Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Inmates and visitors have a great deal of freedom
b. Newer with functional units located in the entry
c. Central corridor for prisoner movement
d. Treatment programs designed to reform offender
e. Restrictions on inmates/visitors are less strict than maximum security
f. Often used for juveniles and women
g. Emphasizes family and community ties as a method of reform
h. Strict limitations on freedom of inmates/visitors
i. A control center from which to monitor movement
j. Emphasizes security, discipline, and order
Custodial model
The growth rate in the number of incarcerated women:
a. is well below that of men.
b. remains steady.
c. exceeds that of men.
d. has not been calculated.
The role orientation in which inmates attempt to take advantage of prison programs to
better themselves and improve their prospects for early release is known as:
a. conforming .
b. gleaning.
c. doing time.
d. jailing.
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Post-custody supervision in the community
b. Without any further correctional supervision
c. Used with indeterminate sentence
d. Furloughs
e. Required release
f. The prisoner promises to abide by certain conditions in exchange for being released
g. Stipulated by parole guidelines based on offenders actions
h. Treat a mental abnormality
i. The government extends the privilege of release
j. Conditional release
Contract of consent
The Auburn System focused on a congregate system of operations.
a. True
b. False
Those on probation tend to be low-level offenders.
a. True
b. False
Divergence in the lengths and types of sentences imposed for the same crime or crimes
of comparable seriousness when no reasonable justification is known as a:
a. judicial disparity.
b. sentencing disparity.
c. form of systemic racism.
d. miscarriage of justice.
The gap between unemployment rates for African American men and every other group
in society grows when:
a. prisons do not allow inmates to work.
b. men who are behind bars are released.
c. men who are behind bars are included in the unemployment rate.
d. prisoners are not included in the unemployment rate.
A majority of inmates under correctional authority have a history of_______ problems.
a. mental health
b. diabetic
c. HIV/AIDS
d. all of these
The “Iron Law of Prison Populations” refers to the size of a prison population
determined by the number of people who are sent to prison and their:
a. gender.
b. length of stay.
c. classification.
d. age.
Inmates who are released from any further correctional supervision and cannot be
returned to prison for their current offense have been given:
a. conditional releases.
b. expiration releases.
c. mandatory releases.
d. tertiary release.
In Section 1983 lawsuits filed by inmates, correctional employees may be sued as
individuals in their personal capacity, as opposed to their official capacity as a state
employee.
a. True
b. False
The belief that one who takes another’s life deserves a punishment equal to the victim’s
fate is:
a. a moral argument.
b. a utilitarian argument.
c. a restorative argument.
d. a deterrence argument.
a.Staff has direct contact with offenders
b. Prosecutor makes a deal with defendant to steer clear of incapacitation
c. Protection to the community by incarcerating an offender
d. Supervision under home confinement
e. Holding tanks for up to 48 hours
f. Person who provides bail money for a fee
g. Rehabilitative jail experience
h. Pretrial and probation violators report daily
i. Funded per prisoner per day
j. Feespecified by a judge as a condition for pretrial release
Therapeutic justice
The ____________________ Act is a federal law that requires the collection of national
statistics on the prevalence of prison sexual violence.
a. Sexual Assault Reduction
b. Prison Rape Elimination
c. Prison Sexual Assault
d. Rape Notification
Prison costs more than probation in the United States because it must provide total
control over a person’s life in a way probation cannot.
a. True
b. False
As recognized by the authors, most states place inmates in lower custody levels than
necessary.
a. True
b. False
The concept of good time is provided to inmates in certain correctional facilities based
on:
a. medical issues.
b. complaints to staff.
c. family matters.
d. participation in vocational programs.
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Punishment to a body inflicting pain
b. Law of civil society
c. Forced rowing
d. Detention facility
e. Pleasure over pain
f. The right to be tried in ecclesiastical court
g. Retaliation
h. Age of Reason
i. A form of banishment
j. Free will and severe punishment
Utilitarianism
Home confinement is best suited to:
a. situational offenders.
b. offenders with substance abuse issues.
c. offenders with relatively long sentences.
d. low-risk offenders with relatively stable residences
According to opponents of capital punishment, there is no evidence the death penalty
deters violent crime.
a. True
b. False
Private enterprise has________ played a role in American corrections.
a. never
b. always
c. sometimes
d. only recently
When all forms of correctional supervision are taken into account, what percent of all
adults in the United States are under some form of correctional control?
a. more than 8%
b. nearly 3%
c. less than 1%
d. roughly 12%
Which of the following is NOT one of four general types of community corrections
control strategies used in the United States?
a. drugs
b. human surveillance
c. electronics
d. cognitive therapy
Young people who live in poverty and disadvantage may develop what has been called
“____________,” which includes a greater willingness to commit violence.
a. puttin” work
b. street cred
c. jivin”
d. code of the street
All of the following can be classified as civil disabilities that offenders face once
released from prison, except for:
a. the right to remain silent.
b. the right to own and possess a firearm
c. the right to hold public office.
d. the right to vote
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Remove an offender’s capacity to commit crime
b. Min/max range of incarceration
c. Punishment as an example to the public
d. Restoring the offender to society
e. Control over the amount of time a prisoner serves
f. Deserved punishment
g. Incarcerated for the betterment of society
h. Goal of punishment seeking to repair damage caused
i. Fixed time of incarceration
j.Punishment for the individual
Specific deterrence
African Americans are now _________________ times more likely to than whites to be
incarecated at some time in their life in a state or federal prison.
a. 2
b. 5
c. 3
d. 7
The design of most women’s prisons is the:
a. telephone-pole design.
b. radial design.
c. tier design.
d. campus design.
