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Risk management: - ANS ✓-determines risk
-applies corresponding sanctions, supervision, and restrictions
-may produce change, but is generally short-term
Risk reduction: - ANS ✓-determines risk and identify criminogenic needs
-utilizes effective interventions and treatment
-produces long-term change
Primary Risk Factors often exist: - ANS ✓-on their own, independent of
other factors
Secondary Risk Factors typically: - ANS ✓-stem from primary risk
factors
-are rooted in the behaviors associated with primary risk factors
Secondary Risk Factors include: - ANS ✓-lack of prosocial family support
-lack of prosocial leisure activities
-lack of education/employment
-drug abuse/addiction
Antisocial attitudes include: - ANS ✓-crime is a way of life
-a distrust of authority
-pro-criminal values, beliefs, cognitive-emotional state
#1 probationer risk factor: - ANS ✓-antisocial attitudes
Criminogenic needs are dynamic attributes of probationers that are
directly linked to their: - ANS ✓-criminal behavior
The responsivity principle illustrates what: - ANS ✓barriers must be
removed to initiate positive behavior change
Examples of Responsivity Issues include: - ANS ✓-mental health issues
-physical health issues
-literacy levels
-childcare issues
-housing issues
-medication compliance issues
-language barriers
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-transportation issues
-cultural issues
Professional Discretion is: - ANS ✓-a process in which an assessor may
override the final TRAS supervision level
Professional Discretion is also known as a/an: - ANS ✓-override
Professional Discretion/Override should occur no more than what
percent of the time: - ANS ✓-no more than 10% of the time
You can only override a probationer's what when completing a TRAS
assessment: - ANS ✓-probationer's supervision level
2 areas you are not allowed to override in the TRAS assessment: - ANS
✓-individual items in the assessment
-overall TRAS score
4 reasons that may constitute an override: - ANS ✓-gaps in the
information provided
-significant barriers in completing assessment
-specialized areas needing assessment
-probationer risk must match your professional judgment
An assessment interview gathers information needed to determine
what: - ANS ✓-probationer's risk level and criminogenic needs
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Issues assessment interview should address probationer's: - ANS ✓-
criminogenic needs areas
-magnitude of each need area
-barriers to meeting needs
-risk factors
-strengths
-resources
4 steps to preparing for assessment interview: - ANS ✓-review case file
-review interview guide
-review collateral information
-review scoring guide
3 parts of assessment interview: - ANS ✓-introduction
-body
-termination
4 purposes of the introduction to the assessment interview: - ANS ✓-
state the purpose of the interview
-state the expectations if the interview
-clarify roles of the interview participants
-explain confidentiality
3 components of effective interview termination: - ANS ✓-clear
statement indicating the interview is about to end and offers probationer
an opportunity to add comments or tie up loose ends
-concise summary of what has been accomplished during interview
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