Recidivism prediction is built off the information derived from the presentence interview. It is at this point that correctional personnel attempt to determine the risk involved with allowing the offender to be placed under community supervision.

a. Intake
b. Recidivism prediction
c. Case management
d. Actuarial risk-needs assessment


b. Recidivism prediction

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When ordinal data measurement produces a large number of tied ranks, we should use the:

a. Pearson r. b. Spearman's rank-order. c. Cramér's V. d. Goodman's and Kruskal's Gamma.

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______ is a set of interlocking conditions that coalesce to progressively deepen a person’s criminality.

A. Continued deviance B. Cumulative advantage C. Cumulative disadvantage D. Cumulative effect

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According to cultural theories of crime in the United States, what large group blatantly denies the middle-class norms of society?

a. Arian Brotherhood b. Gothic subculture c. Environmental activists d. no such groups exist

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When a person kills another and has the mental state of recklessness, the crime would most likely be:

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