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. When an ex-offender’s poor decision making makes adjustment problems worse
b. Handle problems with recently released offenders
c. Legal barrier to reentry
d. A small group living facility for offenders
e. The removal of a conviction
f. Violating conditions of parole
g. Act of clemency
h. Criterion for deciding whether evidence is strong enough to uphold an arrest
i.Originated in Wisconsin in 1913
j.Regulate non-criminal behavior
Pardon
The rate of incarceration in the United States is one of the lowest in the world.
a. True
b. False
The decision to is a factor influencing the filtering process:
a. pigeonhole
b. grant bail
c. violate the law
d. acquit
All states have some form of prison programs that prepare the offender for release to
community supervision.
a. True
b. False
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Apply objective criteria to all prisoners
b. IQs of less than 70
c. Person who sees criminality as their life
d. Mental patient returns to the community
e. Julie Schenecker is one
f. Confined for life or until cured
g. Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
h. Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
i. Classification based on seriousness of crime
j. Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated
Career criminal
When women are released to the community, many must deal with which of the
following?
a. being poor
b. regaining custody of children
c. drug addiction
d. all of these
Describe who becomes a correctional officer and why. What draws people to this type
of work? Would you become a correctional officer? Why or why not?Be sure to address
the drawbacks, distinct challenges, and positive features of such work. Which job
assignment would you want to avoid and which would you aim to secure?
Answer:Answers will vary.
When a program increases the scope of corrections, it is said to be_________ .
The emergence of professionalization in corrections has led to two important
consequences: the field is _____________, and performance meets a higher standard.
__________ increases the effectiveness of correctional treatment by having the
probation officer interact with the client while promoting the client’s change process.
________refers to a criminal penalty based on the amount of income an offender earns
in a day’s work.
________ is intervention in a dispute by a third party where those in conflict submit
their differences for resolution and the decision (in the correctional setting) is binding
on both parties.
__________________ refers to punishment inflicted on the offender’s body with whips
or other devices that cause pain.
The __________________ approach to sanctioning offenders seeks to restore the
victim, the offender, and the community to a level of functioning that existed prior to
the criminal event.
The field of corrections will go nowhere without effective _____________.
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Adds rewards and punishment, role modeling, and other teachings
b. Legal restrictions that prevent released felons from engaging in certain professions
c. Assigning types of custody and treatment
d. Emphasizes personal responsibility
e. Create environments that support prosocial behaviors
f. Focuses on changing patterns that accompany criminal behavior
g. Face to face with crime’s consequences
h. Contract for prison-made goods at a set price
i. Treatment of the mind
j. No goods or services beyond those available to law-abiding people
Behavior therapy
Of the four major goals of corrections, ________________ clearly conflicts with the
other three goals since it focuses on treatment of the offender as opposed to other more
punitive sanctions.
Identify and explain at least three distinct problems or challenges women face upon
release from prison. Discuss how each of these distinct issues affects women’s ability to
succeed on the outside. What if anything is the corrections system doing to address
these problems?
Answer:Answers will vary.
It is argued that the small number of women incarcerated justifies the lack of
_________, vocational, and other programs.
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Adds rewards and punishment, role modeling, and other teachings
b. Legal restrictions that prevent released felons from engaging in certain professions
c. Assigning types of custody and treatment
d. Emphasizes personal responsibility
e. Create environments that support prosocial behaviors
f. Focuses on changing patterns that accompany criminal behavior
g. Face to face with crime’s consequences
h. Contract for prison-made goods at a set price
i. Treatment of the mind
j. No goods or services beyond those available to law-abiding people
Psychotherapy
We can view the criminal justice system as a(n)________ , because it operates as a
large offender selection bureaucracy.
What is meant by the architectural concept “form follows function”? How does this
express itself in corrections? Describe at least three types of prison architecture and
discuss issues associated with each model.
Answer:Answers will vary.
Public service workers who interact directly with citizens are known as __________.
Inequality breeds_______________.
Like women in other criminal justice fields, women who work in corrections deal
with_______ .
What does prison offer crime victims? In your opinion, are victims always satisfied
with prison as justice? Why or why not? What types of need might a crime victim have
and what types of intermediate sanctions might meet these needs?
Answer:Answers will vary.