Chapter 9 Review Questions

Module 3 Assignment 1

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Chapter 9 Review Questions

Overview

This assignment explores the adult offender and current trends relating to male and female offenders.

Instructions

Use Chapter 9 to help answer the following questions in a Word document. Your answers should be

double spaced. There is not a required length

for these answers, but you must answer the questions in

complete sentences

in your own words.

1.

What is a special offender, and why do they require special handling while under correctional

supervision?

2.

What role have antipsychotic drugs played in the deins

titutionalization of mentally ill

individuals?

3.

What problems do mentally ill inmates cause?

4.

List the reasons for the increased proportion of elderly inmates in the prison population.

5.

Why do sex offenders present such a difficult challenge for management in

both community and

institutional settings?

6.

What is the containment model of supervising sex offenders?

7.

What is civil commitment and who is it used for?

Submit your completed assignment to the

Module 3 Assignment 1 folder: Chapter 9 Review Questions.

Pleas

e refer to the Chapter Review Grading Rubric under the Tools tab on the Course Navigation bar,

and the

Course Schedule

and

Grading and Evaluation

pages in the

Syllabus Module

for due dates and

grading information for this assignment.

Deliverable

·

Word docum

ent

–

saved as CRJ145_M3_Assign1_firstnamelastname

·

Times New Roman

·

12pt font

·

One inch margins

·

Double spaced

Module 3 Assignment 1 - Chapter 9 Review Questions

Overview

This assignment explores the adult offender and current trends relating to male and female offenders.

Instructions

Use Chapter 9 to help answer the following questions in a Word document. Your answers should be

double spaced. There is not a required length for these answers, but you must answer the questions in

complete sentences in your own words.

1. What is a special offender, and why do they require special handling while under correctional

supervision?

2. What role have antipsychotic drugs played in the deinstitutionalization of mentally ill

individuals?

3. What problems do mentally ill inmates cause?

4. List the reasons for the increased proportion of elderly inmates in the prison population.

5. Why do sex offenders present such a difficult challenge for management in both community and

institutional settings?

6. What is the containment model of supervising sex offenders?

7. What is civil commitment and who is it used for?

Submit your completed assignment to the Module 3 Assignment 1 folder: Chapter 9 Review Questions.

Please refer to the Chapter Review Grading Rubric under the Tools tab on the Course Navigation bar,

and the Course Schedule and Grading and Evaluation pages in the Syllabus Module for due dates and

grading information for this assignment.

Deliverable

 Word document – saved as CRJ145_M3_Assign1_firstnamelastname

 Times New Roman

 12pt font

 One inch margins

 Double spaced