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subject Authors Carolyn Petrosino, George F. Cole, Michael D. Reisig, Todd R. Clear

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Both male and female state prisons are classified according to the level of security
deemed necessary.
a. True
b. False
Transactional analysis focuses on the roles that people play with others.
a. True
b. False
What programming option would you suggest for Tia?
a. Parenting from the Inside
b. Anger Management
c. Domestic Violence
d. Psychotherapy
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Inmate Ace is planning to file a law suit alleging correctional officers violated his
constitutional rights while in prison by searching his cell without him being present.
Kim is assigned to investigate the allegations and Jake is assigned to assist inmate Ace
with his efforts.
What right is Inmate Ace alleging has been violated by searching his cell without him
present?
a. Fourth Amendment
b. First Amendment
c. Fourteenth Amendment
d. Eighth Amendment
Because intermediate sanctions rely on discretion there is more of an opportunity
for_____________.
a. use of force
b. bias
c. forgiveness
d. clemency
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The New York system of corrections, implemented first in the Auburn State Prison, was
founded upon the idea of complete solitary confinement of inmates.
a. True
b. False
___________ power is a way of gaining compliance in exchange for material resources.
a. Normative
b. Coercive
c. Formal
d. Remunerative
Which is not a basic concept of Western criminal law?
a. offense
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b. guilt
c. punishment
d. death
The growing number of elderly prisoners is not a health problem in contemporary
corrections.
a. True
b. False
Operated as facilities to detain accused people awaiting trial, jails have customarily
been run by _____________.
a. state police
b. county sheriffs
c. state probation departments
d. state parole departments
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The process by which a new inmate absorbs the customs of prison society and learns to
adapt to the environment is known as
a. prisonization
b. adapting
c. adjusting
d. fitting in
Departments of Corrections are usually unable to control the flow of offenders sent to
them by the courts.
a. True
b. False
Joe is likely housed in what type of living unit?
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a. large living units with barred cells and strict supervision
b. a co-ed living unit with both male and female inmates
c. death row
d. relatively small housing units
Over half of the federal inmate population is convicted of what type of offense?
a. drug offenses
b. arson
c. extortion
d. bank robbery
Over the last several decades, a new national academic discipline of ___________ has
grown from a fledging major with a weak academic reputation to a nationally respected
field of study.
a. social work
b. sociology
c. criminal justice
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d. political science
Offenders who offend in repetitive patterns are known as
a. violent offenders.
b. chronic offenders.
c. serious offenders.
d. skilled offenders.
Sal committed a crime at a time when wrongs were avenged in accordance with lex
talionis. Sal's brothers Hal committed a crime and was forced to row a ship as a
punishment for the offense. Cal was moved to another region of the country as
punishment for his offense.
What time period was Sal sentenced in?
a. Middle Ages
b. twentieth century
c. Reform era
d. Crime-Control era
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One of the major issues plaguing corrections is goal conflict. This conflict centers on
the different and conflicting views of how and why correctional functions should be
carried out.
a. True
b. False
__________ slavery was a form of criminal punishment used in the Middle Ages in
which men were forced to row large ships all over the world, with some men being
chained in these ships until their death.
a. Transportation
b. Wergild
c. Corporal
d. Galley
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When an innocent person is found guilty by plea or verdict it is known as a
a. wrongful conviction.
b. sentencing disparity.
c. mandatory sentence.
d. misrepresented sentence.
In ______________, the US Supreme Court ruled that while the death penalty was
constitutional, the way it was used constituted cruel and unusual punishment.
a. Abney v. California
b. Klenowski v. West Virginia
c. Furman v. Georgia
d. Bell v. South Carolina
Three Strikes laws have had a major impact on reducing crime rates throughout the
United States.
a. True
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b. False
One way corrections predicts the risk of future criminal behavior is by using
a. objective risk assessment instruments.
b. gut feelings.
c. the offenders past success on supervision only.
d. polygraph tests.
Inmates who view their time in prison as a brief but inevitable break in their criminal
careers or as the cost of doing business have taken on the adaptive role of ________.
a. integrating
b. gleaning
c. doing time
d. jailing
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Since 1980, a greater proportion of correctional growth has occurred in
a. prisons and probation.
b. prisons and jails.
c. jails and probation.
d. probation and parole.
During the colonial period, jails were mainly used to house ______________.
a. those convicted of misdemeanors
b. those held pending a court appearance
c. those convicted of felonies
d. those convicted of capital murder
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The offender's response to probation depends in part on his or her perception ofthe
officer's ___________.
a. intelligence
b. authority
c. power
d. attitude
Which of the following is NOT one of the four commonly accepted goals of criminal
sanctions in the United States?
a. rehabilitation
b. retribution
c. deterrence
d. incarceration
Researchers now recognize that the size of the prison population is not driven by the
amount of crime; it is driven by ____________.
a. the War on Drugs
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b. public policy
c. media coverage
d. gang violence
Which of the following is not an innovation initially developed by John Augustus?
a. parole
b. probation
c. supervision conditions
d. presentence investigation
List and explain the four alternatives to prison litigation.
Answer:N/A
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Most prisons in America are found in __________ areas.
In ____________________, the Supreme Court found that all inmates have a
well-established right to medical treatment while incarcerated.
A process by which inmates can be grouped according to custody requirements and
program needs is known as ______________.
Due to changes in the work for correctional professionals, an increased emphasis on
accountability has reduced individual ______________.
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The US corrections system has seen a period of extraordinary steady growth for more
than a __________________.
No matter how beneficial a program, it must not conflict with __________.
Managethe budget, manage human resources, and manage critical incidents are primary
duties and task of a prison ________________.
The basic probation function of___________ begins once the offender is sentenced by
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the court.
Today ______________ based training play a significant role in developing
correctional leaders' knowledge and skills.
______________ for parole officers vary by state.
___________________ is a type of punishment in which the offender is first sentenced
to a short time in jail or prison, then is resentenced to a term of probation.
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In the adult system a person is charged. In the juvenile system the juvenile is
______________ to the court.
The release of an inmate from incarceration to probation is known as ___________
release.
The states of __________ and Texas have the largest prison populations in the United
States.

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