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.
It is also determined during Ted’s assessment that he will benefit from self-help
programs. All of the following can be considered a self-help program except:
a. Alcoholics Anonymous
b. assertiveness training
c. life skills
d. service projects
The United States has never executed a mentally ill person.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following was an early advocate of medical treatment in prisons?
a. Howard Gill
b. Andrew McCutchen
c. Howard Johns
d. John Gill
Discuss the inmate code and some of the rules that inmates followed during the Big
House Era.
A name given to inmates who develop an expertise in criminal law and help other
inmates in preparing their cases are known as:
a. correctional attorneys.
b. legal lawyers.
c. jailhouse lawyers.
d. inmate lawyers.
Warden Jones is the first female warden of the only correctional institution in the
state. She was promoted from assistant warden at a medium-security male prison.
During her first week of work, she realizes that running a female prison is
completely different than running a male prison.
After running the prison for 1 month, Warden Jones realizes that women do their time
very differently than men. Which of the following is Not indicative of how women
prisoners do their time compared to men?
a. The culture of the female prison exploits the struggles of degradation and violence.
b. Men show more solidarity.
c. Women are often confined to administrative segregation for fighting.
d. Race is not critical to prison culture in a female prison.
Beccaria and Bentham both believed that the goal of the state should be deterrence, not
revenge.
a. True
b. False
Common types of therapy used in prisons are insight-based therapy, behavior therapy,
and cognitive therapy.
a. True
b. False
A Latin expression meaning “you have the body,” is habeas corpus.
a. True
b. False
Probationers account for more than 50 percent of the correctional growth since 1990.
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.
Judge Ortiz thinks that the random phone call to the offender where the offender must
respond is not effective in that many offenders can find ways around this. He feels it is
more effective to monitor offenders through a microprocessor and an ankle transmitter
device. With this, the offender must remain in within 100 feet of the portable receiver.
The transmitter will then make continuous calls to a reporting station that updates the
offender’s location. What is this type of electronic monitoring?
a. active phone line systems
b. passive phone line systems
c. remote location monitoring
d. global positioning systems
By some estimates, by the year 2030 one-third of the U.S. prison population will be
geriatric.
a. True
b. False
The harsh environments of the early prisons led to mental breakdowns, suicides, and
self-mutilations.
a. True
b. False
In comparison to male prisons, female prisons are much larger.
a. True
b. False
When a precedent establishes an important principle, it is known as a(an):
a. critical decision.
b. federal decision.
c. landmark decision.
d. substantive decision.
What jurisdiction was the first to implement probation as a form of criminal sanction?
a. Georgia
b. California
c. Massachusetts
d. Texas
Within prisons, gangs run activities such as:
a. illegal sex trade.
b. gambling.
c. drug trafficking.
d. all of these choices.
Two companies operate more than half of the contracts of private correctional facilities:
the Corrections Corporation of America andthe GEO Group Inc.
a. True
b. False
An approach to prison management that is focused on anticipating problems before they
occur is a:
a. proactive warden.
b. convict leader.
c. new technology device.
d. prison design.
Warden Cox is experiencing high levels of violence and inmate disorder in his
institution. He met with his senior correctional officers to discuss a strategy on
how to handle the situation. Also included in the meeting was the legal advisor to
the state’s department of corrections, Mr. Johnson.
James is one of the inmates who contacted Mr. Johnson to express concern with the
conditions of confinement at Warden Cox’s institution. James told Mr. Johnson that he
has verbally complained to correctional officers but nothing has been done thus far. Mr.
Johnson asks Warden Cox about the process in place in which inmates can register their
complaints about the conditions of their confinement. This process is referred to as the
_____________ process.
a. complaint
b. grievance
c. inquiry
d. legal
While jails in some states hold persons for only a few hours, most jails can detain
people for _____ hours or longer.
a. 8
b. 12
c. 48
d. 72
In ________________, a federal court ruled that the opportunities and programs for
female inmates were clearly inferior to those for male inmates.
a. Barefield v. Leach
b. Rachel Coles v. United States
c. Yates v. Fallon
d. Roots v. Corrections Corporation of America
The use of mandatory minimums have:
a. not had an effect on female offenders.
b. benefited female offenders.
c. not benefited female offenders.
d. none of these choices.
