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CH: 11-12 Flashcards

1
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Which of the following is not an Evidence-Based principle?

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Decrease positive reinforcement

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2
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What is the focuses of Decarceration

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Focuses on reducing the number of imprisoned individuals through decriminalization of low level non- serious crimes.

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3
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Sobriety occurs when larger doses of a drug are needed by the body to produce the same effect.

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False

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4
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In Minnesota, as in other places, the term “employ” generally refers to the act of hiring or engaging individuals to work for compensation, either as employees or through contracted services

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True

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Criminogenic Needs is a term that emerged in the 1980’s and refers to concerns or problems areas that are scientifically proven to affect recidivism.

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True

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5
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What is the U.S. recidivism rate?

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60% or above

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6
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What are some common withdrawal symptoms?

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Irritability
Sweating
Trouble Sleeping
All of the above

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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) remains the most widely accepted form of therapy for sex offenders.

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True

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8
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RNR stands for Risk-Need-Responsivity?

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True

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9
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Do you gain increased self awareness with sobriety?

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True

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10
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According to a Bureau of Justice Statistics study, what percent of prisoners were rearrested within 5 years?

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77%

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11
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What year did the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative start operating?

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2006

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12
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Prior to the 1970’s, what was the most common type of psychotherapy?

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Psychoanalysis

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Criminogenic needs are concerns or problem areas that are scientifically proven to affect recidivism.

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True

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14
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The first step act was signed into law in 2020.

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False

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15
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When was the first step act created

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2018

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Evidence Based Practice is defined as the objective,balanced,and responsible use of current research, and the best available data to guide policy and practice decisions, such that outcomes for consumers are improved.

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true

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17
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Randomized controlled trials are considered to provide the highest level of evidence to establish a causal association in a scientific study between a specific variable, such as treatment(drug counseling) and an outcome (reduced drug use).

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True

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18
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Which of the following is not a principle for reducing offender risk and recidivism?

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Compare new behaviors to old ones

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19
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What percentage of the US prison population has substance abuse disorder?

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65%

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The Evidence-Based practice (EBP) is the “Objective, balanced, and responsible use of current research, and the best available data to guide policy and practice decisions”

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True

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21
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The criminogenic needs have no influence on one’s chance of recidivism

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False

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22
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The First Step Act was signed into law on December 21, 2018.

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True

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23
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Which form of therapy teaches offenders techniques to identify, investigate, and change dysfunctional behaviors?

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Rational Emotive Behavior Theory

24
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A Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that 77% of prisoners from 30 states, nearly 70,000 released prisoners, were rearrested within __ years

A

5 years

25
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Sex offenses vary from jurisdiction-to-jurisdiction

A

True

26
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Research shows that correctional education programs can address offenders’ cognitive deficits, lower recidivism rates, and increase employment opportunities post-release

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True

27
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Minnesota’s EMPLOY program has been called a “useless model” for correctional employment programming

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False

28
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Which of the following is not a substantive right?

A

Right to bear arms

29
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For prisoners, cases based on Sixth Amendment rights involve

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The right to a speedy trial and detainer problem

30
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The hands of doctrine was a principle that helped prisoners’ claims of mistreatment.

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False

31
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Our founding fathers drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to outline what the government saw as “inalienable rights,” personal freedoms that could not be taken away.

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True

32
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Risk principle is to match the level of intervention to the level of an offender’s risk of recidivism.

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True

33
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When was the Prison Litigation Reform Act made?

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1995

34
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The Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act was made in what year?

A

1980

35
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Does the ACLU stand for The American Liberties Union?

A

True

36
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The “hands-off” doctrine refers to the courts’ general reluctance to intervene in matters related to how prisoners were treated.

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True

37
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For prisoners cases based on what amendment involves the right to a speedy trial?

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6th

38
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What is the sixth amendment?

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The right to a speedy and fair trail

39
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Which Amendment protects citizens being accused of a crime (innocent until proven guilty)?

A

5th Amendment

40
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A right is a favor or option that is not legally protected and may be denied one entity by another.

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False

41
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Visitation in prisons is considered by most courts to be a privilege and not a constitutionally guaranteed right, and prison officials can deny the privilege for any reason or no reason at all.

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True

42
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This loss of rights is known as collateral consequences and may include voting rights, judicial rights, domestic rights, and property rights

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True

43
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Which is not one of the 7 substantive rights?

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Right to a fair trial

44
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Which case gives prisoners the ability to complain about their living conditions?

A

Coffin V. Reichard

45
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The Fifth Amendment implies that:

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A) There’s no double jeopardy
B) You have the right to remain silent
C) No reasonable searches and seizures
D) A and B

46
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Civil death means that while offenders were incarcerated or on probation or parole, they could not sign contracts, make decisions regarding their property, vote, hold public office, etc.

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True

47
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The case of Ex parte Hull gives prisoners the right to the courts.

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True

48
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The upsurge in prisoners’ rights cases over the past few decades has been called the inmate litigation decline.

A

False

49
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hat does the “Hands-Off” Doctrine say about the courts?

A

the courts ignore the claims of misconduct

50
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Which court case supports that jails / prisons have the right to check inmates mail?

A

Prewitt v. State of Arizona ex rel. Eyman (1969)

51
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Rights given to people have a legal standing i.e. Freedom of Speech

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True

52
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State habeas corpus is an inmate-initiated hearing with the concern of confinement conditions.

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True

53
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What amendment protects an individual from double jeopardy?

A

5th

54
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Which Act allowed incarcerated individuals the opportunity to challenge unlawful conditions of confinement

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Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act

55
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How many substantive rights are there?

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7

56
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Even the most criminally prolific and violent inmates have basic legal rights that are protected by the U.S. Constitution

A

True

57
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A privilege is a legally protected claim

A

False

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