Exam 6: The Correctional Client

Compare the situational client to the career criminal. What are the main differences and what are their similarities?

Ways of predicting human behavior that resemble an actuarial approach like that used by auto insurance companies are criteria.

Due to prison overcrowding, correctional officials and parole boards believe that situational clients are most appropriate for early release because they typically pose a minimal threat to the public.

Describe the classification process as it pertains to the U.S. correctional system. Explain the value and importance for both the persons and staff.

Because every person in prison is different, classification systems apply a set of subjective criteria to all people in prison.

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. a. Apply objective criteria to all incarcerated people b. IQs of less than 70 c. A person with several convictions d. Returning convicts to the community e. Commit what appear to be one-time offenses f. Confined for life or until cured g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment i. Classification based on seriousness of crime j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated -Developmentally disabled

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. a. Apply objective criteria to all incarcerated people b. IQs of less than 70 c. A person with several convictions d. Returning convicts to the community e. Commit what appear to be one-time offenses f. Confined for life or until cured g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment i. Classification based on seriousness of crime j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated -Risk criteria

Prostitution is considered more a(n) crime than a sex crime.

One-fourth of those convicted of a crime receive a community sentence such as a fine or probation.

Most people convicted of violent offenses were under the influence of an illegal drug when they committed the crime.

Martin and Yablonsky describe a(n) client as one who made a mistake and pays a debt to society for that mistake.

Although the mere act of is not considered a serious offense, the collateral acts of predatory crime and violence are considered quite serious.

Identify the two reasons why the prison population is aging. What consequences does this have for corrections?

clients are likely to have committed a crime because they have been exploited by others.

The central problem with the mental health model of criminality is that we .

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. a. Apply objective criteria to all incarcerated people b. IQs of less than 70 c. A person with several convictions d. Returning convicts to the community e. Commit what appear to be one-time offenses f. Confined for life or until cured g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment i. Classification based on seriousness of crime j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated -Long-term incarcerated person

A consequence of the filtering process in the criminal justice system is that many people in prison or jail feel unjustly treated in comparison with others..

A classification system that has a significant amount of overlap is able to give correctional administrators guidance about appropriate treatment for clients.

Explain how the "filtering" capacity of the criminal justice system and characteristics found in the general population lead to a correctional population that differs significantly from the general population.

Discuss the difficulties in currently used classification schemes for people in prison, as they pertain to characteristics of the general person in prison population and how the classifications are used. Explain how and/or whether the classifications used in corrections today could be improved upon.