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What is detention in the juvenile justice system?

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Confinement of youth upon arrest and before court disposition, often in juvenile detention centers.

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What is commitment in juvenile justice?

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Placement in residential facilities after adjudication, including training schools and treatment centers.

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What are status offenses?

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Acts illegal only for juveniles (e.g., truancy, running away, incorrigibility).

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What are strong risk factors for juvenile offending?

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Age at first referral, prior referrals, current offense, drug/alcohol problems, school difficulties, negative peers, family issues.

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: Name characteristics of effective juvenile intervention programs.

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Based on theory, long-term, clinically intensive, multi-model, skill-focused, not coercive, developmentally appropriate.

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What makes juvenile programs ineffective?

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Short duration, failure to target key risks, grouping high-risk youth, poor staff training, scare tactics, adult lecturing.

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What does RNR stand for in corrections?

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Risk, Needs, Responsivity.

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What does the “risk” principle involve?

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Matching intervention intensity to the offender’s likelihood of reoffending.

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What does the “needs” principle refer to?

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Addressing criminogenic factors like substance abuse and poor impulse control.

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What does the “responsivity” principle focus on?

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Matching interventions to the offender’s learning style and ability to benefit.

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Name two juvenile-specific risk assessment tools.

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SAVRY and Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory.

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What are community-based interventions for juveniles?

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Probation, school-based monitoring, therapy, and skills training.

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What is multisystemic therapy (MST)?

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A home/community-based program addressing family, peer, school, and individual factors to reduce recidivism.

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What are the advantages of MST?

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Improved family relationships, reduced behavior problems, less time with deviant peers.

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When are secure residential placements typically used?

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For high-risk offenders or when community placement is not viable.

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What are wraparound services in juvenile reentry?

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Individualized, multi-agency support for housing, school, mental health, and substance abuse.

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What’s a major challenge in juvenile reentry?

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Generalizing treatment gains from secure settings to the community.

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What is classification in adult corrections?

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Assessment of inmates to determine appropriate facility and security level.

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What does RNR model assess in adult offenders?

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Risk of reoffending, criminogenic needs, and best intervention methods.

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What is probation in adult corrections?

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Court-ordered community supervision as an alternative to incarceration.

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What’s the difference between jail and prison?

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Jail is for short-term, local custody (under a year); prison is for long-term state or federal sentences.

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What is solitary confinement?

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Isolated imprisonment with minimal or no human contact.

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What are roles of correctional psychologists?

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Intake evaluations, risk assessments, therapy, crisis intervention, and pre-parole evaluations.

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What are some mental health interventions in prison?

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Group therapy, medication management, residential treatment for severe mental illness.

