Research Has Determined That Although No Single Type of Treatment

question 29

Multiple Choice

Research has determined that although no single type of treatment can be identified as the most effective,one feature that seems to characterize programs that consistently reduce offender recidivism is:

• A) the number of staff assigned to the program.
• B) the program's popularity among inmates.
• C) the rate at which the program is used in federal prisons.
• D) the quality of the program's implementation.

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Definitions:

Heuristics

Simple, efficient rules, learned or hard-wired by evolutionary processes, that help in making decisions, forming judgments, or solving problems.

Structural

Pertaining to the physical or logical arrangement of a system's parts.

Preoperational Stage

The second stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, typically occurring between ages 2 and 7, characterized by the development of language and the ability to think symbolically, yet struggling with logic or understanding the viewpoint of others.

18 Months

A reference to a specific age or time period, often significant in developmental psychology for milestones in infants.