52. An effective classification system can help ensure safe environments for staff and inmates.
a.
True
b.
False
True
Entering Prison
Bloom’s: Remember
53. Inmates aged 24 or younger have the highest rate of mental health problems, and those inmates aged 55 or older have
the lowest rate.
a.
True
b.
False
True
Entering Prison
CORT.SIEG.16.07.02 – Discuss the difficulties of confinement for male inmates
Bloom’s: Remember
54. Female inmates have higher rates of mental health problems than male inmates.
a.
True
b.
False
True
Entering Prison
CORT.SIEG.16.07.02 – Discuss the difficulties of confinement for male inmates
Bloom’s: Remember
55. To avoid victimization, inmates must learn to adopt a defensive lifestyle.
a.
True
b.
False
True
Entering Prison
CORT.SIEG.16.07.02 – Discuss the difficulties of confinement for male inmates
Bloom’s: Remember
56. The Big House is a contemporary, family-styled institution.
a.
True
b.
False
False
Traditional Male Inmate Culture: The Big House Era
Bloom’s: Remember
57. Rats and center men are terms for inmate leaders.
a.
True
b.
False
False
Traditional Male Inmate Culture: The Big House Era
Bloom’s: Remember
58. The inmate social code is an unwritten, informal understanding of how the prison “works,” including how
the new inmates will adjust.
a.
True
b.
False
True
Traditional Male Inmate Culture: The Big House Era
prisons of the past
Bloom’s: Remember
59. The importation model views the losses experienced by an inmate during incarceration as one of the costs of
imprisonment.
a.
True
b.
False
False
Traditional Male Inmate Culture: The Big House Era
Bloom’s: Remember
60. Security threat groups include prison gangs.
a.
True
b.
False
True
Contemporary Male Prison Culture
Bloom’s: Remember
61. Formed in 1975 by a group of prisoners who had served time in the California prison system, the Texas Syndicate is
the oldest and the second largest inmate gang in the Texas prison system.
a.
True
b.
False
True
Contemporary Male Prison Culture
racial tensions, contraband, and sex in prison
Bloom’s: Remember
62. Prison gangs specialize in economic victimization as one of their criminal enterprises.
a.
True
b.
False
True
Contemporary Male Prison Culture
Bloom’s: Remember
63. While prison gangs are a worthwhile discussion, the violence and gang enrollment are both declining in state and
federal prisons.
a.
True
b.
False
False
Contemporary Male Prison Culture
racial tensions, contraband, and sex in prison
Bloom’s: Remember
64. Prison gangs exist in every state correctional system in addition to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
a.
True
b.
False
False
Contemporary Male Prison Culture
racial tensions, contraband, and sex in prison
Bloom’s: Remember
65. Inmate disturbances can be nonviolent or violent.
a.
True
b.
False
True
Expressions of Prison Violence
CORT.SIEG.16.07.05 – Classify the forms of violence that take place in prison settings
Bloom’s: Remember
66. Dothard v. Rawlinson (1977) and Gunther v. Iowa State Men’s Reformatory (1979) are the two most important U.S.
Supreme Court cases examining whether women are qualified to work in men’s prisons.
a.
True
b.
False
True
Guarding the Prison
Bloom’s: Remember
67. An inmate who is treated fairly and with respect is much less likely to become a security problem than a
prisoner who feels humiliated and abused by staff.
a.
True
b.
False
68. Institutions that have implemented a(an) _____________________ have stripped prisons of weight rooms,
do not provide cable television, and serve mediocre food.
69. ____________________ is a method of assessing inmate risks and needs that balances the security concerns
of the institution with treatment needs of the individuals.
70. Housing assignments for inmates will be determined through a(an) ____________________________.
71. Some aspects of the ______________________include never “ratting on a con” and “doing your own time.”
72. Those prisoners who talked tough but were really “all wind and gumdrops” were
called____________________.
73. The process by which inmates learn and internalize the customs and culture of prison is known
as____________________.
74. The values, norms, and attitudes that inmates form in order to survive in prison is(are)
_____________________________.
75. The _____________________ model views the losses experienced by an inmate during incarceration as one
of the costs of imprisonment.
76. Donald Clemmer is best known for his research at Southern Illinois Penitentiary and, most importantly, for coining the
term________________________.
77. According to argot language within the prison, the exercise area used by inmates is most often referred to as the
_________________.
78. The ______________________ model contends that the management style of the prison has influence over what takes
place in inmate culture.
79. According to argot language within the prison, when an inmate “buys the farm,” this is referring to the inmate
________________.
80. Inmates use a unique language or __________ , which is a particular form of slang.
81. Prison gangs are also called ____________________groups.
82. Unauthorized goods possessed by inmates, such as weapons and drugs, is(are) ____________________.
83. In order to combat sexual victimization in prison, the _________________________Act was passed by
Congress in 2003.
84. Inmates can check into _____________________________if they feel they are likely to be sexually
assaulted.
85. _________________ theory is based on the belief that collective disorders occur when prison officials go too far in
asserting their authority.
86. A ___________________ is a collective response of inmates that is violent, in which they strike out against
what they consider to be unfair prison conditions.
87. The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees is an example of a prison
__________________.
88. The enactment of equal employment legislation, especially ____________, which prohibited sex discrimination in
hiring by state and local government, opened the doors for women in men’s prisons.
89. Discuss the different types of classification and how they affect institutional security?
90. Why is it difficult to initially adjust to prison?
91. Discuss the inmate code and some of the rules that inmates followed during the Big House Era.
92. Discuss the two explanations for prison culture presented in the text.
93. Discuss prison gangs.
94. What is contraband, and how does it get into prisons?
95. Sexual assaults occur in all prisons. How are they controlled? Why is it difficult to control sexual assaults?
96. Discuss the forms that violence might take in prisons.
97. Prison riots and other disturbances are often hard to control. What can be done to avert some of these
problems?
98. Discuss the challenges of correctional officers in men’s prisons.
