Missouri's Parallel Universe Program Was Created to Help Offenders Transition

question 18

Multiple Choice

Missouri's Parallel Universe program was created to help offenders transition from the prison to the community by:

• A) attempting to make the prison environment approximate life outside of prison
• B) attempting to prepare inmates for community living by showing them multiple training videos and giving them written homework assignments
• C) attempting to make community housing resemble prison life
• D) attempting to give offenders more freedom by allowing them to live in the community during the day while returning to the prison at night

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Definitions:

Trompenaars

A reference to Fons Trompenaars, a Dutch organizational theorist known for his work on cross-cultural communication and international management.

Person-Task Orientation

The focus on balancing personal interactions and task completion within an organization or team, maximizing both human and operational efficiency.

Power Distance

A cultural dimension that describes how people in a society deal with inequalities and the distribution of power.

Strategic Physical Distance

The deliberate placement or positioning of leaders away from their followers to maintain authority, respect, or to promote independence and self-reliance among subordinates.