Parolees may be subjected to searches by parole officers and police.
a. True
b. False
The setting of justice policy is aided by the ____________________ branch of
government
a. judicial
b. executive
c. legislative
d. societal
Inmates who are classified as having substance abuse histories include:
a. street-level drug dealers.
b. drug traffickers.
c. mules that carry drugs for others.
d. all of these.
Prisoners who actively participate in prison-based drug treatment programs have:
a. more fights with other inmates.
b. better prison adjustment that those in the general population.
c. more rules infractions.
d. all of these choices.
According to the text, citizens are most concerned about the high rate of
probationers’____________________.
a. prior crimes
b. recidivism
c. drug use
d. apathy
Edward is 16 years old. He was sentenced to a juvenile facility for possession of
marijuana and for armed robbery. He is a habitual offender who previously
violated his probation and was thrown out of his residential program.
Edward is found guilty in adult court. The judge can sentence Edward to:
a. probation.
b. a fine.
c. adult prison.
d. all of these.
No-frills policies mean that there can be no alterations to a prisoner’s uniform.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is Not a characteristic of house arrest?
a. It can range from evening curfew to detention during all nonworking hours.
b. It can last from several days to several years.
c. All offenders on house arrest are being monitored electronically.
d. There are more than 10,000 people on house arrest nationwide.
One of the trends during the 1980s was the increase in secure confinement of drug
offenders.
a. True
b. False
The Auburn cellblock became a model for prisons in several European countries.
a. True
b. False
Plea bargaining may only be used with adult offenders.
a. True
b. False
Since 2001, criminal forfeiture has been used to:
a. increase government budgets.
b. discourage drug traffickers.
c. disrupt terrorist activity.
d. all of these choices.
In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled in Baze v. Rees that Kentucky’s lethal injection
protocol satisfies the Eighth Amendment.
a. True
b. False
Jerry is an inmate on death row. He has been there for 15 years. He was sentenced
to death row when he was 19 years old. At first, he had a difficult time adjusting to
death row, but now he has come to accept his fate. He was just notified that his
death warrant was signed by the governor. He will be moved to his death watch
cell later that evening.
Jerry was 19 when he was sentenced to die. His lawyers made the argument that he was
too young to be sentenced to die. Which case decided that individuals who are 18 and
older can be sentenced to die?
a. Atkins v. Virginia
b. Roper v. Simmons
c. Thompson v. Oklahoma
d. Witherspoon v. Illinois
The number of juveniles held in jails has declined primarily because of the
_________________, which grants federal money to cities and states that agree not to
confine juveniles in jail.
a. Violence Against Women Act
b. Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
c. Juvenile Restorative Justice Act
d. Juvenile Justice Reentry Reformation Act
To ensure that convicted offenders serve a large portion of their sentence, the U.S.
Congress authorized funding for additional state prisons and jails through the
____________________________ of 1994.
a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
b. Violence Against Women Act
c. Federal Lautenberg Act
d. Felony Crime Act
What type of laws creates civil disabilities for parolees when they return to the
community?
a. anti-establishment laws
b. disenfranchisement laws
c. minimum mandatory laws
d. three-strike laws
Jail officers’ lack of knowledge for appropriate intervention strategies poses a problem
when dealing with the:
a. funding units.
b. administrators.
c. mentally ill.
d. inmates’ visitors.
HIV/AIDs related deaths in prison are declining over the last decade.
a. True
b. False
Judge Ortiz is an administrative judge in the county who is holding a meeting to
determine the effectiveness of the various sentencing options. He invites
individuals who work with the various types of sentencing options to give their
feedback. Officer Moll is the supervising probation officer in the county. Judge
Ellis coordinates the drug court in the neighboring county. Ms. Howard runs the
halfway house in the county. Captain Smith coordinates the boot camp in the
county.
