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Officer Certification Exam Study Guide with Verified Solutions Risk - Answer-Who Need - Answer-What Responsivity - Answer-Barriers Professional discretion - Answer-Override Risk Principle - Answer-Treatment/supervision should be prioritized for high risk offenders agent of change - Answer-So...

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Risk - Answer✔✔-Who


Need - Answer✔✔-What


Responsivity - Answer✔✔-Barriers


Professional discretion - Answer✔✔-Override


Risk Principle - Answer✔✔-Treatment/supervision should be prioritized for high risk offenders


agent of change - Answer✔✔-Someone who promotes significant change in individuals


Pre-contemplation - Answer✔✔-no intention of changing behavior


contemplation - Answer✔✔-Weighing the pros and the cons of the change


determination - Answer✔✔-Wants to make a change; planning stage


Action - Answer✔✔-Begins plan for change, creates new habits, but misses the old habits


Maintenance - Answer✔✔-New habits have been established, old are tempting


relapse - Answer✔✔-Give up, goes back to old habits for comfort (post crisis)


Permanent Exit - Answer✔✔-Old habits are no longer tempting, even in crisis



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Need Principle - Answer✔✔-to be effective, correctional interventions must address the

criminogenic needs of offenders


Primary risk factors - Answer✔✔-Antisocial peers, personality, historic behaviors


Secondary Risk Factors - Answer✔✔-Factors that usually stem from primary factors ex: lack of

prosocial family/peers, education/employment, drug use


static risk factors - Answer✔✔-Factors that cannot be changed by interventions such as past

history of violent behavior or demographic information


dynamic risk factors - Answer✔✔-Attributes of the offender that can be altered through

intervention, including level of education, employment skills, addiction issues, and cognitive

thinking abilities, among others.


Responsivity Principle - Answer✔✔-Illustrates how the need identified should be targeted, or

what barriers must be removed to initiate positive behavior change


Professional discretion - Answer✔✔-Override of supervision level


4 reasons that may constitute an override - Answer✔✔-1. Gaps in information given


2.significant barriers


3.specialized areas that need assessed


4. Does the risk of the offender match professional judgement


4 Components of a Case Plan - Answer✔✔-1. Problem/Need


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2. Goals


3. Objectives


4. Techniques


Direct supervision - Answer✔✔-Minimum of 1 face to face contact every three months AND

probationer who resides or works in your jurisdiction OR probationer resides or works in

adjoining jurisdiction, if both departments agree


Problem Solving Approach - Answer✔✔-Officers approach based on the probationers risks or

needs


-helping probationer identify problems


-managing risk by holding probationer accountable


premature focus trap - Answer✔✔-trying to solve the problem before you get to know the

person


Labeling Trap - Answer✔✔-using certain social stigmas as an excuse for behavior; labeling the

probationer as a drunk or as lazy


Question-answer trap - Answer✔✔-only using questions that solicit closed responses, such as

"yes" or "no" answers


Confrontation/denial trap - Answer✔✔-thesis for the officer who falls into the "fixer mode" very

quickly by focusing their attention on a specific problem and offers a quick "solution" - does not

motivate the probationer to change

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