Deck 8: Substance Abuse

Question 1

According to the text, "getting tough" on drug offenders has produced

A) decreases in drug crimes
B)overcrowded prisons
C) reduced drug availability
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Answer 1

overcrowded prisons

Question 2

Alcohol abuse among offenders is

A) highly correlated with recidivism
B) not correlated with recidivism
C) associated with recidivism only in the presence of other drug abuse
D)predictive of recidivism at a moderate level
E) highly predictive of criminal behavior for men but not women

Answer 2

predictive of recidivism at a moderate level

Question 3

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) may be effective because

A) the AA sponsor models abstinence
B) of peer pressure
C) of changes in the alcoholic's social network
D) b and c only
E)all of the above

Answer 3

all of the above

Question 4

Relapse prevention teaches the client

A) how to say "no" to drugs
B) methods for reducing peer pressure
C)to practice alternative responses to high-risk situations
D) to change their self-defeating thoughts
E) controlled drinking rather than binge drinking

Question 5

Therapeutic communities

A)tend to operate in segregated areas of a prison
B) operate out of community drop-in centers
C) have failed to demonstrate effectiveness in reducing recidivism
D) mainly operate in faith-based prisons
E) follow a relapse prevention model

Question 6

Relapse prevention is based on the premise that

A) one needs to be highly motivated to change
B)the maintenance of change is the most difficult aspect of overcoming an addiction
C) psychological treatment needs to be paired with medical interventions such as Antabuse
D) situations that trigger substance abuse are of minor relevance
E) substance abusers are highly resistant to treatment

Question 7

Motivational interviewing is

A)a technique to engage uncooperative clients in treatment
B)based upon a stage theory of readiness to change
C)derived from the need principle
D)a and b only
E)all of the above

Question 8

The following alcohol treatment program is most clearly related to social learning theory

A) therapeutic communities
B)Hunt and Azrin's (1973) Community-Reinforcement program
C) Alcoholics Anonymous
D) Counter-Point
E) DARE

Question 9

Mandating treatment for substance abusing offenders is

A)not as effective as when offenders volunteer for treatment
B) as effective as freely attending treatment
C) more effective than giving offenders the option of going into treatment
D) effective only for the high-risk offenders
E) rarely done because most treatment providers refuse to see clients who are coerced into treatment

Question 10

Drug treatment courts

A) show very high completion rates
B) have been evaluated experimentally in over 78 studies
C)demonstrate a modest reduction in recidivism
D) operate only in the United States where the "war on drugs" predominates
E) all of the above