To ensure that an offender is complying with his or her home confinement orders, many
jurisdictions use:
a. neighborhood watch programs.
b. cell phones.
c. electronic monitoring.
d. Internet.
What are the limitations of insight-based therapies in a prison context?
a. Inmates do not see themselves as having emotional problems.
b. Inmates are reluctant to share their inner thoughts with therapists.
c. Correctional treatment staff has little time to conduct ongoing therapy.
d. All of these.
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.
Which of Jessica’s behaviors is considered a delinquent act?
a. stealing a car
b. skipping school
c. running away
d. talking back to her parents
The Corrections Demonstration Project provides offenders with:
a. choices of foods.
b. drug testing.
c. jobs.
d. HIV prevention education programs.
A community treatment group designed to divert drug users from the criminal justice
system is known as:
a. the drug community.
b. Alcoholics Anonymous.
c. Narcotics Anonymous.
d. the therapeutic community.
Scott was arrested for the crimes of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm
by a convicted felon. Scott was previously convicted of burglary, theft, assault, and
several drug offenses. He previously served a 1-year prison sentence for the
burglary conviction. Scott was only out of prison 4 months before he was arrested
on these new charges. Prior to his first prison sentence, Scott was on probation for
his theft, assault, and drug charges.
Assuming that Scott is found guilty, prior to sentencing, who would conduct a
presentence investigation?
a. the prosecutor
b. the judge
c. the probation officer
d. the jury
Inmates 50 years of age or older are also more likely to have health and mental health
problems than noninstitutionalized Americans because they often come from poor
backgrounds, have a greater likelihood of drug and alcohol abuse, and have more
restricted access to health care.
a. True
b. False
In the 19th century, Jeremy Bentham introduced the ________ prison design.
a. radial
b. circular
c. courtyard
d. telephone pole
We know that most people fail on parole soon after they are released from prison; about
10 percent of all offenders are arrested during their first month back in the community.
a. True
b. False
The jail system originated in:
a. France.
b. Germany.
c. Russia.
d. England.
____________________offenders make up more than 50 percent of all sentenced
inmates, while property offenders make up approximately ______percent of all
sentenced inmates.
______________________ is the type of electronic monitoring where an offender is
monitored periodically or continuously throughout the day and night by means of a
pager number that only the probation officer knows.
A new method of tracking inmates by utilizing physiological or behavioral
characteristics in a three-step process is known as ____________________ technology.
Prison riots and other disturbances are often hard to control. What can be done to avert
some of these problems?
____________________ are a type of prison socialization in which women deal with
incarceration by becoming part of make-believe families.
Discuss the four basic types of systems that are used to electronically monitor
offenders.
What are the usual six categories in a presentence investigation report?
In _____________________________, the Supreme Court held that correctional
officers employed by a private firm are not entitled to a qualified immunity from suit by
prisoners charging a 1983 violation.
A ____________________ occurs when a probationer violates one of the rules of
probation, such as not meeting with his or her probation officer.
What is the public opinion related to the death penalty?
Discuss the different types of classification and how they affect institutional security?
Why does the Federal Bureau of Prisons appear to be more successful in its mission
than state-operated prisons?
An ___________________ is an incarceration facility that has a centrally placed,
high-strength, mirrored-glass control center with a panoramic view that provides 100
percent surveillance of the entire facility.
State-based acts that subsidize diversion of minor offenders from state prisons are
____________________.
A formal procedure that takes place when a parole board decides that parole must end
because the offender committed a new crime or violated the conditions of parole is
known as ____________________ of parole.
In the case of ____________________, the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation
of prison inmates is an inappropriate form of racial classification.
The 24 to 48 hours before the execution is known as ____________________.
Special issues in the incarceration of women include motherhood and
____________________.