According to your authors, which of the following is NOT one of the three P’s of
corrections?
a. parole
b. prisons
c. punishment
d. probation
According to the text, there are five differences between juveniles and adults that justify
a separate justice system. Which of the following is NOT one of the differences?
a. Juveniles have little responsibility for others.
b. Juveniles’ families are an important part of their lives.
c. Juveniles commit less serious crimes.
d. Juveniles are young and may easily change.
The purpose of the structure of prison Mike is in is what?
a. custody and discipline
b. transition back to the community
c. rehabilitation and programming
d. work release
Most prisons in the United States operate using the reintegration model of incarceration.
a. True
b. False
Inmates who are released on ___________ release no longer require further correctional
supervision and cannot be returned to prison for their current offense.
a. unconditional
b. discretionary
c. expiration
d. mandatory
All of the following are considered to be alternatives to inmate litigation, except
a. direct conversation with the assistant or deputy warden.
b. the use of an ombudsman.
c. legal assistance.
d. inmate grievance procedures.
For the most part, US correctional leaders agree that jails do quite a lot for inmates who
have mental, emotional, or alcohol-related problems.
a. True
b. False
Over one-third of female offenders are serving time for ____________ offenses.
a. property
b. violent
c. federal
d. drug
The performance-based movement calls for a reshaping of the philosophy of probation
with a new emphasis on ______________.
a. victim rights
b. public safety
c. recidivism rates
d. restorative justice
The most controversial of all prison-based inmate programs are those focused on
rehabilitation.
a. True
b. False
The most recent cases concerning equal protection deal with issues concerning juvenile
offenders.
a. True
b. False
As a whole, adult probationers’ needs tend to be quite similar regardless of their
backgrounds.
a. True
b. False
The correctional system has no significant relationship to the outside community in
which it functions.
a. True
b. False
Sue Smith began her career in corrections working in a cell block of a high security
prison. After five years, she became a training officer. Six years later, she was promoted
to a position where she headed the education program for the prison. Seven years later,
she was again promoted to her current position of overseeing all the operations of the
prison.
What was Sue Smith’s first job at the prison?
a. correctional officer
b. warden
c. deputy warden
d. teacher
Today’s prisons do not differ greatly in terms of design and operation.
a. True
b. False
Nearly twenty-five years ago, the ____________ created and distributed a set of
national standards for correctional practices in jails, prisons, and field services.
a. American Probation and Parole Association
b. Corrections Corporation of America
c. American Correctional Association
d. National Institute of Corrections
Effectiveness studies of probation almost always compare _____________________.
a. one type of probation with another
b. probation with parole
c. probation with doing nothing
d. probation with incarceration.
A domestic violence educational class is designed for women offenders and teaches
them to recognize the patterns and cycles of an abusive relationship.
a. True
b. False
During which period of juvenile corrections did reformers urge the creation of
institutions where delinquent, abused, and neglected children could learn good work
and study habits, live in a disciplined and healthy environment, and develop character?
a. Puritan period
b. Juvenile Court period
c. Juvenile Rights period
d. Refuge period
In the United States, jails are operated mainly by what level of government?
a. federal
b. state
c. county
d. city
Parole in the United States evolved during the _________century following the
English, Australian, and Irish practices of conditional pardon, apprenticeship by
indenture, transportation, and the issuance of tickets of leave.
a. seventeenth
b. eighteenth
c. nineteenth
d. twentieth
When a correctional officer uses his or her authority to deprive an inmate of his or her
________ rights, that inmate can sue to halt the violation and collect damages.
a. Miranda
b. universal
c. Federalist
d. civil
Some correctional administrators suggest that the increased occurrence of sexual abuse
cases found in female prisons is due in part to the large number of ________.
a. women housed in close quarters
b. men guarding women
c. previously abused women in prison
d. lesbians found in prison
A(n) ______________ is a public official with full authority to investigate citizens’
complaints against government officials.
a. detective
b. ombudsman
c. probation officer
d. parole officer
The system where inmates were held in isolation at night but congregated in workshops
during the day is known as the
a. congregate system.
b. separate and together system.
c. interaction system.
d. public system.
Nate was placed on what type of supervision?
a. probation
b. parole
c. unsupervised
d. Nate was not ordered to any form of supervision.
A labor system in which goods produced by prison industries are purchased by state
institutions and agencies exclusively is referred to as the ________.
a. piece-price system
b. public-account system
c. public-works system
d. state-use system
The phrase ‘sentencing disparity” can be used interchangeably with ‘sentencing
discrimination” since they both refer to the same issue.
a. True
b. False
When Sue Smith was working as a training officer, she was considered what?
a. staff personnel
b. warden
c. commissioner
d. correctional officer
What punishment was used in sentencing Hal?
a. lex talionis
b. banishment
c. rehabilitation
d. galley slavery
Which of the following alternatives to litigation has NOT been incorporated into state
correctional systems?
a. legal assistance
b. plea bargaining
c. grievance procedures
d. use of an ombudsman
The state-use system involves prison inmates making goods that are purchased by state
institutions and agencies exclusively.
a. True
b. False
When Sue Smith was overseeing the education program for the prison, what position
was she in?
a. deputy warden
b. correctional officer
c. commissioner
d. line staff
According to the textbook authors, which of the following is NOT true of most
pregnant inmates?
a. They have STDs.
b. They are over the age of thirty-five.
c. They are having their first babies.
d. They have a history of drug abuse.
Release on recognizance assumes that ties to the _____________ give people an
incentive to keep their promises to appear and to retain their status in the community.
With restorative justice, the __________ must take responsibility for the offense.
_____________ are legal rules, usually set by an agency of the executive branch,
designed to implement policies of that agency.
The emotional and financial losses from crime are often communicated through
________________ statements.
The smallest local jails in America are called police _____________.
In generic terms, ________________ refers to treatment of the mind.
The hands-off policy was essentially ended by the Supreme Court decision of
______________.
One of the most notable aspects of corrections is that it is _______________.
Discuss what is meant by the following statement: “Corrections lacks a clear mission.”
What role does a mission play in corrections? How does this lack of a mission affect the
system? Identify the one solution that has been offered to address this issue.
Answer:N/A
A ___________ is a situation that forces one to choose between two or more
alternatives.
The _______________ Act of 2007 is a federal law that was enacted to ensure the
successful return of prisoners to the community.
What is a private prison? Roughly how many US inmates are currently being housed in
these facilities? Finally, list and explain the benefits and problems associated with these
types of prisons.
Answer:N/A
___________ is a drug that reduces the craving for heroin.
______________ minorities are groups of people whose sexual orientation or gender
identity differs from that of the majority of the population.
The law of retaliation, or “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” is also known as
________________.
________________ are a variety of punishments that are more restrictive than
probation but less severe and costly than incarceration.
Borrowed from the field of medicine, the ________________ creates an experiment in
which some people are given a treatment and an identical group is not.
In practice most judges seek some balance between rehabilitation and ____________
management.