Chapter 8 Self-Check Quizzes

Correctional Effectiveness
. Recidivism can be measured as more than offenders being returned to prison.

. Individuals in the public who are considering committing crime should be deterred based on someone else's punishment is general deterrence.

. No evidence has been found for the brutalization effect of the death penalty.

. Three-strikes polices are good examples of selective incapacitation

. Few offenders would have to be incarcerated to observe a positive incapacitative effect.

. The responsivity principle refers to making certain the treatment addresses the individual and their circumstances.

. Collective incapacitation has a large impact on the level of crime.

. Studies have found support for treatments that focus on interpersonal skills, cognitive-behavioral interventions, multimodal approaches and community-based programs.

. "One size fits all" rehabilitation programming goes against the need principle.

. Over half of the states in the United States have the death penalty.

. Of the following, what would not be considered the ultimate form of punishment?

. The key to effective interventions are programs that apply the principles of

. In the federal system, what crime(s) below is/are death penalty eligible?

. ______________________ programs alter the decision-making processes of individuals, help offenders to identify prosocial responses to challenges, and develop skills and techniques for avoiding problem behavior.

. _________________________ is the strongest predictor of future criminal behavior.

. In what settings are cognitive thinking skills most effective?

. Which is a risk factor and also a need?

. Rehabilitation came under serious question in 1974 when which researcher said, "with few and isolated exceptions, the rehabilitative efforts that have been reported so far have had no appreciable effect on recidivism?"

. At what other points in the criminal justice system can knowledge of individuals' risk level become helpful?

. If treatment studies find negative mean effect sizes, what did the researchers observe?

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