SOWK 2100 McKinney Final Exam questions with
accurate answers
Ans✓✓✓ 20% of of inmates in jail or prison are in need of psychiatric
care
Ans✓✓✓ From a systems perspective, social workers must campaign
vigorously for policies that promote social and economic justice
Ans✓✓✓ Women are substantially more likely to be serving time for
drug convictions.
A less serious type of crime usually not involving jail time is called?
Ans✓✓✓ infractions
How does the murder rate in the US compare to other nations and are the
rates increasing or decreasing? Ans✓✓✓ U.S. rate of 4.7 murders per
100,000 people is still significantly higher than other industrialized
countries.
How does the US rate of incarceration compare to other nations?
Ans✓✓✓ 2.29 million people in prison in the U.S.
How many people died as the result of Hurricane Katrina? Ans✓✓✓
Hurricane Katrina caused over 1,800 fatalities
, The rate of incarcerated juveniles needing psychiatric care could be as
high as? Ans✓✓✓ As many as 70% of juvenile offenders suffer from
mental disorders.
What are status offenses? Ans✓✓✓ acts that are illegal only if you are a
minor
What are the interventions commonly used in cases of disaster?
Ans✓✓✓ protection, direction, connection, detention, referral
What interventions are used to reduce stress? Ans✓✓✓ Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing,
Energy Psychology and Trauma Releasing Exercises, Pharmacological
treatment
What is "evidence-based practice"? Ans✓✓✓ ccupational practices
ought to be based on scientific evidence.
What is a crises? Ans✓✓✓ an event that disrupts a person's
equilibrium, the person's usual ways of coping fail, and there is evidence
of distress and impairment of functioning
What is adjudication? Ans✓✓✓ the process of determining whether the
defendant is guilty
What is burnout? Ans✓✓✓ strain that results from ongoing stressors
accurate answers
Ans✓✓✓ 20% of of inmates in jail or prison are in need of psychiatric
care
Ans✓✓✓ From a systems perspective, social workers must campaign
vigorously for policies that promote social and economic justice
Ans✓✓✓ Women are substantially more likely to be serving time for
drug convictions.
A less serious type of crime usually not involving jail time is called?
Ans✓✓✓ infractions
How does the murder rate in the US compare to other nations and are the
rates increasing or decreasing? Ans✓✓✓ U.S. rate of 4.7 murders per
100,000 people is still significantly higher than other industrialized
countries.
How does the US rate of incarceration compare to other nations?
Ans✓✓✓ 2.29 million people in prison in the U.S.
How many people died as the result of Hurricane Katrina? Ans✓✓✓
Hurricane Katrina caused over 1,800 fatalities
, The rate of incarcerated juveniles needing psychiatric care could be as
high as? Ans✓✓✓ As many as 70% of juvenile offenders suffer from
mental disorders.
What are status offenses? Ans✓✓✓ acts that are illegal only if you are a
minor
What are the interventions commonly used in cases of disaster?
Ans✓✓✓ protection, direction, connection, detention, referral
What interventions are used to reduce stress? Ans✓✓✓ Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing,
Energy Psychology and Trauma Releasing Exercises, Pharmacological
treatment
What is "evidence-based practice"? Ans✓✓✓ ccupational practices
ought to be based on scientific evidence.
What is a crises? Ans✓✓✓ an event that disrupts a person's
equilibrium, the person's usual ways of coping fail, and there is evidence
of distress and impairment of functioning
What is adjudication? Ans✓✓✓ the process of determining whether the
defendant is guilty
What is burnout? Ans✓✓✓ strain that results from ongoing stressors
