SOWK 2100 Final Test Study Guide

A behavior that is only illegal because of your status as a juvenile

Status crime

About 1 in 3 Iraqi and Afghanistan war veterans will report

PTSD

The conditional release of an inmate from incarceration into supervision after a portion of a sentence has been served

Parole

When I say the term evidence based practice I am most likely describing

Drawing on research to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention

Which of these options would social workers most likely not approve of

More children should be referred into the adult criminal justice system

Which of the following in the case of a disaster would not be micro-practice and is also the least important thing during a disaster

Discharge plan

Which of the following is NOT a positive stress

Divorce

After witnessing or experiencing an event that involves an actual or a threat of death or serious danger a person may develop

PTSD

A sentence that does not require incarceration in exchange for terms such as a fine, supervision, community service, or restitution

Probation

Officially suspending the prosecution of a crime to give the defendant the opportunity to complete special conditions like driver improvement or community service is called

Diversion

An injury to the mind or the body by some type of violence, shock, or unanticipated situation

Problem

An extraordinary event, either natural or man made, that results in damage to property, harm to human life, and disrupts our institutions

Disaster

The process of formal accusation, arrest, trial, and sentencing is called

Ajudication

Over the past 20 years murder rates in the US have done what

Decreased

The murder rate in the United States compared to other industrialized nations is

Significantly higher

What group of people would experience the highest crime rates

People living in urban areas

How does the US compare to other countries with our incarceration rates

Our incarceration rates are considerably higher. The United States currently incarcerate about 22 million people.

These theorists believe that people are responsible for their own life and their criminal behavior is their fault

The individualist

Theorists that believe that society creates situations where people do not have enough resources so they commit crime to survive or to access these resources

Sociological theorists

Someone who looks at both arguments for individualists and sociological theorists would be described as

Systems: person in environment

Social work believes that criminal behavior could be reduced if we would

Reduce poverty and make resources more available

Social work profession supports that offenders that are incarcerated with mental illness or substance abuse issues should be what

Released from prison and placed in rehabilitation or mental health centers

Current statistics indicate that one in every ___ adult in the United states is either incarcerated or under some sort of legal supervision

35

What percent of the people incarcerated in prison in the United States are from minority groups

60%

Females make up what percent of people in prison

Less than 10 percent

Women are more likely to be serving time for what crimes?

Drugs

This term refers to a punishment or sentence that is served outside of a correctional facility. For example, in halfway houses, work release programs, or community service programs.

Community corrections

Which of the following would be a setting where social workers would not be found

Prosecution of child abuse crimes

The rate of juveniles incarcerated in need of psychiatric services

70%

This term describes a less serious type of crime usually punishable by a fine or community service or special conditions

Misdemeanor

The suspension of a sentence that does not initially require incarceration if certain conditions are met over a set period of time

Probation

A pattern of assaulting behaviors including physical, sexual, and psychological attacks by individuals against a family or intimate partner is known as

Domestic violence

A term for an event that disrupts a person’s equilibrium with normal coping skills faded causing impaired functioning or distress

Crisis

Robert is graduating college and starting a new job. Robert is having what type of stress?

Positive stress

Joan is a client and she is going through a divorce. She had been very emotional for a few weeks but she is improving. Joan is experiencing what type of stress?

Tolerable stress

Post traumatic stress disorder affects what percentage of Iraqi veterans?

Between 20-30%

The second hand exposure to traumatic events or experiencing trauma through the lives of others is called

Secondary stress

Which of the following is NOT considered a stress reducing technique or intervention?

Intensive education groups

Behaviors that promote healthy living and the prevention of illness and disease are what type of prevention?

Preventative medicine

Preparation for a natural disaster or efforts to protect from a natural disaster are known as

Hazard preventions

Which of the following is NOT a commonly accepted technique to reduce stress

Separating yourself from your feelings

Workers who feel emotionally spent and drained are most likely suffering from

Burnout

Women who experience abuse as a child are more likely to develop PTSD if they experience

Domestic abuse (Intimate partner violence)

In 1955, Figley developed a term to describe when social workers and mental health professionals were exposed to everyone’s problems for years and it started to have an effect on these professionals

Compassion stress

The central concept of which type of therapy is that thoughts control emotions rather than external environmental factors

Cognitive behavioral theory

This type of prevention aims to stop criminal behavior before it happens

Crime prevention

This type of intervention uses exercise to cause muscle fatigue to relieve stress

Energy psychology

This event occurred in 2005 and resulted in the death of 1,836 people and displaced over a million people and cost over 80 billion dollars in damages

Hurricane Katrina

Who is the author of the textbook?

Segal, Gerdes, & Steiner