How to Classify and Assess Offenders MCQs

How to Classify and Assess Offenders MCQs

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1: Actuarial method is a method of making ______ based on statistical analyses of behavior patterns of people similarly situated, averaged over many thousands of cases

A.   Decisions

B.   Predictions

C.   Qualifications

D.   All of the above

2: AIMS stands for Adult Internal Management System

A.   True

B.   False

3: The process of making a judgment about something or someone based on certain criteria is called

A.   Assessment

B.   Classification

C.   Actuaries

D.   Prisonization

4: Case Management Classification (CMC) System is the most widely used instrument in the U.S. for

A.   Offender assessment

B.   Criminogenic needs

C.   Custodial level

D.   Mortification

5: Classification is the process of sorting things into categories according to

A.   Differences

B.   Shared qualities

C.   Both

D.   None

6: Criminogenic Needs are factors associated with

A.   Achievements

B.   Healing

C.   Strengthening

D.   Recidivism

7: In custodian level the degree of supervision inmates receive can be

A.   Minimum

B.   Medium

C.   Maximum

D.   Any of the above

8: The PCL-R is an instrument widely used around the world to identify

A.   Domestic violence

B.   The psychopaths

C.   Child abusers

D.   Gangs

9: Level of Service/ Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI) is a Canadian fourth generation instrument that contains _____ factors addressed by 43 items to determine risk, needs, and supervision level of offenders

A.   Four

B.   Eight

C.   Twelve

D.   Sixteen

10: National Institute of Corrections is a correctional tool that identifies ______ areas of assessment that provide for objective custodial placement

A.   Four

B.   Eight

C.   Twelve

D.   Sixteen

11: Risk factors can be

A.   Static

B.   Dynamic

C.   Both

D.   None

12: The United States has the lowest incarceration rate in the worl

A.   True

B.   False

13: A classification system is used to assign an inmate to prison housing.

A.   True

B.   False

14: Jails are long-term facilities.

A.   True

B.   False

15: There are correctional programs designed to meet the needs of mentally ill offenders.

A.   True

B.   False

16: The elderly are classified as a special population in prison.

A.   True

B.   False

17: In how many states is marijuana is legalized?

A.   4

B.   8

C.   12

D.   16

18: While classification is useful for prison officials, it is not for inmates.

A.   True

B.   False

19: The assessment and classification of offenders lets probation and parole officers make better use of their time.

A.   True

B.   False

20: Many sex offenders may be classified (or may ask to be classified) to administrative segregation, where they often remain in their cells for how many hours in a day?

A.   18

B.   24

C.   23

D.   16

21: The subjective judgment of mental-health professionals is superior to statistical data in predicting the future behavior of offenders.

A.   True

B.   False

22: Prisons in the past made no efforts to classify inmates by age, gender, or mental health.

A.   True

B.   False

23: In probation and parole, the rehabilitative needs of offenders take precedence over their risk of reoffending.

A.   True

B.   False

24: Who developed the Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI)?

A.   Germans

B.   Canadians

C.   Americans

D.   Norwegians

25: Predicting human behavior is fairly easy, given the right tools.

A.   True

B.   False

26: The primary purpose of assessing and classifying inmates is rehabilitation.

A.   True

B.   False