Question 1

Which of the following prisoner-related costs is most expensive?

Accepted Answer

A)  Health care. 
B)  Transportation. 
C)  Programming. 
D)  Food.

Question 2

Which correctional goal is accomplished when an offender successfully completes community service and restitution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Enforcement. 
B)  Community protection. 
C)  Restoration. 
D)  Deterrence.

Question 3

What have state correctional department heads identified as the top four critical issues to be addressed in the near future? Are these issues that the general public are likely to agree as being among the most important issues to address in crime policy? If not, what can be done to get citizen buy-in?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What have state correctional department heads identified...

Question 4

Match the following terms with their meanings.
-Cognitive behavioral treatment

Accepted Answer

A)  A style of offender supervision where the officer is less interested in helping the offender succeed and is more interested in tracking failures and acting on rule violations. 
B)  A shared database that allows users to analyze their own institutional environment and compare it to other states using standardized measures. 
C)  Assumes behavioral change can occur only by addressing offender thinking errors. 
D)  Long-term peer-led programs for chronic addicts using group confrontational methods. 
E)  Correctional interventions for which there is consistent and solid scientific evidence showing that they work to meet the intended outcomes.

Question 5

What are the major expectations that society has of the corrections system? What primary functions are related to each of these expectations?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What are the major expectations that society...

Question 6

Compared with the annual cost of incarceration in state or federal prison, the cost of ________ is considerably less.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Compared with the annual cost of incarceration...

Question 7

Corrections ________ in the United States has become overrun by politics, union control, and emotionally based reactions to terrible tragedies.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Corrections ________ in the United States has...

Question 8

Which of the following factors is likely to contribute to an unsuccessful community supervision outcome for an offender?

Accepted Answer

A)  Completion of treatment program. 
B)  Under age 30. 
C)  Stable employment. 
D)  Living with spouse and/or children.

Question 9

According to the figure in Chapter 14 showing what works and what doesn't, which of the following is an example of what works?

Accepted Answer

A)  Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DAR
E) . 
B)  Long-term community supervision (more than five years). 
C)  Discipline-oriented boot camps. 
D)  Drug courts.

Question 10

A(n) ________ crime control policy is one that focuses on appropriate responses to harm suffered by victims or by communities and is committed to reducing expensive incarceration responses.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A(n) ________ crime control policy is one...

Question 11

Match the following terms with their meanings.
-Therapeutic communities

Accepted Answer

A)  A style of offender supervision where the officer is less interested in helping the offender succeed and is more interested in tracking failures and acting on rule violations. 
B)  A shared database that allows users to analyze their own institutional environment and compare it to other states using standardized measures. 
C)  Assumes behavioral change can occur only by addressing offender thinking errors. 
D)  Long-term peer-led programs for chronic addicts using group confrontational methods. 
E)  Correctional interventions for which there is consistent and solid scientific evidence showing that they work to meet the intended outcomes.

Question 12

________ communities use cognitive behavioral treatment methods for drug addicts and people who have both an addiction and a mental health disorder.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ________ communities use cognitive behavioral treatment methods...

Question 13

What percentage of a corrections budget pays for staff salaries, wages, and benefits?

Accepted Answer

A)  13 percent. 
B)  27 percent. 
C)  49 percent. 
D)  65 percent.

Question 14

Offender treatment that incorporates anger management and interpersonal problem solving has a greater impact on reducing recidivism than treatments that include victim impact and behavioral modification.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The cost of incarceration varies widely according to an area's cost of living and the security level of the prison.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Match the following terms with their meanings.
-Performance-based measures system

Accepted Answer

A)  A style of offender supervision where the officer is less interested in helping the offender succeed and is more interested in tracking failures and acting on rule violations. 
B)  A shared database that allows users to analyze their own institutional environment and compare it to other states using standardized measures. 
C)  Assumes behavioral change can occur only by addressing offender thinking errors. 
D)  Long-term peer-led programs for chronic addicts using group confrontational methods. 
E)  Correctional interventions for which there is consistent and solid scientific evidence showing that they work to meet the intended outcomes.

Question 17

Which correctional goal is accomplished when an individual offender creates a new life with changed thinking and behaviors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rehabilitation. 
B)  Restoration. 
C)  Retribution. 
D)  Enforcement.

Question 18

For the most effective use of money spent, higher-risk offenders should receive shorter treatment doses and less structured supervision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Community supervision officers who play the ________ game, a type of offender supervision that is marked by interest in tracking failure, tend to have high case turnover.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Community supervision officers who play the ________...

Question 20

Purpose or mission statements of correctional institutions vary widely, but one philosophy that is first and foremost around the country is that the corrections system

Accepted Answer

A)  fulfills a public safety function. 
B)  punishes society's law breakers. 
C)  must keep its employees safe. 
D)  has an obligation to tax payers to keep costs as low as possible.

Exam 14: Revisiting Evidence-Based Practices and What Works

Which of the following prisoner-related costs is most expensive?

Which correctional goal is accomplished when an offender successfully completes community service and restitution?

Match the following terms with their meanings. -Cognitive behavioral treatment

What are the major expectations that society has of the corrections system? What primary functions are related to each of these expectations?

Compared with the annual cost of incarceration in state or federal prison, the cost of ________ is considerably less.

Corrections ________ in the United States has become overrun by politics, union control, and emotionally based reactions to terrible tragedies.

Which of the following factors is likely to contribute to an unsuccessful community supervision outcome for an offender?

According to the figure in Chapter 14 showing what works and what doesn't, which of the following is an example of what works?

A(n) ________ crime control policy is one that focuses on appropriate responses to harm suffered by victims or by communities and is committed to reducing expensive incarceration responses.

Match the following terms with their meanings. -Therapeutic communities

________ communities use cognitive behavioral treatment methods for drug addicts and people who have both an addiction and a mental health disorder.

What percentage of a corrections budget pays for staff salaries, wages, and benefits?

Offender treatment that incorporates anger management and interpersonal problem solving has a greater impact on reducing recidivism than treatments that include victim impact and behavioral modification.

The cost of incarceration varies widely according to an area's cost of living and the security level of the prison.

Match the following terms with their meanings. -Performance-based measures system

Which correctional goal is accomplished when an individual offender creates a new life with changed thinking and behaviors?

For the most effective use of money spent, higher-risk offenders should receive shorter treatment doses and less structured supervision.

Community supervision officers who play the ________ game, a type of offender supervision that is marked by interest in tracking failure, tend to have high case turnover.

Purpose or mission statements of correctional institutions vary widely, but one philosophy that is first and foremost around the country is that the corrections system