Officer Moll reports that for the nonviolent offenders, his office utilizes random phone
calls generated by computers where the offenders must respond within 30 seconds. This
way the officer can verify that their probationer is home. What type of electronic
monitoring is this?
a. active phone line systems
b. passive phone line systems
c. remote location monitoring
d. global positioning systems
Deferred prosecution programs have focused on persons suffering from alcohol, drug,
or mental health problems who can ask permission of the court to go through an
intensive treatment program in lieu of being prosecuted.
a. True
b. False
The rate of HIV/AIDS among state and federal prison inmates is declining.
a. True
b. False
The body of the Constitution and the first 10 amendments are the main sources of:
a. procedural law.
b. limited law.
c. criminal law.
d. judicial law.
Financial restitution is payment of a sum of money by the offender to the court.
a. True
b. False
The job of the ____________________consists of identifying individual involvement,
whether by inmates, personnel, or public citizens, that is suspected of criminal
infractions of administrative, civil, or criminal nature.
a. internal affairs investigator
b. case manager
c. compliance manager
d. cell block captain
In _________________ the U.S. Supreme Court found that federal law does not allow
rehabilitation to be used as a factor when handing down a sentence.
a. Tapia v. United States
b. Bell v. Feurtado
c. Kranitz v. United States
d. Katz v. United States
The get-tough movement of the 1980s increased the statutory restrictions placed on
parolees.
a. True
b. False
Some research does exist that inmates released from private prisons who do reoffend
commit less serious offenses than those released from public institutions.
a. True
b. False
Most states rely on lethal injection as their method of execution.
a. True
b. False
The recommended number of hours for annual in-service training is:
a. 40 hours.
b. 80 hours.
c. 00 hours.
d. 20 hours.
The majority of prisoners on death row:
a. receive more privileges than most prisoners.
b. are segregated from the general prison population.
c. cannot receive visits from family members.
d. are allowed cell phones.
What was determined by the court in Morrissey v. Brewer?
a. the procedures for deciding who was eligible for parole
b. the procedures for revocation of parole
c. the procedures that parole officers must follow when searching a parolee
d. the procedures for obtaining an arrest warrant for a parole violator
Maximum security prisons are usually built using the ________ design.
a. telephone pole
b. radial
c. circular
d. courtyard
Where was the first drug court implemented?
a. Miami, Florida
b. New York, New York
c. Huntington, West Virginia
d. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
In the majority of felony cases sentencing is generally based on the information
available to the:
a. probation officer.
b. jury.
c. judge.
d. media.
Explain the use of biometrics in the jail/prison setting.
What has been done to improve professionalism in the corrections system.
A person who protects citizens against governmental abuses in a correctional setting is
called a ____________________.
Discuss the different assessments of classifications for treatment.
Discuss how proactive wardens are different from other wardens.
Why should one pursue a job in corrections? Explain.
According to argot language within the prison, when an inmate “buys the farm,” this is
referring to the inmate ________________.
This act, _______________, is dedicated to collecting national prison rape statistics,
data, and conducting research; disseminating information and procedures for combating
prison rape; and assisting in funding state programs.
What educational possibilities are available to inmates in prison, and how valuable is
educational programming for offenders?
____________________________ occurs when the government seizes property that
was derived from or used in criminal action.
Discuss the ways that medical services are provided to inmates in prison.
According to the text, before a person convicted of terrorism is released from prison the
____________________ will usually interview them, and the government will keep a
close eye on them.
What are the three different types of local correctional institutions?
In the case of Clutter v. Wilkinson (2005), it was ruled that inmates were allowed to
practice their own _______________ as long as it did not undermine the safety of the
institution.
A correctional system that is focused more on regulating and controlling offenders than
on providing treatment or services for them is referred to as a ____________________.
Housing assignments for inmates will be determined through a(an)
____________________________.
An official panel that determines whether an inmate serving an indeterminate sentence
is ready for parole is the ____________________.
Identify the elements of drug courts and their effectiveness.