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True / False
1. Penal Institutions where offenders would go to be deprived of their freedom for punishment have been around
since the 10th century.
a. True
b. False
2. Supporters of the Pennsylvania system believed that the penitentiary was truly a place to experience penitence.
a. True
b. False
3. The "modern" American correctional system has its origins in New York.
a. True
b. False
4. The Quakers pressured the state legislature to improve conditions in the prisons in Pennsylvania.
a. True
b. False
5. Medium-security prisons promote greater treatment efforts than maximum-security prisons.
a. True
b. False
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6. The rehabilitation movement of the 1960s was guided by the medical model.
a. True
b. False
7. Boot camps are a form of shock incarceration.
a. True
b. False
8. The number of adult females in jail has been growing at a much faster rate than males.
a. True
b. False
9. The amount of time served in prison has decreased
a. True
b. False
10. The Federal government has closed its boot camp program.
a. True
b. False
11. The Sumners Ashurst act made it a federal offense to transport interstate commerce goods made in prison for
private use
a. True
b. False
12. Some pregnant women are allowed to keep their babies in prison with them.
a. True
b. False
13. Private prisons are called private because the food and medical services are provided by private contractors.
a. True
b. False
14. Medium security prisons have liberal furlough but strict visiting policies.
a. True
b. False
15. John Augustus revolutionized corrections by calling for the renovation of the prison system in 1790.
a. True
b. False
Multiple Choice
16. When did the concept of incarcerating convicted offenders as a form of punishment become the norm for
corrections?
a. During biblical times b. 14th century
c. 17th century d. 19th century
17. Where were the English forced to house large numbers of prisoners in the late eighteenth century?
a. In the ancient Le Stinche prison
b. In the basement of Westminster Abbey
c. In abandoned coal and copper mines
d. On prison hulks and barges
18. The "modern" American correctional system had its origin in what state?
a. New York b. Pennsylvania
c. New Jersey d. Massachusetts
19. What group formed the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons?
a. Buddhists b. Catholics
c. Quakers d. Mormons
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20. The Pennsylvania system in corrections, was the first to take the radical step of what?:
a. Creating a specific gang intervention program
b. Creating dormitory type spaces for inmates to stay
c. Placing each inmate in a single cell
d. Placed inmates in pre-release work
21. Which prison system was known as the congregate system?
a. New Jersey system b. Auburn system
c. Pennsylvania system d. Newbern system
22. What was the key to discipline in the Auburn system?
a. Flogging b. Branding
c. Prayer and penitence d. Silence confinement
23. What is the name for the system that allowed prison officials to sell the labor of inmates to private businesses?
a. Property in service system b. Guardian system
c. Contract system d. Convict-lease system
24. The“modern”Americancorrectionalconcepthasitsoriginundertheleadershipof?
a. William Penn b. George Washington
c. Alexander Machonochie d. Cesare Beccarria
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25. The major similarity between the Pennsylvania and the Auburn system was?
a. Penitence and prayer b. Group or congregate work
c. Tiered cells d. Silent, harsh punishment
26. Which of the following is not one of the five primary purposes for jails?
a. Detain accused offenders awaiting trial
b. Hold probationers and parolees who are awaiting a revocation hearing
c. House convicted felons when state prisons are overcrowded
d. Hold mental patients when asylums are overcrowded
27. Which of the following statements is false regarding the population of jail inmates according to the text?
a. The number of juveniles in adult facilities has been dramatically increasing in the past decade.
b. Less than 10 percent of jail inmates are female.
c. Men and the poor are over-represented among jail inmates.
d. Racial and ethnic minorities are over-represented among jail inmates.
28. An important trend in prisons of the twentieth century was the
a. development of the modern convict-lease system
b. development of increased rigidity and more prison rules
c. replacement of solitary confinement with the whip and lash
d. development of specialized prisons designed to treat particular types of offenders.
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29. Almost ________jail inmates are adult males.
a. 7 out of 10 b. 8 out of 10
c. 9 out of 10 d. None of these
30. Which of the following is false regarding new-generation jails?
a. Unobserved inmates are essentially unsupervised.
b. Continuous observation of residents is permitted.
c. Direct supervision jails involve a cluster of cells surrounding a living area.
d. Indirect supervision jails are a type of new-generation jail.
