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BCJ582 Final examination questions and answers
Relapse prevention programs for sex offenders are designed to ______.
incapacitate offenders so that they are unable to reoffend
provide work opportunities so that offenders will be too busy to reoffend
prevent reoffending through chemical castration
teach offenders ways to avoid high-risk situations, or cope with high risk situations that cannot be avoided so that reoffending will be less likely
Personality characteristics of severely antisocial offenders present challenges for which component of treatment?
administering pharmaceutical treatment
creating a therapeutic alliance
providing skills training
encouraging present centered thinking
Issues of formation of trusting relationships, delays of gratification, separation and individuation, and “working through” are primarily examples of which family therapy model?
communications
psychodynamic
structural
social learning
_________ introduces positive reinforcements, in which deviant fantasies are replaced with non-deviant fantasies.
Aversive therapy
Aversive reinforcement strategies
Masturbatory conditioning
Systematic role reinforcement conditioning
The DSM-5 indicates that prevalence rates of APD are between _______ to _______ of the general
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population.
0.2%; 3.3%
1.2%; 5.5%
10.2%; 15.6%
20.2%; 25.3%
Outward Bound and Youth Wilderness Programs offer youth offenders opportunities to engage in socially acceptable group activities. Which of the following is NOT an opportunity provided by these programs?
money management
physical conditioning
team training
technical training
Classification subgrouping assists the correctional program in which of the following?
predictions about future behavior
identifying needs
planning treatment
all of the above
_________ is a behavioral strategy in which the client and the counselor agree on what behaviors will be expected from the client and what, in turn, the counselor will provide for the client as well as what other outcomes might occur.
Negative reinforcement
Positive reinforcement
Contingency or behavioral contracting
Token economy
Group counseling is a preferred mode of providing offender treatment because ______.
groups provide the offender with a wealth of new information gathered from interactions with other individuals
offenders challenge each other with feedback
peer group pressure and influence are inherently therapeutic
all of the above
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According to research based on the CPAI-2000, a shortcoming found in at least 50 percent of all programs was ______.
clientpreservice assessment
staff characteristics
implementation
all of the above
Seeking Safety is a gender-responsive, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy treatment program that specifically targets women who suffer from a dual diagnosis of ______.
substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder
substance abuse and manic depression
substance abuse and bipolar disorder
substance abuse and schizophrenia
Which of the following does NOT constitute a functional treatment component for delinquents?
fully-trained staff
appropriate recreational activities
strengthening their conscience by helping them to ignore their guilt feelings
exploitation of live events
Correctional staff should assign _______ to half-way houses once released from prison.
low-risk offenders
medium-risk offenders
high-risk offenders
none of the above
It is hoped clients will see goal behaviors modeled outside of treatment groups, but treatment efforts are often discouraged when ______.
parents and family members model aggressive behaviors
institutional staff model antisocial behaviors
peers encourage delinquents to revisit criminal behavior
all of the above
Forever Free is a gender-responsive cognitive-behavioral program which addresses ______.