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Self-help programs are primarily lead by:

A) prison chaplains.
B) psychologists.
C) inmates.
D) corrections officers.

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The principle that maintains that programs should consider offenders' situations as well as characteristics that may become barriers to success in a correctional program is known as the:

A) responsivity principle.
B) character principle.
C) restorative principle.
D) human principle.

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A technique in which rewards or punishments are used to alter or change a person's behavior is:

A program designed to help inmates manage their anger, especially in interpersonal relations, is called a(an)____________________program.

Religious instruction and services are not always provided in federal, state, and private prisons.

Effective types of treatment programs in prison accomplish which of the following?

Inmates who attain sufficient reading and writing skills for functional literacy may increase the possibility of:

Self-help programs are run by licensed counselors.

Any means to correct an offender's character, habits, attitudes, or behaviors to overcome his or her propensity to commit crime is known as:

Please list and explain some of different treatment methods used in American prisons today.

___________________________therapy is based on the assumption that the foundations for criminal behavior are dysfunctional patterns of thinking.

A needs assessment is designed to:

The prison is an extremely favorable setting for correctional treatment when done correctly.

Programs from which inmates seek improvement, such as anger management, or that express ethnic or cultural goals are called:

Research studies have found that educational program participation is not related to reduced rates of recidivism.

Failure to abide by the conditions set up in treatment programs may result in which of the following?

Therapy that uses positive and negative reinforcement to encourage desirable behavior and extinguish undesirable behavior is called ____________________.

A ____________________ assessment is used to record staff assessment of prisoner's problems, as well as the magnitude of these problems.

Self-help programs are primarily run by ____________________.

Prison crowding makes it difficult to provide an adequate assessment program concerning the treatment needs of inmates.