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Texas CSO Certification Study Guide / Actual Exam
Questions and Correct Answers (Verified, Detailed
Answers) A Grade.
-are approaches empirically researched and proven to
Evidence-based practices
are: have measurable, positive outcomes
Interventions are -reduce risk and recidivism
considered effective when
they what:
Evidence based practices -validated assessment tool and treatments
emphasize the use of
what:
TRAS will help make decisions -how to most effectively supervise the probationers
regarding what:
Does punishment alone -no evidence has been found that punishment alone reduces
reduce recidivism: recidivism
-law abiding behaviors
Prosocial behaviors are: -concern for others rights, feeling, and welfare
-behaving in a way intended to help other people
-law breaking behaviors
Antisocial behaviors are:
-disregard for rules, laws, and authority
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-Risk principle
-Need principle
4 principles of effective
-Responsivity principle
intervention:
-Professional discretion
-supervision and treatment resources should be
The Risk Principle states that:
prioritized for probationers who are at higher risk to
re-offend
Treatment effects have what -strongest on high risk probationers
effect of high and low risk -can be harmful to low risk probationers
probationers:
Low risk probationers are -self-correct
often able to what:
Offense type is or is not offense type is not predictive of risk
predictive of risk:
Risk does or does not does not determine how dangerous a probationer is
determine how dangerous a
probationer is:
The risk principle focuses on -who to target for intervention
what:
Using the risk principle, CSO's -probationers higher risk to re-offend
have a systematic approach
to prioritize
supervision and treatment
resources on which
probationers:
-drives effective correctional programs and evidence-
Accurate assessment is what:
based decision- making
Good assessments meet the -risk and needs principle
what:
-reduced bias
-assist in decision making
Assessments allow:
-target dynamic risk factors
-measure change
Dynamic factor are: -factors that can change
Static factors are: -factors that can't change
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-someone who provokes or precipitates significant
An "agent of change" is who:
change or action in an individual
-Pre-contemplation
-Contemplation
-Determination
7 Stages of Change: -Action
-Maintenance
-Relapse
-Permanent exit
Pre-contemplation stage of stage where a person is not even contemplating making a
change: change
Contemplation stage of stage where a person is generally ambivalent- weighing pros
change: and cons
The needs principle states -target the needs that are related to the probationers
that interventions must: law breaking behavior
-determines risk
Risk management: -applies corresponding sanctions, supervision, and restrictions
-may produce change, but is generally short-term
-determines risk and identify criminogenic needs
Risk reduction: -utilizes effective interventions and treatment
-produces long-term change
Primary Risk Factors often -on their own, independent of other factors
exist:
-stem from primary risk factors
Secondary Risk Factors
typically: -are rooted in the behaviors associated with primary risk factors
-antisocial attitudes
-antisocial peers
Primary Risk Factors include:
-antisocial personality
-history of antisocial behavior
-lack of prosocial family support
-lack of prosocial leisure activities
Secondary Risk Factors
-lack of education/employment
include:
-drug abuse/addiction
-crime is a way of life
Antisocial attitudes include: -a distrust of authority
-pro-criminal values, beliefs, cognitive-emotional state
#1 probationer risk factor: -antisocial attitudes
Criminogenic needs are -criminal behavior
dynamic attributes of
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probationers that are directly
linked to their:
The responsivity principle barriers must be removed to initiate positive behavior change
illustrates what:
stage where person makes a firm decision to change-
Determination stage of
change: planning takes place in this stage
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Texas CSO Certification Study Guide / Actual Exam
Questions and Correct Answers (Verified, Detailed
Answers) A Grade.
-are approaches empirically researched and proven to
Evidence-based practices
are: have measurable, positive outcomes
Interventions are -reduce risk and recidivism
considered effective when
they what:
Evidence based practices -validated assessment tool and treatments
emphasize the use of
what:
TRAS will help make decisions -how to most effectively supervise the probationers
regarding what:
Does punishment alone -no evidence has been found that punishment alone reduces
reduce recidivism: recidivism
-law abiding behaviors
Prosocial behaviors are: -concern for others rights, feeling, and welfare
-behaving in a way intended to help other people
-law breaking behaviors
Antisocial behaviors are:
-disregard for rules, laws, and authority
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,8/11/25, 7:32 AM Texas CSO Certification Study Guide / Actual Exam Questions and Correct Answers (Verified, Detailed Answers) A Grade. Flashcar…
-Risk principle
-Need principle
4 principles of effective
-Responsivity principle
intervention:
-Professional discretion
-supervision and treatment resources should be
The Risk Principle states that:
prioritized for probationers who are at higher risk to
re-offend
Treatment effects have what -strongest on high risk probationers
effect of high and low risk -can be harmful to low risk probationers
probationers:
Low risk probationers are -self-correct
often able to what:
Offense type is or is not offense type is not predictive of risk
predictive of risk:
Risk does or does not does not determine how dangerous a probationer is
determine how dangerous a
probationer is:
The risk principle focuses on -who to target for intervention
what:
Using the risk principle, CSO's -probationers higher risk to re-offend
have a systematic approach
to prioritize
supervision and treatment
resources on which
probationers:
-drives effective correctional programs and evidence-
Accurate assessment is what:
based decision- making
Good assessments meet the -risk and needs principle
what:
-reduced bias
-assist in decision making
Assessments allow:
-target dynamic risk factors
-measure change
Dynamic factor are: -factors that can change
Static factors are: -factors that can't change
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,8/11/25, 7:32 AM Texas CSO Certification Study Guide / Actual Exam Questions and Correct Answers (Verified, Detailed Answers) A Grade. Flashcar…
-someone who provokes or precipitates significant
An "agent of change" is who:
change or action in an individual
-Pre-contemplation
-Contemplation
-Determination
7 Stages of Change: -Action
-Maintenance
-Relapse
-Permanent exit
Pre-contemplation stage of stage where a person is not even contemplating making a
change: change
Contemplation stage of stage where a person is generally ambivalent- weighing pros
change: and cons
The needs principle states -target the needs that are related to the probationers
that interventions must: law breaking behavior
-determines risk
Risk management: -applies corresponding sanctions, supervision, and restrictions
-may produce change, but is generally short-term
-determines risk and identify criminogenic needs
Risk reduction: -utilizes effective interventions and treatment
-produces long-term change
Primary Risk Factors often -on their own, independent of other factors
exist:
-stem from primary risk factors
Secondary Risk Factors
typically: -are rooted in the behaviors associated with primary risk factors
-antisocial attitudes
-antisocial peers
Primary Risk Factors include:
-antisocial personality
-history of antisocial behavior
-lack of prosocial family support
-lack of prosocial leisure activities
Secondary Risk Factors
-lack of education/employment
include:
-drug abuse/addiction
-crime is a way of life
Antisocial attitudes include: -a distrust of authority
-pro-criminal values, beliefs, cognitive-emotional state
#1 probationer risk factor: -antisocial attitudes
Criminogenic needs are -criminal behavior
dynamic attributes of
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probationers that are directly
linked to their:
The responsivity principle barriers must be removed to initiate positive behavior change
illustrates what:
stage where person makes a firm decision to change-
Determination stage of
change: planning takes place in this stage
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