Deck 11: Privatization and Global Justice

Question 1

What is the definition of the following word:

-Privatization of Police and Security Forces.

Answer 1

The forming of private security that is not formed or employed by the government.

Question 2

What is the definition of the following word:
-Privatization of Corrections.

Answer 2

Prisons that are run for-profit and house prisoners contracted out to them by the government.

Question 3

What is the definition of the following word:
-Judicial Activism.

Answer 3

Any action taken by a judge that is based on political ideology rather than the law.

Question 4

What is the definition of the following word:
-Probation Services.

Question 5

What is an example(s) of security that wealthy individuals can afford to purchase?

A) Private Security
B) Security Cameras
C) Security Gates
D) All of the above

Question 6

Which is an example of the privatization of corrections?

A) Private Prisons
B) Private Probation
C) Private Immigration Detention
D) All of the above are privatizations of corrections

Question 7

Which statistic below is an example of the growing privatization of police?

A) Private security in India outnumbered police four to one
B) Private security in the Netherlands outnumber police seven to one
C) Private security in Nigeria outnumber police five to one
D) None of the above

Question 8

Which is NOT a reason private security has increased?

A) Dramatic uptick in the demand for personal security among the wealthy
B) Dramatic uptick in the demand for personal security among the impoverish
C) Increase demand for private security stems from corporations
D) Some countries are contracting many of their public services to private companies

Question 9

What is an example of privatization of the courts?

A) State district courts
B) Supreme Court
C) Arbitration
D) Court of appeals

Question 10

What is an example of a criticism of the privatization of the court system?

A) If a private judiciary is established, it could have similar effects to those found in the business sector
B) Judges who are highly qualified and expeditious may leave the public sector for the private sector
C) The creation of a stratified system in which individuals who could afford private courts and judges would do so and receive preferential treatment
D) All of the above

Question 11

What percentage of the revenue of the GEO group came from international services?

A) 5%
B) 13%
C) 25%
D) 40%

Question 12

An example(s) of critiques to private prisons include:

A) Recidivism
B) Violence
C) Poor Living Conditions
D) All of the above

Question 13

Private probation companies collect fees and fines for:

A) Community service
B) Testing for drug use
C) Fees for supervision
D) All of the above

Question 14

What happens when people under private probation do not pay the fee to cover the cost of their probation?

A) Late fees are added to the initial fee
B) If they do not pay the fees they can be arrested
C) The fee goes away
D) Both A and B

Question 15

Which variable is different in private immigration detention compared to prisons?

A) Immigration detainees are administrative detainees, not criminals
B) Privatization of immigration detention has shown mixed results in the context of detainee treatment, with some private organizations reducing the number of detainee abuses
C) Private immigration detention services include a diverse range of entities, including non-governmental organizations and various types of private facilities
D) All of the above

Question 16

Privatization has been a major concern in the criminal justice system for a number of years.

Question 17

During medieval times, the royalty had no control over security forces.

Question 18

Impoverished people are at an increased risk of criminal victimization.

Question 19

The United Nations estimates that 4 million impoverished people lived outside the protection of law as of 2008.

Question 20

The increase in the privatization of police has come at the same time of global income inequality.

Question 21

Privatization of the courts has moved much more quickly than privatization of law enforcement.

Question 22

Private corrections are more common than the privatization of the police or courts.

Question 23

There is a longer history of privatizing corrections than the police or courts.

Question 24

The privatization of prisons is much more similar to the privatization of law enforcement than that of the courts.

Question 25

The privatization of prisons originated with contracting out services such as transportation of prisoners.

Question 26

Due to increasing incarceration in the United States over the past few decades, many state governments have contracted with private corporations for the construction and management of prisons.

Question 27

Those who oppose the privatization of prisons do not protest the conditions in public prisons.

Question 28

Within private probation, individuals who have committed minor legal infractions may be sentenced to only pay a fine to a private company.

Question 29

Critics of private probation claim that it is nothing more than imprisoning debtors.

Question 30

The relationship between private immigration detention and governments vary.

Question 31

Countries and their detentions are covered by the Geneva Convention but private companies do not have to adhere to these conventions.

Question 32

There is no incentive for private companies in the criminal justice system to increase their market.

Question 33

Difficulties in defects in contracts with private companies are difficult to correct.

Question 34

It is not possible for governments to use private companies to circumvent international law.

Question 35

Give an example of privatization of police being implemented.

Question 36

What is a shortcoming of the prisons being private?

Question 37

How would having private probations services help in reducing workloads?

Question 38

What is a downfall of making immigration services private?