Deck 11: Offender Rehabilitation

Question 1

According to the text, correctional workers can induce changes in their clients by

A) presenting alternatives to criminal behavior
B) showing approval when the client expresses anticriminal sentiments
C) being empathic
D) showing approval for prosocial sentiments
E)all of the above

Answer 1

all of the above

Question 2

Social learning theory suggests that the single most important aspect of the rehabilitation of criminal offenders would include

A)an increase in the rewards for prosocial behavior
B) a decrease in the costs for prosocial behavior
C) making legitimate opportunities available
D) enhancing personal well-being
E) the improvement of self-esteem

Answer 2

an increase in the rewards for prosocial behavior

Question 3

Evidence for the effectiveness of offender rehabilitation first became evident with the literature review conducted by

A) Andrews, Zinger, et al. (1990)
B) Gendreau and Ross (1987)
C) Gendreau and Ross (1979)
D) Martinson (1974)
E)Kirby (1954)

Answer 3

Kirby (1954)

Question 4

According to the text, Martinson's conclusion that "nothing works"

A) is supported by most empirical reviews of the literature
B) is supported by Martinson's own review
C) has had little impact upon corrections
D)highlights the inadequacy of treatment programs that are poorly designed and poorly grounded in theory
E) is based on group therapy programs

Question 5

Some reviewers of the treatment literature have compared justice sanctions with direct service and found

A) the same results for recidivism
B)justice sanctions have little impact on recidivism while appropriate direct services significantly reduce recidivism
C) neither justice nor direct services impact on recidivism
D) justice sanctions reduce recidivism, while nothing works with rehabilitation
E) both justice sanctions and direct service programs reduce recidivism

Question 6

Most of the evidence suggests that, when in adherence with RNR, treatment programs with offenders are

A) not as effective as deterrence
B) are effective only with specific subgroups of offenders
C)effective
D) ineffective
E) harmful

Question 7

Factors external to the treatment, such as an evaluator involved in the delivery of the treatment given in a community setting, have been found to

A) eliminate any positive effects due to treatment
B) not affect outcome
C) decrease the effect size
D)increase the effect size
E) contaminate the findings

Question 8

An important factor in the evaluation of correctional treatment programs is demonstrating that the treatment goals of the program are

A)linked to recidivism
B) statistically significant
C) politically correct
D) consistent with theory
E) replicable

Question 9

Effective correctional counseling includes

A)a warm interpersonal relationship
B)direction as to prosocial behavior
C)promoting insight into psychological conflicts
D)both a and b
E)all of the above

Question 10

Knowledge destruction

A) results from sniffing glue
B)involves raising suspicion about the validity of data
C) facilitates theory revision
D) is a product of experimental methodology
E) involves systematic observations

Question 11

Mark Lipsey's (2007) meta-analysis of juvenile offender treatment programs found support for

A)the risk principle
B)the general responsivity principle
C)the need principle
D)both a and b
E)all of the above

Question 12

Changing an offender's criminogenic needs in a treatment program is an example of

A) a pre-service client characteristic
B) an interaction effect
C) a moderator variable
D)an intermediate treatment goal
E) program processes