Test Bank for Wrightsmans

for Wrightsman's Psychology and the Legal System 10 th Edition By Kirk Heilbrun, Edie Greene, Amy Bradfield Douglass All Chapters 1-15, Original , .

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Chapter 15

• Which of the following terms describes the process of prisoners being released from incarceration back to the

community?

• Reentry
• Probation
• Parole
• Disembarkin

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ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Understand

REFERENCES: Juvenile Corrections

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES: False

DATE CREATED: 6/7/2023 12:45 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/7/2023 12:53 AM

• Which of the following characteristics is found in programs that are successful in reducing the rates of violence,

antisocial behavior, and risky health behavior in adolescents?

• A cognitive/behavioral strategy
• Long-term treatments
• Multicontexual
• All of these

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Understand

REFERENCES: Juvenile Corrections

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES: False

DATE CREATED: 6/7/2023 12:45 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/7/2023 12:54 AM

• Which of the following characteristics is typically found in programs that are ineffective at reducing rates of violence,

antisocial behavior, and risky health behavior in adolescents?

• Cognitive-behavioral

strategy

• Scare tactics
• Long-term treatments
• All of these are correct.

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Understand

REFERENCES: Juvenile Corrections

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES: False

DATE CREATED: 6/7/2023 12:46 AM

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/7/2023 12:57 AM

• Factors said to influence the risk of juvenile criminal offending include which of the following?
• Juvenile history of offending
• Family issues
• Drug abuse
• All of these are correct.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Understand

REFERENCES: Juvenile Corrections

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES: False

TOPICS: Assessing Risk and Needs in Juveniles

DATE CREATED: 6/7/2023 12:46 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/7/2023 12:59 AM

• Which of the following is an assessment tool designed to measure a juvenile’s risk of offending and related needs?
• Unstructured assessment of violence risk in youth
• Youth level of service/case management inventory
• Improving both self-reported and observed family

relations

• Reducing time spent with deviant peers

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Understand

REFERENCES: Juvenile Corrections

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES: False

TOPICS: Assessing Risk and Needs in Juveniles

DATE CREATED: 6/7/2023 12:47 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/7/2023 1:01 AM

• Which of the following describes school-based probation?
• The offending youth is sent to boarding school to attempt to correct the behavior.
• The offending youth’s attendance, performance, and behavior in school are monitored.
• Probation is only enforced during school hours where behavior is monitored.
• It involves frequent monitoring contact.

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Understand

REFERENCES: Juvenile Corrections

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES: False

TOPICS: Community-Based

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DATE CREATED: 6/7/2023 12:47 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/7/2023 1:03 AM

• Community-based probation for juveniles may include which of the following components?
• Participate in regular drug testing at a doctor’s office.
• Participate in a specific program or alternative school during the day and return home

at night.

• Undertake anger management training with a trained psychologist.
• Undergo family counseling with a trained psychologist.

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Understand

REFERENCES: Juvenile Corrections

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES: False

TOPICS: Community-Based

Interventions

DATE CREATED: 6/7/2023 12:47 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/7/2023 1:05 AM

• Intensive probation is typically characterized by which of the following?
• Frequent, randomized report card checks
• Mandatory individual and group mental health

services

• Weekly community service
• Increased monitoring contact

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Understand

REFERENCES: Juvenile Corrections

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

HAS VARIABLES: False

TOPICS: Community-Based

Interventions

DATE CREATED: 6/7/2023 12:47 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/7/2023 1:13 AM

• Juvenile probation sometimes requires that offenders be involved in some kind of community-based placement or

program, such as Oakland’s Evening Reporting Center. Here, juvenile offenders must do which of the following?

• Report after school and remain at the center for recreational activities till 8 P.M. and

return home for the night

• Attend different kinds of learning and/or recreational activities and stay back overnight

at the center

• Attend school and remain on the grounds of the program
• Remain at home and undergo treatment

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

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