What type of terrorism promotes the interest of a minority ethnic or religious group that
believes it has been persecuted under majority rule and wishes to carve out its own
independent homeland?
a. nationalist terrorism
b. political terrorism
c. retributive terrorism
d. revolutionary terrorism
Under the Comprehensive Crime Control Act, federal sentencing guidelines were
established and parole was abolished.
a. True
b. False
An open prison design that allows some freedom of movement is the______ one.
a. radial
b. circular
c. campus style
d. courtyard style
The ____________________ investigates an offender’s background to determine if the
offender can be safely allowed back into the community before his or her trial date.
a. bureaucratic officer
b. judge
c. warden
d. pretrial officer
A grouping of unrelated individuals who have assumed the traditional family roles of
mother, father, and grandparents is known as a:
a. false family.
b. fake family.
c. fictive family.
d. play family.
Since 1999, the number of juvenile offenders in custody is:
a. increasing.
b. decreasing.
c. staying the same.
d. none of these choices.
The death penalty is used in every state in the United States.
a. True
b. False
Civil rights are rights that have been guaranteed and protected by the government.
a. True
b. False
Drug offenders who receive treatment behind bars are less likely to:
a. recidivate.
b. be released from prison.
c. adjust to prison.
d. get along with others.
During the sentencing phase in his courtroom, Judge Jones gives a little speech to
all the defendants who are found guilty of a crime. He does this to explain to the
defendants the goals and the philosophy of punishment.
Sam is a 20-year-old college student. He was out one night with some friends. He
succumbed to the peer pressure of his new friends, and they decided to vandalize
vehicles by smashing in the windows and slicing the tires. Sam has never been in
trouble before. His friends with him that night all had lengthy criminal records. The
judge decides not to cast out Sam from society. He wants to give Sam the opportunity to
remain in good standing and continue with college. Sam is sentenced to community
service and is required to pay for the damage of the vehicles. This sentence is based on
the goal of:
a. deterrence.
b. incapacitation.
c. rehabilitation.
d. restoration.
Which of the following is Not one of the features of “the new penology”?
a. It conceives of crime as a systemic phenomenon and crime policy as a problem of
actuarial risk management.
b. It embraces the objective of risk management and the management of the system
itself.
c. Techniques of profiling and screening are used as ways of improving control over
penal agents and subjects.
d. It focuses more on treatment and offering services to penal agents.
Prison gangs specialize in economic victimization as one of their criminal enterprises.
a. True
b. False
When did supermax prisons begin to emerge throughout the country?
a. 1930s
b. 1960s
c. 1990s
d. 2010s
Types of visitation in prisons include:
a. closed visits and conjugal visits.
b. limited-contact visits and conjugal visits.
c. informal contact visits and freedom of grounds visits.
d. all of these choices.
The lowest end of the continuum of intermediate sanctions is:
a. probation.
b. house arrest.
c. the day reporting center.
d. fines.
Nathan and Thomas were both just convicted of felonies and sentenced to prison.
Nathan was convicted of attempted murder. Thomas was convicted of stealing
multiple vehicles. Both offenders have juvenile records, but this is their first
conviction in adult court. Nathan is being sent to a state institution. Thomas is
being sent to a private prison in the state.
The state utilizes private prisons for inmates classified as nonviolent offenders. The
argument behind this approach is that private prisons are more cost-effective than
state-run prisons. What does the current research say about the cost-effectiveness of
private prisons in comparison to state prisons?
a. Evaluation studies have been inconclusive.
b. Evaluation studies show that private prisons can do the same job as a public prison
for half the cost.
c. Evaluation studies show that private prisons can do the same job as a public prison
for one-fourth the cost.
d. Evaluation studies show that public prisons can do the same job as a private prison
for half the cost.
One classic study by Donald Clemmers indicates numerous __________ between
prisons and the larger society.
a. differences
b. exaggerations
c. disturbances
d. parallels
Governor Smith is concerned with the crime rates in his state. He calls a special
session of his cabinet and also contacts a few of the state senators to initiate a
special session of Congress. Governor Smith wants to specifically address his states
sentencing strategies.
