Deck 13: Reentry

Question 1

Reentry is:

A) the beginning of an offender's community supervision sentence
B) an offender's transition from incarceration to the community
C) an offender's return to prison
D) an offender's acceptance into a residential treatment facility

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The majority of offenders are rearrested for:

A) technical violations
B) committing new violent crimes
C) status offenses
D) CDS-related offenses

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is meant by "a pattern of antisocial thinking?"

A) attitudes supportive of criminal behavior
B) attitudes supportive of violating the rights of others
C) interpreting neutral stimuli as malevolent or threatening
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Why are people with mental disorders overrepresented in the prison population?

A) prodromal symptoms of mental illness may cause them to gravitate toward environments that promote antisocial thinking and behavior
B) because they do not have the means with which to obtain effective counsel
C) because all psychologically disordered persons will eventually become violent, so justice involvement is inevitable
D) because they are unfairly arrested, prosecuted, and convicted due to widespread societal stigmas

Question 5

Discretionary parole is:

A) when sentencing statutes alone determine when an inmate can be conditionally released
B) when the parole board has the authority to determine parole eligibility
C) when the parole board can assign an offender to one of the following units: electronic monitoring, sex offender management, fugitive apprehension, or mental health, as it sees fit
D) when the prison facility where an offender is being held has the sole authority to determine his or her parole eligibility date (PED)

Question 6

List the four strongest predictors of re-offense. Also list four moderate risk factors for recidivistic behavior.

Question 7

Compare and contrast the efficacy of deterrence and constructional strategies of offender management.

Question 8

Identify two types of community reentry programs.

Question 9

Discuss the challenges or collateral consequences faced by reentrants.

Question 10

Explain crucial components of EBP.

Question 11

Describe the nature of institutionalization and explain how justice involvement can result in psychological effects for reentrants.

Question 12

Explain the six stages of change as outlined by the motivational interviewing process.