A psychiatrist or psychologist is often consulted when the question concerns the presence of:

Why is validity regarding classification systems an ethical consideration?

Involving the client in his or her case planning produces all of the following advantages except:

The treatment implications of the risk principle include:

When intervention staff participate in role-playing exercises to allow clients to practice prosocial skills, which core component of correctional intervention is staff exemplifying?

“Inappropriate” interventions can actually produce slight increases in recidivism.

At the end of the day, custody and supervision staff are solely law enforcers, whereas mental health and social work staff are the change agents. 

The risk principle, when applied to groups of low-risk individuals, notes that they do not do well in intensive therapy. 

“Appropriate” interventions reduce recidivism by approximately:

Typically, probation officers and case managers are qualified to conduct psychological evaluations.