What are the three common lies about offender?
- All are dangerous and need to be incarcerated
- Advocacy for treatment means person is soft on crime
- All offenders are the same
What are some types of special need offenders?
- Learning disabilities
- Communicable disease
- Substance abuse offenders
- Early childhood offenders
- Adolescent offenders
- Gang related
- Sex offender
- Female offenders
- Family violent
- Geriatric offender
Define subjective needs
Are those felt by the offender an are those needs that the offender perceives to be important can be expressed or unexpressed.
What is an example of subjective needs?
Insecurity, manipulation. Lack of trust
True or false: objective needs are determined by society and correctional agency?
True
What is intermediate community supervision?
Sanctions are those sentences that have differing levels of supervision
Examples of intermediate supervision
Probation with restitution and community service. Intensive supervision. Day reporting. Home confinement with GPS. Halfway house
What state did GPS first appear?
Florida
What are some types of therapeutic programs?
1. Cognitive 2 Behavioral 3. Reality 4. Solution focused 5. Feminist 6. Faith based
What is a PSI?
Overview and summary of offenders background. It is designed to assist judges in deterring the most appropriate sentence for offender.
What information is included in a PSI
Background, prior criminal history, education level, mental health concerns.
True or false: The judge completes the PSI report
False: the probation or community supervision officer
What are some characteristics of recidivist?
Male under 30 Single status Commit crime similar to last charge Drug or alcohol dependency Not under supervision
What type if therapy is good for sex assault offenders n domestic batters
Cognitive
What type of therapy is used for all offenders
Behavioral
What therapy teaches the offender
Reality therapy
What type if therapy is effective for alcoholics and drug abusers
Family system therapy
What therapy empowers women
Feminist therapy
