What is risk classification and is it an effective tool in the fight against repeat offending?
What will be an ideal response?
To select the appropriate treatment modes, probation officers analyze the client's character, attitudes, and behavior through diagnosis/risk classification. An effective diagnosis integrates all that has been learned about the individual, organized in such a way to facilitate the establishment of future treatment goals. Based on a risk assessment, offenders are assigned to specific supervision levels. There is potential that the right level of supervision and treatment would result in a lower recidivism rate; however, this is also dependent on the offenders' willingness to change their lifestyle and circumstances based on the treatment and opportunities provided. Overall, most probationers (about 60 percent) successfully complete their probationary sentence and most revocations occur during the first three months of the probation sentence.
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a. VisionQuest b. Disproportionate minority confinement c. Recidivism d. None of the above
Police supervisors sometimes revert to control and authority and thus ___________________
a. reinforce that great work comes from individual acts b. want their own staff to depend on them c. want to own their power d. attempt to recreate themselves in their staff e. All are correct.
Alcoholism is a state of altered cellular physiology caused by chronic consumption of alcohol that manifests in physical disturbances called ______ when alcohol use is suspended.
A. hallucinations B. delusions C. dependency D. withdrawal
Neighborhood Watch serves as ________ for law enforcement
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).