CMY2601
EXAM PACK
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, THEME 1 MCQ AND NOTES
1. Kemshall (2008:7–8) is of the opinion that the identification of high-risk offenders
has been, and still is, a problem. This, in the author's opinion, is due to three major
issues. Identify the correct options that describe these issues:
1. designing and implementing a risk assessment tool capable of reliably and
consistently identifying high-risk offenders
2. differing interpretations of what constitutes "high risk" among practitioners and
sentencers
3. the opinions of the police, court officials and medical practitioners about who is
potentially a high-risk offender
4. establishing sufficient criteria and evidence upon which to base judgements about
the future
2. "This perspective of risk has resulted in a constant developing in the pursuit of
reliable risk assessment tools to identify dangerous offenders, the ‘critical few' or high-
risk offenders." Identify which perspective or theoretical approach the above statement
forms part of:
1. psychological approach
2. cultural perspective
3. criminological and legal approaches
4. sociological approach
3. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct term: ... assessments and
treatments often run parallel to psychological approaches, targeted at those high-risk
offenders deemed to have a mental illness.
1. Biophysical
2. Psychosocial
3. Neurological
4. Psychiatric
4. What does Kemshall (2008:40) refer to as "a mechanism of social regulation in
which individuals are made responsible for their own actions, including their own risks,
and for their own self-risk management"?
1. responsibilisation
EXAM PACK
FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS MODULE +27 67 171 1739
, THEME 1 MCQ AND NOTES
1. Kemshall (2008:7–8) is of the opinion that the identification of high-risk offenders
has been, and still is, a problem. This, in the author's opinion, is due to three major
issues. Identify the correct options that describe these issues:
1. designing and implementing a risk assessment tool capable of reliably and
consistently identifying high-risk offenders
2. differing interpretations of what constitutes "high risk" among practitioners and
sentencers
3. the opinions of the police, court officials and medical practitioners about who is
potentially a high-risk offender
4. establishing sufficient criteria and evidence upon which to base judgements about
the future
2. "This perspective of risk has resulted in a constant developing in the pursuit of
reliable risk assessment tools to identify dangerous offenders, the ‘critical few' or high-
risk offenders." Identify which perspective or theoretical approach the above statement
forms part of:
1. psychological approach
2. cultural perspective
3. criminological and legal approaches
4. sociological approach
3. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct term: ... assessments and
treatments often run parallel to psychological approaches, targeted at those high-risk
offenders deemed to have a mental illness.
1. Biophysical
2. Psychosocial
3. Neurological
4. Psychiatric
4. What does Kemshall (2008:40) refer to as "a mechanism of social regulation in
which individuals are made responsible for their own actions, including their own risks,
and for their own self-risk management"?
1. responsibilisation
