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CCE Inmate Programs & Rehabilitation Flashcards

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  1. Which evidence-based principle holds that correctional programs should prioritize offenders who pose the highest risk of reoffending?

    Answer: Risk Principle

    The Risk Principle states that the intensity of correctional interventions should match the offender's risk level, with high-risk offenders receiving more intensive programming.

  2. The Need Principle in the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model directs correctional programs to target:

    Answer: Criminogenic needs — dynamic risk factors that, when changed, reduce recidivism

    The Need Principle focuses programming on criminogenic needs — dynamic factors like antisocial attitudes and substance abuse — because changing them reduces reoffending.

  3. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is considered the MOST effective correctional intervention because it:

    Answer: Targets antisocial thinking patterns that drive criminal behavior

    CBT addresses the antisocial cognitions and thinking errors that underlie criminal behavior, making it the intervention with the strongest evidence base in corrections.

  4. A CCE wants to evaluate whether a substance abuse treatment program is reducing recidivism. Which research design provides the STRONGEST evidence?

    Answer: Randomized controlled trial with a control group

    Randomized controlled trials with control groups provide the strongest causal evidence that a program, and not other factors, is responsible for reduced recidivism.

  5. Which of the following BEST describes 'program fidelity' in a correctional rehabilitation context?

    Answer: The extent to which a program is implemented as designed and validated

    Program fidelity refers to how closely implementation matches the validated program model, because deviations from the model reduce effectiveness.

  6. Which federal legislation significantly expanded funding for reentry and rehabilitation programs in US prisons?

    Answer: The Second Chance Act of 2007

    The Second Chance Act of 2007 authorized federal grants specifically to expand reentry programs, including substance abuse treatment, mentoring, and housing support.