The primary form of community treatment used by the juvenile justice system is:
a. incarceration.
b. probation.
c. house arrest.
d. none of these choices.
Substance-involved inmates and sex offenders are considered:
a. special offense inmates.
b. special needs inmates.
c. special populations inmates.
d. none of these choices.
Almost half of the women in prison today under mandatory sentencing laws have been
convicted of:
a. murder.
b. theft.
c. kidnapping.
d. conspiracy.
A type of insight-based therapy is:
a. psychotherapy.
b. transactional analysis.
c. reality therapy.
d. all of these choices.
Some at-risk inmates are segregated into:
a. protective custody.
b. solitary confinement.
c. other prisons.
d. hospital ward.
A model that contends that the management style of prison has influence over what
takes place in inmate culture is the:
a. deprivation model.
b. importation model.
c. situational model.
d. administrative control model.
Prisoners have been denied access to higher education and Pell grants..
a. True
b. False
Female inmates have higher rates of mental health problems than male inmates.
a. True
b. False
Prevailing evidence seems to support that judges use fines in a rational and reasonable
way.
a. True
b. False
Which prison holds many of the convicted terrorists and is the supermax prison of the
Federal Bureau of Prisons?
a. Administrative Maximum Facility
b. Pelican Bay
c. Alderson, West Virginia
d. USP Atlanta
What is the age where most states will transfer juveniles to adult court?
a. 13
b. 14
c. 15
d. 16
The state believes that in order for an offenders’ behavior to change, punishment
should:
a. be degrading.
b. be waived.
c. occur before a trial.
d. teach a lesson.
Substance-involved inmates are less likely to recidivate if they receive treatment behind
prison walls.
a. True
b. False
Martinson and colleagues’ research about “nothing works” was most linked to which
correctional philosophy?
a. rehabilitation
b. restitution
c. deterrence
d. circle sentencing
The __________________was passed on January 19, 1929, and mandated that
prison-made goods and merchandise transported from one state to another were to be
subject to the existing laws of the importing state.
a. Hawes-Cooper Act
b. New Deal Act
c. Ashurst-Sumners Act
d. Interstate Transportation of Prison Goods Act
The sanction requiring a portion of the defendant’s income to be paid is the:
a. budget fine.
b. monthly fine.
c. day fine.
d. annual fine.
One of the major purposes of community corrections acts is to encourage state
imprisonment in lieu of local sentencing options.
a. True
b. False
Parole boards never meet with the offenders during a grant hearing.
a. True
b. False
How many restorative justice centers are operating throughout North America and
Europe?
a. more than 100
b. more than 1,000
c. more than 5,000
d. more than 10,000
The work of Robert Martinson and colleagues failed to find supportive data for which
of the following goals of punishment?
a. rehabilitation
b. restorative justice
c. deterrence
d. incapacitation
Probation is used only with petty offenders.
a. True
b. False
Who is eligible for drug court?
a. offenders charged with drug trafficking
b. offenders charged with drug manufacturing
c. nonviolent offenders with substance abuse problems
d. violent offenders with substance abuse problems
All violent felons receive very long prison sentences.
a. True
b. False
Abraham has been in prison since 1940. He is now 86 years old. Throughout his
time in prison, he has seen changes in the prison, the type of inmates being housed,
and the laws concerning inmates. When he first got to prison, it was generally
accepted that a convicted individual forfeited all rights that were not granted in a
statute or a correctional policy.
Abraham filed a lawsuit against the administrators of his prison because he was Muslim
and the warden prohibited him from access to the Koran and from conducting services.
What amendment was the basis for Abraham’s lawsuit?
a. First Amendment
b. Second Amendment
c. FourthAmendment
d. EighthAmendment
Anger is linked to violent criminal behavior in the community, self-harm, and
institutional conflict in the prison environment.
a. True
b. False
Which type of prison has relaxed perimeter security, sometimes without fences or other
means of external security?
a. minimum security prison
b. medium security prison
c. maximum security prison
d. supermax security prison
Probation sentences are for:
a. an unlimited time.
b. a fixed period.
c. all misdemeanants.
d. a time set by the probation officer.
The amendment that guarantees a defendant the right to a speedy and public trial by an
impartial trial is:
a. the Fourth Amendment.
b. the Fifth Amendment.
c. the Sixth Amendment.
d. the Eighth Amendment.
Which of the following does not occur during an inmate’s external classification?
a. custody assessment
b. program needs assessment
c. housing assignment
d. facility designation
All prisons test all inmates for HIV at admission.
a. True
b. False
Inmates can be abused by correctional officers if they disobey orders.
a. True
b. False
Revocation procedures begin when the parole officer requests a warrant based on an
alleged violation of parole.
a. True
b. False
The importation model views the losses experienced by an inmate during incarceration
as one of the costs of imprisonment.
a. True
b. False
___________________________ give judges a recommended sentence based on the
seriousness of a crime and the background of an offender.
Many women have been victims of ____________________ by correctional
officersduring incarceration.
____________________ is credited with the creation of probation in Boston in 1785.
The chief treatment officer in many correctional institutions is the
_________________________.
A formal entry in the record of the court indicating that the prosecutor does not intend
to proceed any further in the case is called ____________________.
The ____________________ was held in Cincinnati in 1870 to present progressive
ideas about corrections.
Juvenile records are generally ____________________ when the age of majority is
reached.
Describe what is currently being done to make staff in women’s prisons more competent
and professional.
What areas of prison healthcare need improvement?
Explain the hands-off doctrine before it was made defunct in the late 1960s.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided in ____________________that juveniles under the
age of 16 at the time of the crime could not be executed.
According to the text, the docile, or female, role in a homosexual relationship in the
prison society is called ____________________.
Discuss the challenges of correctional officers in men’s prisons.
Explain the three views on inmates’ rights.
The body of the constitution and the first 10 amendments are the main sources of the
______________________ law.
Discuss the different sources of prisoners’ rights.
A violation of the rules or terms of probation or the commitment of a new crime can
result in ____________________ of probation.
Treatment that is designed to encourage communication of conflicts and insight into
problems, with the goal of relieving symptoms, changes in behavior, and personality
growth, is called ____________________.
Intermediate sanctions are said to allow _______________ to match the severity of
punishment with the severity of the crime.