31. What type of jail has the correctional officer's station located inside a secure room?
a. Linear jail b. Indirect supervision jail
c. Direct supervision jail d. Maximum security jail
32. Which of the following statements best describes correctional technology?
a. Escape from jail can be prevented through the monitoring of an inmates' heartbeat.
b. Ground penetrating radar can locate tunnels inmates use to escape.
c. An all-in-one detection spray can be used to detect someone who possesses marijuana,
methamphetamines, heroin, or cocaine.
d. All of these are true regarding correction technology.
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33. Joliet and the "The Rock" were examples of what type of prison?
a. Maximum security b. Medium security
c. Minimum security d. A prison farm
34. The primary purpose of a maximum-security prison is:
a. rehabilitation. b. security.
c. deterrence. d. silence.
35. Prison farms and camps are found primarily in what section of the country?
a. Northeast b. East coast
c. Northern tier of states d. South and the West
36. Shock incarceration programs generally last how long?
a. 1 to 2 days b. 1 to 3 weeks
c. 90 to 180 days d. 6 to 12 months
37. Shock incarceration is generally designed with what target population in mind?
a. Violent offenders b. Elderly offenders
c. Drug offenders d. Youthful, first-time offenders
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38. The U.S. Correctional Corporation opened its first private prison in what state?
a. New York b. Kentucky
c. Virginia d. Georgia
39. Private prisons have the unique advantage of ?
a. Allowing the government to circumvent the voting process to approve a bond issue
b. Being selective in which inmates are housed.
c. Not cutting corners, because they have private sources of funding.
d. It is difficult to determine accountability for problems and mishaps.
40. One day in prison costs more than ____ day(s) on parole
a. 1b. 5
c. 10 d. 15
41. Approximately ____ percent of the young male African American population without a high school diploma or
GED are currently behind bars
a. 17 b. 27
c. 37 d. 47
42. The inmate population in the US has __________ despite a decade long crime drop.
a. increased exponentially b. stabilized
c. only decreased minimally d. stayed the same
43. The majority of inmates the U.S are _____?
a. housed in maximum or super-maximum facilities
b. housed in private prisons
c. alcohol and/or drug dependant at the time of their arrest
d. first time violent offenders who will serve long sentences
44. Which of the following is a factor that helps contribute to swelling prison populations?
a. Failure of community release programs
b. Mandatory sentencing laws
c. Conviction rates
d. All of these
45. Which of the following is true regarding future prison trends?
a. Fewer people are receiving a prison sentence than five years ago.
b. A significantly greater number of people are receiving prison sentences than a decade ago.
c. Policymakers are shifting to a rehabilitation perspective.
d. All states spend more on prisons than higher education.
Seanhasn’talwaysbeenonthewrongsideofthelaw;hegrewupinatwoparenthouseholdandwasinvolvedwith
his church and the community garden that his dad loved. When his dad was arrested and sent to prison for growing
copious amounts of marijuana, everything changed. When his father was sentenced his mom left him with his
grandmaandshehasn’tbeenseenin2years.Seanhashadmanychancestoreformhisbehaviorinthejuvenile
system, and his grandmother has tried to get him counseling and a mentor. Despite his young age of 16, Sean has just
been sentenced as an adult in a shooting rampage that killed one and wounded 4.
46. DespiteSean’sapparentangerissuesandneedfortreatment,hewillnotgetmuchofitwhenheenterstheadult
prison system, the focus is all about security.
a. adult crime, adult punishment
b. the new penology
c. the criminalization of the youth
d. the old penology
47. Sean was placed in solitary confinement when he first arrived at the prison. The problem is that he has now been in
solitude for 3 months. What is the historical significance of this?
a. penance
b. solitude for safety
c. retribution
d. rehabilitation to cure
48. Sean has recently been handpicked by the warden along with several other inmates to leave the prison and work for
a company that is going to replace the roofs of all of the correctional institutions in the state. This origin of this type
of work or arrangement can be found in?
a. indentured servants
b. the ticket of leave
c. the contract system
d. the convict lease
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