In ____, the Supreme Court held that a probationer’s home may be searched without a
warrant on the grounds that probation departments “must respond quickly to evidence
of misconduct.”
a. United States v. Weeks
b. Minnesota v. Murphy
c. Griffin v. Wisconsin
d. United Sates v. Knights
The desire for warm, stable relationships that are otherwise unobtainable in the prison
environment often leads the female inmate to:
a. engage in self-mutilation behavior.
b. develop elaborate black market economies.
c. create make-believe families.
d. marry prison guards and staff.
In a criminal case, a preponderance of the evidence is sometimes enough to convict.
a. True
b. False
John Braithwaite argues that crime control can be better achieved through a policy of:
a. restitution.
b. reiterative shaming.
c. intensive supervision.
d. RCC.
The Fifth Amendment guarantees you the right to a public trial.
a. True
b. False
More than half of all cases involve a direct sentence to probation for a fixed period of
time.
a. True
b. False
Caroline has been arrested for shoplifting at Bloomingdales. This is not her first offense
and at trial she is found guilty. The judge decides the appropriate punishment is to cut
off Caroline’s hand so she will not be able to shoplift again.
If Bloomingdales existed in every century, when would we find this sentence as a
popular punishment?
a. Eleventh century
b. Twelfth century
c. Thirteenth century
d. Fourteenth century
Conviction rates for indigent defendants and for those with their own lawyers were
about the same in federal and state courts.
a. True
b. False
What was the name of the famous commission that investigated corruption in New York
City in the 1970s?
a. Warren Commission b. Knapp Commission
c. Christopher Commission d. Mollen Commission
Which case forced the Corrections Department to upgrade prison medical facilities?
a. Procunier v. Martinez
b. Nolan v. Fitzpatrick
c. Newman v. Alabama
d. Bounds v. Smith
The chivalry hypothesis states that women benefit from sentence disparity because the
system is dominated by men who have a protective attitude toward women.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is not a form of intermediate sanction?
a. Intensive probation supervision
b. House arrest
c. Residential community corrections (RCC)
d. Sentencing circles