within 1000-2500 feet of areas in which children are likely to be present.

Question 65

Define what is meant by drug court. Next, please explain the philosophy and purpose of these specialized courts.

Question 66

Discuss the various treatment strategies for sex offenders.

Question 67

How does a specialized caseload differ from a traditional caseload?

Question 68

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.