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WorksheetsCJ 285 Ch. 12
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
At what point do mental health care services begin within correctional facilities?
medication
assessment
treatment
screening
The burden placed on institutional corrections is compounded because of the significant number of inmates who have a dual diagnosis of both ______.
mental illness and substance abuse
mental retardation and suicidal ideation
mental illness and mental retardation
substance abuse and suicidal ideation
The primary goal of ______ is to quickly identify emergency situations and inmates who might require more extensive intervention prior to placement in the prison population.
treatment
screening
assessment
medication
The general public consensus is that ______ is the best sentence of sex offenders.
long-term incarceration
capital punishment
day reporting centers
home confinement
Most sex offenders are housed ______.
in therapeutic communities
in the general population
in protective custody
in mental health units
Who is typically charged with supervising sex offender treatment programs?
correctional officers
treatment staff
a psychologist or psychiatrist
the warden
The rise in numbers of habitual elderly offenders and offenders-turned-elderly-in-prison has to do largely with ______.
truth in sentencing policies
determinate sentencing policies
indeterminate sentencing polices
three-strikes felony sentencing policies
Elderly first-time offenders frequently commit ______.
sexual offenses
violent offenses
drug offenses
property offenses
These elderly offenders are most likely to end up as geriatric inmates who die in prison.
greyhounds
habitual elderly offenders
elderly first-time offenders
offender-turned-elderly-in-prison
These offenders often fit the mold of greyhounds within the prison facility.
habitual elderly offenders
offender-turned-elderly-in-prison
elderly first-time offenders
LGBTI offenders
These inmates are unlikely to be victims within the inmate subculture.
greyhounds
mentally ill inmates
inmates with HIV/AIDS
offender-turned-elderly-in-prison
These inmates are often seen as punks.
HIV/AIDS-positive inmates
Habitual elderly offenders
Greyhounds
Inmates diagnosed with mood disorders
The state of ______ is regarded as one of the toughest correctional systems in the nation on HIV-positive inmates.
New Hampshire
Alabama
Utah
South Dakota
This is a term used for inmates who falsely claim and consciously fake symptoms of an illness.
shirking
truanting
skiving
malingering
