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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
Probation release
In classifying offenders, correctional administrators put them into groups based on:
a. their needs for treatment.
b. risk.
c. security issues they pose to the prison.
d. all of these.
A cardinal principle for architects who design prisons is that function must follow form.
a. True
b. False
Administrators use prison programs as incentives for:
a. insubordination.
b. gang involvement
c. snitching.
d. good behavior.
The procedures of juvenile corrections incorporate:
a. firm due process rules.
b. informality and discretionary decision making.
c. strict judicial precedent.
d. formal criminal procedure.
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Failure to abide by rules and conditions of probation
b. Fines, community service, restitution
c. Reporting to the probation office a change of address
d. Establishes goals for supervision and evaluates
e. Constraints to deal with a significant problem/need
f. The first to provide bail for defendants
g. Formal obligation to perform an act within the community
h. Judge can suspend a sentence for good behavior
i. Method for increasing the effectiveness of correctional treatment
j. Approach crime from a problem-solving perspective
Recognizance
______________frequently take the form of group or individual counseling sessions
rather than intensive therapy.
a. Psychotherapy programs
b. Psychotropic medications
c. Psychological programs
d. Psychosis interventions
The first juvenile court in the United States was created in 1899 in:
a. Philadelphia.
b. New York City.
c. Boston.
d. Chicago.
Sir Walter Crofton built___________on idea of requiring prisoners to earn early
release.
a. Zebulon Brockway's
b. John Howard's
c. Sir Robert Peel's
d. Alexander Maconochie's
Most U.S. states have specific parole guidelines in regard to those who reoffend.
a. True
b. False
The sociological theory known as the 'subculture of violence" argues that violence is
primarily found in the ___________subculture.
a. lower class
b. youth
c. gang
d. white
More than two-thirds of people under correctional authority are:
a. in prison.
b. under community supervision.
c. women.
d. mentally ill.
The number of death sentences carried out has declined by more than half since the
1990s.
a. True
b. False
Inside women's facilities there has been a recent escalation of:
a. diverse programming.
b. sexual misconduct by female officers.
c. sexual misconduct by male officers.
d. violence.
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Houses people convicted of serious crimes
b. A facility authorized to hold pretrial detainees
c. Mutual transfer of resources
d. Workers who provide programs and services
e. Power between national and state government
f. Method of applying scientific knowledge
g. One of the goals of corrections
h. Common goals influenced by the environment
i.Conforms to the rules of society
j.Manages accused or convicted offenders
Technology
One of the ways a corrections staff member can insulate themselves against civil
lawsuits is to:
a. keep good records.
b. get a mentor.
c. follow institutional procedures
d. do all of these.
Consular officials must be notified when a foreign national is:
a. arrested.
b. executed.
c. deported.
d. exiled.
Parole can be revoked for a new crime or a technical violation.
a. True
b. False
The__________ was an institution for young offenders that emphasized training, a
mark system of classification, indeterminate sentences, and parole.
a. penitentiary
b. jail
c. juvenile detention center
d. reformatory
According to the authors, most correctional administrators find that their greatest
frustrations lie in:
a. budgetary constraints.
b. legal constraints.
c. lack of interagency partnerships.
d. lack of a clear mission.
The term __________refers to programs which educate gang members and eventually
encourage them to renounce their gang membership.
a. jumping out
b. deganging
c. gang removal
d. antiganging
Your authors divide some of the controversies, issues, and themes that arise in the study
of corrections into three main areas: upholding social values, ________________, and
____________________.
a. managing the correctional organization and portraying a strong public image
b. working with offenders and interpreting U.S. Supreme Court rulings
c. managing the correctional organization and working with offenders
d. portraying a strong public image and interpreting U.S. Supreme Court rulings
Retribution is a goal of punishment designed to repair the damage done to the victim
and community by an offender's criminal act.
a. True
b. False
More prisoners receive ________sentences in the United States than in any other
Western nation.
a. life
b. community
c. short
d. lengthy
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Houses people convicted of serious crimes
b. A facility authorized to hold pretrial detainees
c. Mutual transfer of resources
d. Workers who provide programs and services
e. Power between national and state government
f. Method of applying scientific knowledge
g. One of the goals of corrections
h. Common goals influenced by the environment
i.Conforms to the rules of society
j.Manages accused or convicted offenders
Federalism
The number of felons on parole has decreased since 1980.
a. True
b. False
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
Indeterminate Sentencing
Research has shown that, when compared with traditional criminal justice, restorative
justice programs result in greater__________ for both victims and offenders.
a. fairness
b. satisfaction
c. frustration
d. disappointment
The number of items that a prisoner may purchase or receive through legitimate
channels from state to state and from facility to facility:
a. is similar
b. is constitutionally determined
c. differs
d. is not regulated
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Failure to abide by rules and conditions of probation
b. Fines, community service, restitution
c. Reporting to the probation office a change of address
d. Establishes goals for supervision and evaluates
e. Constraints to deal with a significant problem/need
f. The first to provide bail for defendants
g. Formal obligation to perform an act within the community
h. Judge can suspend a sentence for good behavior
i. Method for increasing the effectiveness of correctional treatment
j. Approach crime from a problem-solving perspective
Standard conditions
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
Classification systems
Like other social institutions, corrections reflects the vision and concern of the larger
community.
a. True
b. False
Race is a sociological concept used to distinguish people by their cultural
characteristics.
a. True
b. False
Men between which ages are more prone to violence?
a. 16"24
b. 25"32
c. 20"29
d. all men
Discuss the role of the probation officer, in terms of both the investigative function and
the supervisory function. Which is more effective and why? Why is the other not as
effective? If you were a probation officer, which do you feel would occupy most of
your time and why?
Answer:Answers will vary.
Discuss your opinion as to whether or not neighborhood notification laws for released
sex offenders would increase public safety. Do these laws make it harder for sex
offenders to succeed? Why or why not? Does your state have a current notification
process? If so, what it is?
Answer:will vary.
The offender's response to ____________ strongly influences the overall effectiveness
of probation.
According to scholars, the Enlightenment was a reaction against feudal and traditions.
In the case of __________________, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty
could be reinstated throughout the United States after being ruled unconstitutional four
years prior.
Who was John Howard and what significance did he have in regard to correctional
reform? Be sure to list and explain his major accomplishments.
Answer:Answers will vary.
_________is a difference between groups that can be explained by legitimate factors.
Community service is ________for an injury to society by performance of service.
The nature and practices of corrections relate to environment. What kinds of conditions
were prevalent in the South after the Civil War and how did this landscape affect
corrections? Was anything unique or distinct in this region?
Answer:Answers will vary.
Define and discuss what is meant by the "great experiment" in social control. What, if
anything, have we learned from this "great experiment"?
Answer:Answers will vary.
In 1682, with the arrival of William Penn, Pennsylvania adopted the "___________,"
which was based on humane Quaker principles and emphasized hard labor in a house of
correction as punishment for most crimes.
A system of government in which power and responsibilities are divided between a
national government and individual state governments is known as __________.
The state of _______________ currently has the highest incarceration rate in the United
States.
______________________ constraints are the legal conditions of probation that are set
by the court or written into law.
The impact of juvenile _________ programs differs from adult programs in that they
show a greater success rate than adults.
