1. _____ is defined as high-security facilities (or units within a maximum-security prison) supposedly intended to hold the most troublesome, violent inmates, either in complete isolation or in two-person quarters.
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Supermax prisons
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2. _____ is principles identified by Andrews and Bonta, widely believed and documented to be associated with effective psychological treatment.
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Risk/needs/responsivity (RNR)
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3. Is right to treatment statutory right that stipulates that incarcerated and institutionalized persons have a right to receive care and treatment suited to their needs?
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True
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4. _____ is known as judges’ decisions concerning whether to confine an individual or place him or her on probation or release prior to trial.
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release decisions
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5. _____ is defined as a method of treatment primarily designed to prevent a relapse of an undesired behavioral pattern. Often used in sexual offender treatment.
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Relapse prevention (RP)
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6. _____ is any attempt intended to bring about changes in behavioral or thought patterns.
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rehabilitation
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7. Is psychological assessment refers to all the techniques used to measure and evaluate an individual’s past, present, or future psychological status. Usually includes interviews, observations, and various measuring procedures that may or may not include psychological tests?
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True
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8. _____ is known as a form of isolation in which the inmate is separated from others for his or her own safety.
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protective custody
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9. _____ is defined as a sentence to serve time in the community, subject to supervision and conditions imposed by courts or probation officers.
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probation
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10. _____ is correctional facilities operated by state and federal governments to hold persons convicted of felonies and sentenced generally to terms of more than 1 year.
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prisons
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11. Is prison transfer process whereby prisoners are moved from one facility to another, sometimes without notice?
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True
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12. _____ is known as federal law requiring prisons and jails to address the problem of sexual assault within such facilities.
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13. _____ is defined as those persons held in jail before trial because either they are unable to afford bail, or they were denied bail because they were considered dangerous.
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pretrial detainees
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14. _____ is the conditional release of an offender after completing a portion of his or her sentence.
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parole
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15. Is noncriminogenic needs needs that are subject to change but have been found to have little influence on an offender’s criminal behavior. Psychological states such as depression, anxiety, or low self-esteem are examples used by some researchers?
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True
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16. _____ is known as a modification of the LSI that focuses on determining the clinical and social services the individual should ideally receive.
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Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI)
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17. _____ is defined as assesses dynamic and static risk factors to determine offender needs for services as well as risk of reconviction, including for violent offenses.
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Level of Service Inventory–Revised (LSI-R)
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18. _____ is facilities operated by local governments to hold persons temporarily detained, awaiting trial, or sentenced to short-term (typically under 1 year) confinement after having been convicted of a misdemeanor.
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jails
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19. Is intermediate sanctions supervision that is less restrictive than residential placement but more restrictive than the standard probation under which the juvenile or adult offender remains in his or her own home with conditions attached. Sometimes referred to as probation-plus or parole-plus. Examples may include intensive supervision, day-reporting requirements, or electronic monitoring?
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True
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20. _____ is known as correctional supervision of offenders who are on probation or parole but are assigned to heightened supervision or offered additional services.
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22. _____ is broad term for facilities that confine inmates; applies also to their rules, policies, and practices.
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institutional corrections
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23. Is incarceration rate number of persons incarcerated in prisons and jails per specified number in the population—on national level, reported per 100,000 U.S. population?
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True
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24. _____ is known as the major federal agency that coordinates all services provided in federal facilities, such as detention centers, prisons, and hospitals. The BOP also supports research on many aspects of corrections and provides internships for doctoral students interested in careers in corrections.
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Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
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25. _____ is defined as in prisons and jails, punishment (physical isolation) for violation of rules. Also may be called solitary confinement.
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disciplinary segregation
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26. _____ is facilities where pretrial detainees are held. Jails serve as detention centers as well as incarceration for persons sentenced to short terms, typically under 1 year.
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detention centers
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27. Is crisis intervention the intervention of mental health practitioners into emergency or crisis situations, such as suicide attempts, emotional agitation, or psychotic behavior displayed during confinement?
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True
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28. _____ is known as those dynamic risk factors that have been empirically found to be related to criminal behavior, such as substance abuse or misogynistic attitudes.
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criminogenic needs
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29. _____ is defined as the legal requirement that a person convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death must, at the time of execution, be emotionally stable or intellectually capable enough to understand the meaning of being put to death.
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competency to be executed
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30. _____ is correctional facilities that are not institutions and allow supervision of juveniles or adults within their own homes or in special community facilities, such as halfway houses.
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community-based facilities
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31. Is community corrections the broad term for a wide variety of options that allow persons convicted of crime to be supervised in the community, such as being placed on probation. Term also applies to parole, the supervision of former prisoners in the community?
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True
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32. _____ is known as an approach to therapy that focuses on changing beliefs, fantasies, attitudes, and rationalizations that justify and perpetuate antisocial or other problematic behavior. Believed to be the most effective treatment approach for both adult and juvenile offenders.
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Cognitive-behavioral approach
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33. _____ is defined as treatment approach based on the assumption that rewarding people (e.g., inmates or incarcerated juveniles) for “good behavior” and removing privileges when behavior is unacceptable will produce positive changes in behavior.
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behavioral model
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34. _____ is a form of custody exercised by prison administrators to isolate an inmate physically from the rest of the prison population for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to protection of the inmate.
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administrative segregation
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35. Minimum, low, medium, high, and administrative are the five ______ under the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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Security levels
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36. According to the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association, who should make the ultimate decision about whether or not an offender is competent to be executed?
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The court
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37. In which setting is an initial psychological screening most likely to be performed by corrections staff?
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Jails
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38. Compared to male offenders, female offenders are more likely to ______.
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Have experienced abuse
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39. One limitation of the PCL-R in measuring treatment of criminal psychopaths is that it does not capture ______.
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Short-term reductions in psychopathic traits
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40. Which professional is most likely to provide group therapy for prison inmates?
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A social worker
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41. Which type of treatment currently offers the most effective method for the temporary cessation of deviant sexual behavior in motivated individuals?
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Cognitive behavioral
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42. Prisoners are entitled to a hearing before transfer to a maximum security facility.
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False
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43. Persons under correctional supervision in the United States are either ______ or ______.
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In state prisons; in federal prisons
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44. Inmates have a constitutional right to all of the following except the right to ______.
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Rehabilitation
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45. Criminogenic needs and noncriminogenic needs are factors central to the principle of ______.
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Risk/needs/responsivity
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46. The Supreme Court has yet to hear a case involving conditions of confinement in supermax facilities.
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True
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47. All of the following are elements of the cognitive-behavioral approach except ______.
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Reinforcement for good behavior
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48. A court-ordered period of correctional supervision in the community is known as ______.
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Probation
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49. All of the following are impediments to psychological treatment in jail settings except ______.
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A lack of competent mental health professionals
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