The logic behind juvenile diversion programs is based on the developmental pattern of
delinquency.
a. True
b. False
According to the authors, rehabilitation is oriented solely toward the offender and does
not imply any consistent relationship between the severity of the punishment and the
gravity of the crime.
a. True
b. False
Some overseers think a hardening of public attitudes toward criminals is reflected in
longer sentences.
a. True
b. False
Crime rates are the lowest they have been in a generation.
a. True
b. False
A system where jail operations are funded by a set amount paid for each prisoner held
per day is:
a. a welfare system.
b. a fixed rate system.
c. a fee system.
d. a provider system.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that__________ states and the federal
government prison systems operated at or above capacity.
a. 5
b. 10
c. 19
d. 24
The term psychotherapy refers to the:
a. treatment of physical conditions.
b. treatment of psychosis.
c. treatment of the mind.
d. treatment regarding one’s offense.
Judges use combinations of criminal sanctions to reflect all of the following except the:
a. needs of the community.
b. severity of the crime.
c. emotional state of victim.
d. characteristics of the offender.
Major efforts began by the start of the 19th century in both Europe and the United
States to devise a more severe penal sanction that focused completely on the body,
rather than the mind of the offender.
a. True
b. False
Research shows that _________juveniles are carrying guns than before.
a. fewer
b. more
c. the same number of
d. Research has yet to determine this statistic.
In a highly authoritarian prison, treatment goals are:
a. a priority.
b. more important.
c. less important.
d. a cause for concern.
Some inmates, upon incarceration, decide to withdraw from others as well as isolate
themselves as a form of coping with the inmate society.
a. True
b. False
Traditional criminal justice employs__________ strategies.
a. judicial
b. adversarial
c. reparative
d. individualized
Which of the following was not an innovation initially developed by John Augustus?
a. probation
b. supervision conditions
c. home detention
d. presentence investigation
The jail rate is highest in the:
a. East and South.
b. West and South.
c. West and North.
d. East and North.
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Apply objective criteria to all prisoners
b. IQs of less than 70
c. Person who sees criminality as their life
d. Mental patient returns to the community
e. Julie Schenecker is one
f. Confined for life or until cured
g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
i. Classification based on seriousness of crime
j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated
Program criteria
Imprisoned mothers have difficulty maintaining contact with their children.
a. True
b. False
Most sexual offenses do not involve:
a. violence.
b. drugs or alcohol.
c. acquaintances.
d. the police.
Which of the following groups makes up a larger percentage of inmates?
a. African Americans and women
b. Hispanics and older prisoners
c. Caucasians and women
d. both African Americans and Hispanics
Tool counts, searches, and detailed accounting of materials are all critical to:
a. building maintenance.
b. good behavior.
c. security.
d. time management.
Between 1790 and 1830, the population in urban America:
a. sharply declined.
b. sharply increased.
c. remained unchanged.
d. none of the above.
The United States employs a national standard approach to sentencing.
a. True
b. False
A formal organization is deliberately established for a particular reason.
a. True
b. False
The traditional criminal justice system is concerned almost exclusively with:
a. winning.
b. offenders.
c. victims.
d. safety.
Between 1200 and 1827, English law:
a. discriminated against the upper social classes.
b. strove for equality in all matters.
c. discriminated against monks, nuns, and priests.
d. discriminated in favor of the upper social classes.
Jails are the________ the formal correctional system.
a. the most valued part of
b. exitway from
c. least expensive part of
d. entry point into
Female correctional officers only work with female inmates.
a. True
b. False
In the early 1800s, reformers began to press for separate confinement facilities and
programs for female offenders.
a. True
b. False
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Inmates and visitors have a great deal of freedom
b. Newer with functional units located in the entry
c. Central corridor for prisoner movement
d. Treatment programs designed to reform offender
e. Restrictions on inmates/visitors are less strict than maximum security
f. Often used for juveniles and women
g. Emphasizes family and community ties as a method of reform
h. Strict limitations on freedom of inmates/visitors
i. A control center from which to monitor movement
j. Emphasizes security, discipline, and order
Telephone-pole design
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Interacting with clients to change their behavior
b. Corrections is divided against itself
c. Problem of attraction and motivation
d.Choice between unsatisfactory alternatives
e. Focusing on prisons
f. Looking for patterns and consistencies in study findings
g. Expectations and goals
h.Assigning a group to a valid program and one group to a non-valid program
i.Achieves correctional goals through technology
j.Disproportionately affected minority group members
Motivational interviewing
______________________ has been credited with creating the mark system of
graduated confinement in England, which called for an inmate to obtain marks toward
early release.
a. John Howard
b. Sir Walter Crofton
c. Jeremy Bentham
d. Alexander Maconochie