CCM Community Corrections & Reentry 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which federal law established requirements for sex offender registration and notification for offenders returning to the community?
- Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
- Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) (Correct answer)
- Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act Title I
- Jacob Wetterling Act
Correct answer: Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA)
SORNA, enacted as Title I of the Adam Walsh Act in 2006, established national standards for sex offender registration and community notification.
Question 2: A reentry coordinator is developing a housing plan for a releasee. Which barrier is most commonly cited as the greatest obstacle to successful reentry?
- Lack of transportation
- Inability to secure stable housing (Correct answer)
- Absence of family support
- Limited vocational skills
Correct answer: Inability to secure stable housing
Stable housing is consistently identified in research as the single greatest barrier to successful reentry, as homelessness is strongly linked to recidivism.
Question 3: What is the primary goal of a day reporting center (DRC) in a community corrections framework?
- To incarcerate offenders part-time as a cost-saving measure
- To provide intensive supervision and programming while allowing offenders to live in the community (Correct answer)
- To replace probation for low-risk offenders exclusively
- To manage offenders awaiting trial only
Correct answer: To provide intensive supervision and programming while allowing offenders to live in the community
Day reporting centers provide structured, intensive programming and supervision during daytime hours while permitting offenders to reside in their communities.
Question 4: Under evidence-based practices, which principle states that correctional interventions should be matched to the offender's level of risk?
- Need Principle
- Responsivity Principle
- Risk Principle (Correct answer)
- Fidelity Principle
Correct answer: Risk Principle
The Risk Principle holds that the intensity of supervision and treatment should match the offender's assessed level of recidivism risk.
Question 5: A parolee violates a technical condition by missing a required check-in appointment. Under graduated sanctions, what is the most appropriate first response?
- Immediate revocation and return to prison
- Arrest and detention pending a revocation hearing
- A swift, certain, and proportionate administrative sanction (Correct answer)
- Referral to the prosecuting attorney for new charges
Correct answer: A swift, certain, and proportionate administrative sanction
Graduated sanctions principles call for swift, certain, and proportionate responses to technical violations rather than immediate incarceration.
Question 6: Which reentry model emphasizes coordinating services between institutional and community corrections agencies beginning at the time of intake?
- Halfway house model
- Seamless transitions (Transition from Prison to Community) model (Correct answer)
- Shock incarceration model
- Intensive Supervised Probation model
Correct answer: Seamless transitions (Transition from Prison to Community) model
The Transition from Prison to Community (TPC) model promotes seamless coordination of reentry planning that starts at intake and continues through community supervision.
Question 7: When conducting a risk/needs assessment for reentry planning, which domain is considered a 'criminogenic need' that directly relates to recidivism risk?
- Physical health status
- Antisocial attitudes and cognitions (Correct answer)
- Marital status
- Country of origin
Correct answer: Antisocial attitudes and cognitions
Antisocial attitudes and cognitions are among the 'Central Eight' criminogenic needs that research links directly to criminal behavior and recidivism.
CCM Community Corrections & Reentry 2
Which federal law established requirements for sex offender registration and notification for offenders returning to the community?