BSCC BSCC - Board of State and Community Corrections Rehabilitation and Reentry Programs Questions and Answers

Question 1

What is the primary mission of the BSCC's Title 15 minimum standards as they relate to rehabilitation programming?

Accepted Answer

To ensure jails provide programs that reduce recidivism and prepare inmates for successful reentry

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To maximize the length of incarceration for all offenders

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To eliminate all programming costs from county budgets

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To restrict inmate access to vocational education

Question 2

Which federal grant program administered through BSCC funds county jails and juvenile facilities to implement evidence-based rehabilitative programs?

Accepted Answer

SB 678 Community Corrections Performance Incentives Act

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COPS Hiring Program

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Title IV-E

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Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)

Question 3

What does 'evidence-based practice' mean in a correctional reentry context?

Accepted Answer

Implementing programs and practices that have been proven through research to reduce recidivism

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Using only physical evidence from crime scenes in sentencing

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Documenting all inmate disciplinary infractions as evidence

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Requiring inmates to provide evidence of employment before release

Question 4

A reentry plan for a releasing inmate should MOST importantly address which area first?

Accepted Answer

Stable housing, employment, treatment linkage, and family support

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Recreational preferences

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Dietary restrictions

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Preferred entertainment options

Question 5

Which of the following is considered a 'criminogenic need' that corrections officers and case managers should target to reduce recidivism?

Accepted Answer

Antisocial peers and companions

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High IQ

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Stable employment history prior to arrest

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Religious affiliation

Question 6

California's AB 1950 (2020) significantly affected probation terms by doing which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Limiting most misdemeanor probation to one year and felony probation to two years

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Doubling the length of felony probation

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Eliminating probation for all non-violent offenders

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Transferring all probation supervision to CDCR