Inmates on death row are not allowed to have visitors.
a. True
b. False
Women comprise one-third of all jail employees.
a. True
b. False
Jessica is 15 years old. She is always fighting with her parents over her behavior
and her choice of friends. She is failing all her classes because she continually skips
school. She has also run away from her house three separate times. Her parents do
not know what to do with her; they are unable to manage her behavior, and she
was recently brought into custody for stealing a car.
Because this is Jessica’s first criminal offense, the judge decides to keep her in the
community in her parent’s home under the supervision of an officer of the court. Jessica
has been sentenced to:
a. parole.
b. probation.
c. a residential program.
d. group home.
Which of the following is not a retentionist argument of the death penalty?
a. deterrence
b. fairness
c. pragmatic issues
d. threat of recidivism
Female offenders are more likely than males to be convicted of:
a. a nonviolent crime.
b. murder.
c. rape.
d. kidnapping.
At the beginning of the 19th century, children, debtors, slaves, the mentally ill, and the
physically ill were housed in jails, but as the century progressed, children and the
mentally ill were more often sent to other institutions.
a. True
b. False
There is only one private corporation managing and operating prisons and jails that
guarantees a monopoly.
a. True
b. False
Research shows that offenders who fail upon reentry into the community do so long
after they are released from prison.
a. True
b. False
Abolitionists make the argument that the death penalty is several times more expensive
than confining an inmate for the duration of his or her life.
a. True
b. False
The U.S. prison population has increased nearly fivefold since 1980.
a. True
b. False
Shock probation calls for the shock of a few weeks in prison for a first-time offender
followed by a standard term of probation.
a. True
b. False
The treatment goal of psychotherapy is to:
a. help inmates obtain basic needs.
b. lead inmates to insight.
c. punish inmates.
d. keep inmates occupied.
The prison warden is in charge of operating federal, state, or private prisons; hiring staff
managing the budget; andmaintaining a secure institution.
a. True
b. False
Which is Not one of the tenets of the inmate code?
a. Never rat on a con.
b. Don”t exploit fellow inmates.
c. Back down from a fight you will not win.
d. Don”t trust the guards.
In Maconochie’s system of graduated release, which of the following was the final
stage?
a. ticket of leave
b. globalization
c. good time
d. reference
What is one difference between the juvenile and adult system?
a. Police officers use discretion only with juveniles.
b. Only adults receive their Miranda rights.
c. Plea bargaining is used only with adults.
d. Only juveniles can be arrested for status offenses.
Inmates who maintain their innocence may find that denying responsibility for their
crimes places their release date in jeopardy.
a. True
b. False
Ted just entered the reception center of his state’s correctional system. He is about
to begin his 10-year prison sentence for the crime of armed robbery. During his
classification, it becomes evident that Ted is in need of a wide variety of
correctional treatment. Officer Smith is the official assessing Ted’s needs.
Next, Officer Smith needs to gather information concerning Ted’s social adjustment,
hygiene, and level of family support. This information is most likely gathered during
the __________ assessment.
a. academic
b. needs
c. risk
d. recidivism
Inmates who have chronic health and mental health issues are categorized as:
a. special offense inmates.
b. special needs inmates.
c. special population inmates.
d. all of these choices.
Several definitions of restorative justice can be found, but at the heart of most of these
definitions is the conviction that those most directly involved in a crime (individual
victims, offenders, families of victims and offenders, and victimized communities) are
those who should be central in responding to the harm caused by crime.
a. True
b. False
Linear/intermittent surveillance is a characteristic of:
a. second-generation jail.
b. new-generation jail.
c. first-generation jail.
d. privatization.
Jack was just placed on probation for the crime of burglary. He has been arrested
several times but never convicted of a crime. Last year, he was arrested and placed
in the TASC program. He successfully completed this program and remained out
of trouble for 1 year.
Why would Jack have been placed in the TASC program last year?
a. Jack was abusive to his wife.
b. Jack was a child molester.
c. Jack was a drug abuser.
d. Jack was a shop lifter.
Ted just entered the reception center of his state’s correctional system. He is about
to begin his 10-year prison sentence for the crime of armed robbery. During his
classification, it becomes evident that Ted is in need of a wide variety of
correctional treatment. Officer Smith is the official assessing Ted’s needs.
After going through Ted’s file and meeting with him, Officer Smith quickly realizes that
Ted has symptoms of a mental health problem. She believes he will need an
individual-level treatment program. Which of the following is not an individual-level
treatment program?
a. anger-management therapy
b. behavior therapy
c. cognitive-behavior therapy
d. insight-based therapy
Which of the following is not a goal of structured sentencing?
a. to regulate sentence length
b. to curb judicial discretion
c. to make sentencing more rational
d. to increase gender disparity
What is the juvenile equivalent of parole in the adult criminal justice system?
a. aftercare
b. boot camp
c. probation
d. wilderness program
Overcrowded institutions, filled with inmate gangs, violence, and racial conflicts,
require that the focus be on security and institutional survival.
a. True
b. False
A corrections ombudsman is a further means sometimes available for inmates who feel
that they have been unjustly treated.
a. True
b. False
Which style are women prisoners least likely to approach their confinement with?
a. adopted style
b. convict style
c. isolate style
d. integrated style
A growing portion of the correctional population consists of parolees who failed on the
outside.
a. True
b. False
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.
Thomas’s crime of motor vehicle theft is classified as a property crime. What
percentage of state inmates are property offenders?
a. 8 percent
b. 18 percent
c. 35 percent
d. 52 percent
A visit lasting 1 or 2 days during which prisoners can enjoy private visitation with their
families is called a:
a. family visit.
b. vacation.
c. conjugal visit.
d. pass.
The population of elderly jail inmates has more than doubled in size during the past
decade.
a. True
b. False
Short-term incarceration followed by a period of probation is called:
a. intensive probation.
b. new penology.
c. split sentencing.
d. new wave probation.
____________________ contends that humanitarian standards require that people with
mental impairment should not be subjected to the death penalty.
Discuss social class and the jail population.
__________________________ is the beginning of the correctional process once an
offender has been convicted.
What is contraband, and how does it get into prisons?
Instead of being arrested, juveniles are taken into ____________________.
Minimum-security residential facilities that provide schooling for children, recreational
activities, and access to religious services are called ____________________.
What challenges do mentally ill offenders face in prison?
Discuss the characteristics of females in prison.
Programs such as electronics, plumbing, computer programming, and sheet metal repair
are examples of ____________________.
In ____________________, the court held that the use of isolation, hand restraints, and
tranquilizing drugs violated many constitutional rights of juveniles.
Donald Clemmer is best known for his research at Southern Illinois Penitentiary and,
most importantly, for coining the term________________________.
According to argot language within the prison, the exercise area used by inmates is
most often referred to as the _________________.
The most common type of treatment for inmates with mental health issues is
____________________.
A name given to inmates who develop an expertise in criminal law and help other
inmates in preparing their cases is a ____________________.
In order to combat sexual victimization in prison, the
_________________________Act was passed by Congress in 2003.
The ____________________ is the idea that punishing one person for his or her
criminal acts will discourage others from committing similar acts.