Question 1

What does research reveal about how inmates feel about residential substance abuse treatment programs? What variables influence their perceptions?

Accepted Answer

Therapeutic communities (TCs) also operate within prison walls and are most often known as residential substance abuse treatment (RSAT) communities. These RSATs typically last 6 to 12 months and are composed of inmates in need of substance abuse treatment and whose parole dates are set to coincide with the end of the program. RSAT inmates are separated from the negativity and violence of the rest of the prison and are provided with extensive cognitive behavioral counseling and attend Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings as well as many other kinds of rehabilitative classes. Most participants in these RSATs are positive about most aspects of their experience, with most inmates listing cognitive self-change programs as the most positive aspect of their treatment. Most inmates in prison-based TCs were positive about the program and that they had significantly fewer rule violations and rates of grievance filing than inmates in the general population.

Question 2

What is the cognitive-behavioral approach?

Accepted Answer

Cognitive behavioral therapy is an approach that tries to solve dysfunctional cognitions, emotions, and behaviors in a relatively short time through goal-oriented, systematic procedures and has been called "the most overtly 'scientific' of all major therapy orientations"

Question 3

Which of the following is considered to be the foundation of evidence-based practices?

Accepted Answer

A)   enhancing intrinsic motivation
B)   assessing actuarial risk/needs
C)   increasing positive reinforcement
D)   measuring relevant processes and practices D

Question 4

Which of the following principles of evidence-based programming is essential for implementing the principles of best practice?

Accepted Answer

A)   enhancing intrinsic motivation
B)   assessing actuarial risk/needs
C)   increasing positive reinforcement
D)   engaging ongoing support in natural communities

Question 5

A ______ is the difference in recidivism between a treatment and control grouo.

Accepted Answer

A)   success rate
B)   poverty rate
C)   inflation rate
D)   crime rate

Question 6

The numbers show that mind-altering substance are______ with criminal behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)   Clearly not associated
B)   Has a causal association
C)   Clearly strongly associated
D)   Sometimes associated

Question 7

What was the goal of early American prison reformers, such as Zebulon Brockway?

Accepted Answer

A)   incapacitation
B)   rehabilitation
C)   retribution
D)   deterrence

Question 8

Therapeutic communities are:

Accepted Answer

A)   group therapy sessions used by cognitive behavioral therapy programs.
B)   The locations where the risk assessments take place for evidence-based practices.
C)   Residential settings for drug and alcohol treatment that use the community spirit generated by the influence of peers and various group processes to help individuals overcome addictions that occur within a prison.
D)   Community treatment centers that focus on drug and alcohol treatment.

Question 9

Which of the following dynamic needs applies to the antisocial personality?

Accepted Answer

A)   adventurous, pleasure seeking, and weak self-control
B)   attitudes, values, beliefs, and rationalizations supportive of crime
C)   close association with criminal others and relative isolation from anticriminal others
D)   low levels of performance and satisfaction in school and/or work

Question 10

Describe the relationship between drugs and crime. What challenges does this relationship pose for researchers and practitioners?

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

_____ is a method of prompting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve discrepant thinking.

Accepted Answer

A)   Motivational interviewing
B)   Positive reinforcement
C)   Target interventions
D)   Persuasion tactics

Question 12

The movement to a _____ frame of mind has resulted in the most progressive agencies moving to evidence-based practice (EBP).

Accepted Answer

A)   who does it work for
B)   will it work
C)   when will it work
D)   what works

Question 13

What is an addiction?

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

The effective treatment of all sex offenders is dependent on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   a thorough assessment
B)   the identification of deviant arousal patterns
C)   a polygraph assessment
D)   all of these

Question 15

Prisons do not provide English literacy classes or academic education leading to the GED.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A)   Pharmacological treatment can supplant traditional treatment methods for alcoholism and drug abuse.
B)   Pharmacological treatment augments, not replaces, traditional treatment methods for alcoholism and drug abuse.
C)   There are no viable treatment options for alcoholism and drug abuse.
D)   Pharmacological treatment is ineffective in reducing cravings and relapses among alcoholics.

Question 17

Which of the following principles integrates treatment into full sentence/sanction requirements?

Accepted Answer

A)   responsivity
B)   treatment
C)   risk
D)   needs

Question 18

Which of the following explanations accounts for the overrepresentation of mentally ill populations in the correctional system?

Accepted Answer

A)   Mental hospital deinstitutionalization
B)   Substance abuse
C)   Greater propensity for violence
D)   All of these

Question 19

Successful treatment programs implement evidence-based practices. Explain these practices being used.

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

Pharmacological treatment can do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   render addicts more receptive to treatment
B)   reduce cravings
C)   stabilizes brain chemistry
D)   all of these

Exam 11: Correctional Programming and Treatment