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Nick was arrested and charged with assault at the age of seventeen. He appeared before
the court and was adjudicated for the offense. Nick was ordered to perform forty hours
of community work service and ordered to serve a weekend in a detention center.
In the juvenile court, Nick is identified as a_____________ not a criminal.
a. delinquent
b. bad seed
c. convict
d. trouble maker
The rate of confirmed AIDS cases found in US state and federal prisons
is_______________ times higher than the rate found in the total US population.
a. 2.5
b. 4
c. 6.5
d. 8
Under the continuum of sanctions, an offender is moved based on his or her degree of
response to correctional programs.
a. True
b. False
_____________ remains the standard punishment for people who commit serious
crimes.
a. Probation
b. Incarceration
c. Corporal punishment
d. Parole
Which of the following is NOT one of the three most frequently cited pressures that
have left the correctional system in its current unstable form?
a. political
b. moral
c. economic
d. social
Chris has been labeled a "rat". What does this mean?
a. He is known as a snitch.
b. He is known to be very sneaky.
c. He is short and thin.
d. He is known as the guy who can get things done.
Correctional officers enforce the rules and regulations of the institution.
a. True
b. False
Correctional leadership will always be solely about a vision of the future.
a. True
b. False
The Drug Court is an example of a specialized court.
a. True
b. False
During the 1600s, the crown could act as guardian of any child, especially one with
rights to inherited property. This rule fell under the doctrine of
______________________, meaning "parent of the country."
a. pare decisis
b. parens patriae
c. in loco parentis
d. padre de pais
Inmates who view their prison term as a brief, inevitable break in their criminal career
are categorized in what adaptive role?
a. doing time
b. gleaning
c. jailing
d. vacationing
Drug treatments designed to lessen the severity of symptoms of psychological illness
are known as
a. methadone treatment.
b. psychotropic medications.
c. a z-pack.
d. behavior modification medications.
Scholars report that female inmates tended to adopt which of the following rather than
identifying with the larger prisoner subculture?
a. pseudofamilies
b. a lesbian identity
c. gang ties
d. a transgender identity
The Second Chance Act of 2007 is designed to assist offenders with
a. successful reentry into the community.
b. chemical health programming while in prison.
c. have their case dismissed.
d. DNA collection.
By using electronic monitoring, Mason is using
a. techno-corrections.
b. motivational interviewing.
c. excessive punishment.
d. too much control.
States retaining indeterminate sentences allow mandatory release by the parole board
within the boundaries set by the sentence and the penal law.
a. True
b. False
One of the most startling facts about US jails is that more than half of their occupants
are awaiting trial.
a. True
b. False
Constraints imposed on some probationers to force them to deal with a significant
problem or need, such as substance abuse, are known as
a. treatment conditions
b. standard conditions
c. punitive conditions
d. necessary conditions
The ____________ model of corrections is based on the assumption that criminal
behavior can be controlled by greater use of incarceration and other forms of strict
supervision.
a. due process
b. community
c. medical
d. crime-control
Josh was released due to good behavior after he served 15 months of his sentence. What
type of supervision was Josh on?
a. parole
b. probation
c. shock probation
d. none; his entire sentence was served
Before Judge Jones sentences an offender, she reviews a report that allows her to learn
more about the offender. Then she considers the severity level of the offense and the
offender's criminal history to determine the appropriate sentence.
Who prepared the report that the Court used to learn more about the offender?
a. probation officer
b. the defendant
c. the defense attorney
d. the clerk
What supervision style is used in this jail?
a. direct supervision
b. indirect supervision
c. inmate-run supervision
d. hands-offsupervision
Prior criminal record is not a criterion parole boards consider.
a. True
b. False
A facility operated under a joint agreement between two or more government units is
known as a
a. regional jail.
b. mixed jurisdiction jail.
c. co-op jail.
d. blended jail.
The goal of punishment referred to as ___________ asserts that a person who has
infringed the rights of others deserves to be penalized or punished.
a. deterrence
b. retribution
c. incapacitation
d. rehabilitation
What type of offenders is Sara most likely housed with?
a. death row inmates
b. highly violent offenders
c. more sophisticated offenders
d. male offenders
Which of the following is not one of the three main models of incarceration that have
dominated US correctional systems over the last six decades?
a. reintegration
b. custodial
c. rehabilitation
d. retributive
Physical coercion is never used to control prisoners.
a. True
b. False
John is incarcerated in a maximum custody prison. He is currently classified as high
custody, but if he is reclassified as medium custody he will move to another unit in the
same facility on the other side of a central corridor.
What prison design is John housed in?
a. telephone pole
b. minimum
c. closed
d. open
According to your authors, the main resource of the correctional system is
_________________.
a. technology
b. personnel
c. time
d. money
Nationally, 35 percent of all new prison admissions are violators of conditional release;
of this group, nearly _________ are returned to prison for technical violations.
a. one-fifth
b. one-third
c. one-half
d. two-thirds
In Roper v. Simmons the Supreme Court decided that offenders cannot be sentenced to
death for a crime they committed before they reached the age of eighteen.
a. True
b. False
The goal of ________ is to minimize the probability that an offender will commit a new
offense, especially by applying tight controls over the probationer's activities and
maintaining careful surveillance.
a. risk management
b. treatment management
c. split sentencing
d. community justice
After his release from "the hole," Chris was placed where?
a. protective custody
b. administrative segregation
c. minimum security
d. boot camp
__________________ have made it easier to identify where services need to be located
so that clients in reentry can access them more easily.
Security threat groups are also known as prison___________.
_______________ practices refer to the use of correctional methods that have been
shown to be effective through well-designed research studies.
______________ occurs when the government seizes property derived from or used in
criminal activity and can take both civil and criminal forms.
Explain what cognitive skill building is and discuss why it's used for programming with
incarcerated individuals.
Answer:N/A
Punishments imposed by the courts that are __________ are purposely designed to
repair the damage done to the victim and community by an offender's criminal act.
A facility authorized to hold pretrial detainees and sentenced misdemeanants for periods
longer than 48 hours is known as a ________.
Most jails lack _________________ to provide care for mentally ill offenders.
Despite the short stays of inmates in jails, specialized treatment programs designed
especially for jails have shown ________ amount of success.
The ________________ Amendment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who is
insane at the time of the scheduled execution.
In terms of cost,compared to incarceration, diversion has been shown to be a
___________ alternative.
A _____________ report is a document prepared by a probation officer who
investigates a convicted offender's background to help the sentencing judge select an
appropriate sentence.
Under the Supreme Court decision of _____________ regarding capital punishment,
states must now have two hearings: 1) to determine guilt or innocence and, if found
guilty, 2) to determine the appropriate sentence.
____________ is the way someone behaves in accordance with an order or directive
given by another person.
What is bail? Is this a reliable and effective system toward achieving the aims
associated with its intent? Why or why not? What might we use instead?
Answer:N/A
What do the authors mean by a systems concept of corrections? How does this
framework enhance and yet complicate our understanding of corrections?
Answer:N/A