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What is a psychological risk of solitary confinement?
Heightened mental health deterioration requiring regular mental status checks.
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What is reentry in adult corrections?
The transition process from prison to the community.
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What should effective reentry services focus on?
Risk factors, frequent and intensive delivery, addressing competing demands on the individual’s time.
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Why are youth placed in detention before adjudication?
: They are either suspected of delinquent or status offenses or awaiting court outcomes or placement.
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What is the concern with aggregating high-risk youth in programs?
It may increase delinquency through peer contagion (modeling and reinforcement of deviant behavior).
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Why are coercive institutional settings often ineffective for youth rehabilitation?
They can increase resistance, fail to build trust, and don’t support long-term behavioral change.
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Why is MST often more effective than standard diversion services?
It integrates family and community contexts and provides 24/7 support with a trained team.
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What is a common goal of correctional classification in adult prisons?
To determine appropriate custody level and identify programming needs.
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Why is the RNR model crucial at reentry for adult offenders?
It helps match post-release support with individual risk and needs to reduce recidivism.
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What is one psychological consequence of incarceration?
Increased symptoms of anxiety, depression, or institutionalization, especially under harsh conditions.
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What is one critique of mass incarceration in the U.S.?
It disproportionately affects communities of color and often fails to reduce crime long-term.
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What is a forensic evaluation in corrections?
An assessment to determine legal competencies (e.g., competency to stand trial, risk to self/others).
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What’s a reason an inmate might malinger psychological symptoms?
To be transferred from a supermax facility to a psychiatric unit.
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What is the main goal of wraparound services for youth with mental health needs?
Deliver individualized, collaborative care that promotes stability and community reintegration.
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What are “scare tactics” in youth intervention programs, and why are they ineffective?
Fear-based methods like prison tours; they often increase rebellious behavior rather than deter it.
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: What type of sentence might juveniles receive instead of incarceration?
Community-based alternatives such as group homes, day treatment, or intensive probation.
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What is Functional Family Therapy (FFT)?
A community-based intervention for juvenile offenders, provided weekly by a single therapist over an average period of three months. It is family-focused and often delivered in the home
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What is Oregon Treatment Foster Care?
An empirically supported juvenile intervention that involves placing juveniles with specially trained foster parents rather than in residential placement
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What is school-based probation?
A variation on standard probation where the youth's attendance, performance, and behavior in school are monitored through the probation officer's personal visits to the school.
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What is the role of psychologists in jails and prisons?
Psychologists assist in classifying inmates, conducting intake psychological evaluations, determining security levels and special needs, and providing treatment for mental illnesses and intellectual deficits
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What are some interventions delivered in jails and prisons?
Interventions include substance abuse treatment, sex offender treatment, educational and vocational training, skills development, and religious programs.
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What are the psychological consequences of imprisonment?
Factors such as overcrowding, mismanagement, punitive staff, excessive surveillance, and isolation can negatively impact inmates' mental health
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What is reentry?
The process of preparing inmates to transition from incarceration back into the community, focusing on addressing relevant risk factors and providing necessary services
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What are wraparound services?
Individualized services delivered in a collaborative manner between agencies, focusing on the adolescent's needs and involving family and cultural considerations.
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What does the Risk principle of RNR suggest?
That intervention intensity should match the offender's risk level—higher-risk individuals should receive more intensive services.
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What is meant by Criminogenic Needs?
Dynamic risk factors (like substance abuse or poor peer associations) that, if addressed, can reduce reoffending.
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What does Responsivity refer to in RNR?
Tailoring intervention strategies to the individual’s learning style, motivation, and abilities to maximize effectiveness.
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What are status offenses?
Offenses that are only considered violations because of the offender’s age (e.g., truancy, running away, underage drinking).
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What is a dispositional hearing in juvenile court?
Similar to sentencing in adult court, it determines the consequences or treatment plan for a delinquent youth.
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What are examples of juvenile correctional dispositions?
Secure facility commitment, probation, group homes, day treatment, fines, community service, blended sentencing.
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What is the primary difference between jails and prisons?
Jails hold pretrial detainees or individuals with short sentences; prisons house convicted offenders serving longer terms.
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What is classification in adult corrections?
The process of assessing an offender’s risk and needs to determine placement in an appropriate facility or program.
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What are key challenges of solitary confinement?
It can lead to or exacerbate psychological problems, including depression, anxiety, hallucinations, and suicidal ideation.
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What are barriers to successful reentry after incarceration?
Lack of housing, employment, mental health support, social stigma, and difficulty meeting parole conditions.
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What is the role of correctional psychologists in reentry?
They assist in risk assessment, therapy, skill development, and coordination of community-based services.
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individuals who have been charged with offenses but have not yet been convicted are often housed in which of the following places?
jails
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Sociologist Donald Clemmer defined which of the following as “the taking on in greater or less degree of the folkways, mores, customs, and general culture of the penitentiary”?
Prisonization
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Drevontae is a judge who uses an approach in which the staff, other clients, and physical setting are all part of the therapeutic environment. What approach does he believe works?
therapeutic community
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Intensive probation is typically characterized by which of the following?
Increased monitoring contact
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Some prison settings have what is known as a therapeutic community. Which of the following is characteristic of such a community?
All of these are correct.
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Overall, mental health courts have been shown to do which of the following?
Decrease recidivism rates
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Which of the following is a community-based intervention for juvenile offenders that has been used for almost 35 years?
Functional Family Therapy
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Which of the following has not been associated with Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI) scores?
Religious programs
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The focus on treatment integrity has been important—particularly since studies have supported the link between which of the following?
The link between adherence to MST treatment principles and favorable outcomes
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One of the weaknesses in residential interventions for juveniles is which of the following?
A lack of meaningful involvement of family members
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There is evidence that the MST is effective with juveniles with personal histories of which of the following?
Drug abuse
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Which of the following describes school-based probation?
The offending youth’s attendance, performance, and behavior in school are monitored.
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Which of the following uses a range of responses—positive reinforcement, incentives, constructive feedback, and sanctions—to guide probation officers in assisting youth on their caseloads to comply with probation condition?
Graduated response
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Jaron believes in an approach that uses a range of responses—positive reinforcement, incentives, constructive feedback, and sanctions—to guide probation officers in assisting youth on their caseloads to comply with probation conditions. Which of the following approaches does Jaron espouse?
Graduated response
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Which of the following terms describes the process of prisoners being released from incarceration back to the community?
Reentry

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