Exam 16: Social Work and Services in the Criminal Justice System

The goal of restitution programs is to involve offenders in community service and steer them away from criminal behavior.

Describe forensic social work.

According to Newman and Newman (2015), there are approximately 29,400 gangs in the United States.

The act of stealing property in the hands of another person by using force or the threat of force is called:

Although most youth gang members are male, there are also female gangs and female adolescents who become members of mixed-gender gangs.

The term _____ refers to restoring a person to a state of productive, noncriminal functioning in society.

Coercive family environments are marked by conflict in addition to harsh and inconsistent discipline.

_____ are acts that are considered inappropriate when done by juveniles but are not crimes if committed by adults.

All of the following are true of prisons except that:

A function for social workers in adult correctional facilities involves assisting prison personnel in determining how individual inmates are treated.

As a social worker, to what extent do you support a liberal approach that focuses on rehabilitating offenders and emphasizes the idea that people will thrive and do well when provided with enough support?

White-collar crimes are offenses committed by middle-class and upper-middle-class people in their business and social activities.

Describe white-collar crime​and corporate crime. Give examples for each.

In the context of recording crime rates in the United States, the Uniform Crime Reports are an example of:

According to La Vigne and Samuels (2012), the average annual cost for supervising a person on probation is:

A suppression approach to gangs involves focusing on controlling them through law enforcement and prosecution.

_____ refers to the practice of targeting suspects on the basis of race.

Describe criminal gangs, retreatist gangs, and conflict gangs.

Explain the three phases of the cycle of domestic violence.

Cult/occult gangs may focus their interests on hating some group such as gay people or non-Whites.