UNIT #13: Assessment and treatment of young offenders

Question 1

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Answer 1

A disorder in a youth characterized by persistent pattern of inattention and hyperactivity or impulsivity

Question 2

Conduct disorder

Answer 2

A disorder characterized by a persistent pattern of behaviour in which A youth violates the rights of others or age-appropriate societal norms or rules

Question 3

Externalizing problems

Answer 3

Behavioural difficulties such as delinquency, fighting, bullying, lying, or destructive behaviour experienced by A youth

Question 4

Extrajudicial

Answer 4

Term applied to measures taken to keep young offenders out of court and out of custody (for example, giving a warning or making a referral for treatment)

Question 5

Family-supportive interventions

Answer 5

Interventions that connect at-risk families to various support services

Question 6

Internalizing problems

Answer 6

Emotional difficulties such as anxiety, depression, and obsessions experienced by a used

Question 7

Oppositional defiant disorder

Answer 7

A disorder in a youth characterized by persistent pattern of negativistic, hostile, and defiant behaviours

Question 8

Parent-focused interventions

Answer 8

Interventions directed at assisting parents to recognize warning signs for later youth violence and-or training parents to effectively manage any behavioural problems that arise

Question 9

Primary intervention strategies

Answer 9

Strategies that are implemented prior to any violence occurring, with the goal of decreasing the likelihood that violence will occur later on

Question 10

Resilient

Answer 10

Characteristic of a child who has multiple risk factors but who does not develop problem behaviours or negative symptoms

Question 11

Secondary intervention strategies

Answer 11

Strategies that attempt to reduce the frequency of violence

Question 12

Social learning theory

Answer 12

A theory of human behaviour based on learning from watching others in a social environment and reinforcement contingencies

Question 13

Tertiary intervention strategies

Answer 13

Strategies an attempt to prevent violence from reoccurring

Question 14

Approaches for primary Intervention Strategies:

Community-Wide Strategies

x2

Answer 14

(1) providing structured community activities for children and increasing a community’s cohesion
(2) reducing the likelihood of bullying may be a
beneficial component to community-based programs in order to reduce the likelihood of later offending.

Question 15

Approaches for primary Intervention Strategies:

School-Oriented Strategies

Answer 15

(1) Given the amount of time children 
spend in school and the number of 
difficulties that can arise there, school
 is a common environment for primary 
prevention strategies

Question 16

Approaches for primary Intervention Strategies

Parent-focused interventions

Answer 16

interventions directed at assisting parents to recognize warning signs for later youth violence and/or training parents to effectively manage any behavioural problems that arise.

Question 17

Assessment & Treatment of Young
Offenders:

Tertiary Intervention Strategies

Answer 17

(1) Strategies that attempt
to prevent violence
from reoccurring

Question 18

Assessment & Treatment of Young
Offenders:

Secondary Intervention Strategies

Diversion programs

Answer 18

(1) Diversion programs “divert”
youth offenders from the youth
justice system into community- or
school-based treatment programs

Question 19

Assessment & Treatment of Young
Offenders:

Secondary Intervention Strategies

GOALS

Answer 19

(1) strategies that attempt
to reduce the frequency
of violence