Governor Smith is particularly concerned with the fact that offenders are sentenced to a
specific amount of time in prison but are being released well before their sentence
expires. He wants to enact a law that requires offenders in his state to serve a substantial
portion of their sentences. He is hopeful that these new laws will reduce the discrepancy
between the sentence imposed and the actual time served in prison. These laws are
known as:
a. mandatory minimum sentencing laws.
b. truth-in-sentencing laws.
c. capital sentencing laws.
d. three strike laws.
Participants in healing or sentencing circles typically speak out while passing around a
“talking piece” (such as a feather or stone).
a. True
b. False
Responses of inmates on death row include:
a. claiming innocence.
b. focusing on legal appeals.
c. adopting religion.
d. all of these choices.
Sheriffs ” departments typically place newly appointed deputies in the jail for a period
of time until they are transferred to law enforcement responsibility on the streets.
a. True
b. False
Only nondangerous offenders who volunteer have any hope of benefiting from
treatment within prison walls.
a. True
b. False
During trials without juries, the judge:
a. rules on appropriateness of conduct.
b. settles questions of evidence.
c. guides questioning of witnesses.
d. all of these choices.
William is serving a 20-year sentence for multiple charges. He is a difficult inmate
for the institution because he is classified as a special offense inmate, special needs
inmate, and a special population inmate. The prison has had to develop strategies
to accommodate William’s needs while maintaining institutional security.
Why would William qualify as a special needs inmate?
a. HIV positive
b. sex offender
c. elderly
d. substance-involved inmate
Transportation problems, multijurisdiction funding problems, and turf disputes limit or
prohibit the even wider use of regional jails.
a. True
b. False
Approximately how many juveniles are placed on formal probation each year in the
United States?
a. 10,000
b. 100,000
c. 500,000
d. 1,000,000
The execution team is comprised of:
a. those who carry out the execution.
b. the jury members that ruled in favor of the death penalty.
c. the administrative board that denies all last minute appeals from death row inmates.
d. none of these choices.
North Carolina was one of the first states to develop Youthful Offender Camps for 16-
to 18-year-old males.
a. True
b. False
The presentence investigation serves as the basis for sentencing and has a significant
influence on whether the convicted defendant will be granted community release or
sentenced to secure confinement.
a. True
b. False
Inmates can be released from prison for:
a. expiration of their term.
b. commutation of their sentence.
c. court orders to relieve overcrowded prisons.
d. all of these choices.
In ____________________, the Court ruled that the probation officer”client
relationship is not confidential, as attorney”client or physician”patient relationships are.
The Fourteenth Amendment states that no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty,
or property, without ______________________.
What vocational training is often available for inmates in prison, and how is it valuable?
The supervision of juveniles who are released from correctional institutions so that they
can make an optimal adjustment to community living is called
____________________.
What are some of the criticisms of sentencing guidelines on the federal level?
How did the reformatory contribute to the rehabilitation model?
Discuss the significance of the Prison Litigation Reform Act.
In New Hampshire and Massachusetts, a ________________ holds convicted
misdemeanants and a county jail holds pretrial detainees.
Discuss Feeley and Simon’s “new penology.”
Discuss the Second Chance Act.
A ____________________ requires an offender to spend a period of time in jail before
being placed on probation in the community.
_____________________ is a punishment unit in which inmates are separated from
other inmates and are fed in their cells.
Discuss the legal issues surrounding private corrections and the rulings of Richardson v.
McKnight and Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko.
The ____________________ program is the most widespread of the various national
programs that have been designed to divert drug abusers away from the criminal justice
system and into the jurisdiction of agencies offering specialized support services
Self-help programs are primarily run by ____________________.
A therapy that uses positive and negative reinforcement to encourage desirable behavior
and extinguish undesirable behavior is called ____________________.
_______________________ have included fighting forest fires and training service
dogs.