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Officer Certification Exam Study Guide
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✔✔-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
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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
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
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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
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
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Officer Certification Exam Study Guide
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✔✔-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
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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
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
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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
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
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