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Due to prison overcrowding, correctional officials and parole boards believe that
situational offenders are most appropriate for early release because they typically pose a
minimal threat to the public.
a. True
b. False
The role orientation in which inmates cut themselves off from society and attempt to
construct a new life within the prison is called:
a. gleaning.
b. doing time.
c. jailing.
d. conforming.
Over the past 40 years, federal courts, the 1964 Civil Rights Act,_________ and
affirmative action programs have dramatically changed the composition of the
correctional officer force.
a. psychological and emotional
b. geographic
c. age and size
d. racial and gender
Which of the following is not a formal organization?
a. General Motors
b. California State Prison at Folsom
c. The University of Iowa
d. All of these are formal organizations.
Elizabeth Fry was instrumental in the women's prison movement and advocated for
which of the following?
a. useful employment of prisoners
b. separation of sexes
c. classification systems for inmates
d. all of these
Which of the following is NOT one of the three major models of incarceration that have
dominated since the 1940s?
a. custodial
b. medical
c. transitional
d. reintegration
According to inmates, if you want to be paroled you are required to:
a. use prison politics.
b. be in solitary confinement.
c. be uncooperative with staff.
d. be in a program.
The effectiveness of corrections is usually measured by rates of:
a. therapy involvement .
b. recidivism.
c. incarceration rates.
d. program completion.
The rate of confirmed AIDS cases in state and federal prisons is________ in the total
U.S. population.
a. three times lower than
b. the same as
c. 2.5 times higher
d. on a par with
Probation officers rely upon their authority because they have little substantive power.
a. True
b. False
The states with highest incarceration rates tend to be in the Northeast region of the
country.
a. True
b. False
During the last 25 years the Supreme Court has been________ prisoners' rights.
a. less supportive of
b. more supportive of
c. detached from
d. less indifferent
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Prison newcomer
b. Cigarettes
c. Values and norms of the prison social system
d. Goods and services not allowed by prison authorities
e. Where prisoners may purchase certain items
f. Method of learning the prison subculture
g. Construct a life within the prison with little connection to society
h. Take advantage of prison programs
i. Main source of inmate violence
j. semiautonomous institutions
Jailing
Those who are uneasy and dissatisfied with the juvenile justice system's response to
certain juvenile offenders often favor an increased use of ____________ to adult court.
a. waiver
b. reassignment
c. relocation
d. disposition
At present, most U.S. jails are in good financial and physical shape; in fact, many offer
better treatment and programs than most U.S. prisons.
a. True
b. False
The Pennsylvania System focused on the isolation of inmates and serving penance.
a. True
b. False
With the correctional focus shifting to crime control, some believe that offenders have
had it too soft, resulting in:
a. the institution of strict regimes in prisons.
b. the removal of educational and recreational amenities from prisons.
c. an increase in the number of people in prison.
d. all of these.
An offender who presents belated evidence of innocence is entitled to a new hearing in
a federal court before execution.
a. True
b. False
Of the following populations, who are the most statistically likely to get in trouble with
the law and eventually end up in prison?
a. the mentally ill
b. children of people who have been incarcerated
c. spouses of people who have been incarcerated
d. indigent people
Organizations develop __________to keep operating with inmates having regular and
predictable responses to the staff.
a. routines
b. policies
c. procedures
d. all of these
The public's response to crime frequently makes classification an emotionally charged
issue.
a. True
b. False
The most extraordinary health problem in contemporary corrections often based on
mandatory sentencing, determinate sentencing, and truth in sentencing is:
a. HIV/AIDS.
b. mental illness.
c. aging.
d. substance abuse.
Most prisoner"officer violence that occurs is organized and transpires between large
groups.
a. True
b. False
Parole officers are often portrayed as having absolute __________over their clients.
a. control
b. movement
c. authority
d. power
Because intermediate sanctions rely on discretion, there is an opportunity for:
a. clemency.
b. forgiveness.
c. amnesty.
d. bias.
When their mothers are in prison, most children are placed in foster care.
a. True
b. False
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Noninterference policy
b. Rules created by judges
c. Legal rules regarding agency policies
d. Rules other judges follow with similar cases
e. Laws created by legislatures
f. Lists individual rights
g. Intervention towards an agreed resolution
h. Responsible for compensation of a plaintiff
i. Judicial order
j.Investigates public officials
Constitutions
A set of rules of conduct that reflect the values and norms of the prison social system
and help to define for inmates the characteristics associated with the model prisoner is
known as the:
a. institutional code.
b. prison code.
c. informal code.
d. inmate code.
The length of an inmate's prison stay has nearly tripled over the last 30 years.
a. True
b. False
Until 1970 most women inmates were housed in the same prisons and treated
essentially the same as men.
a. True
b. False
The word best used to describe the action taken against people who fail on parole is:
a. suspended.
b. terminated.
c. revoked.
d. monitored.
If we could do it all again, we would likely have envisioned the corrections system we
have today.
a. True
b. False
Correctional officials have exclusive control over the intake of new offenders.
a. True
b. False
