Deck 35: Future of Corrections

Question 1

The average annual cost per state prison inmate is roughly

A) $21,000.
B) $33,000.
C) $48,000.
D) $62,000.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Vocational training in prison suffers from several limitations, including the lack of

A) interest from inmates.
B) updated equipment.
C) qualified instructors.
D) positive results.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The _______ System is a worldwide navigation satellite system, owned by the U.S. Air Force, that provides location and time information to users with a receiving device; it assists with tracking offenders in the community.

A) Universal Monitoring
B) EyeSpy
C) Aeronautics Tracking Monitoring
D) Global Positioning

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Barbara was sentenced to house arrest with electronic monitoring and wears an ankle bracelet that lets her probation officer be constantly aware of her location. This _______ GPS monitoring is expensive because of cellular charges.

A) generational
B) time-specific
C) active
D) passive

Question 5

GPS technologies enable the creation of _______ and _______ zones, which enables victims, community supervision officers, and others to be immediately notified if an offender enters or leaves the defined range.

A) passive; aggressive
B) inclusion; exclusion
C) internal; external
D) primary; secondary

Question 6

_______ permits healthcare professionals to consult with institutional medical personnel via videoconferencing.

A) Electronic rehabilitation
B) Digital doctoring
C) Telemedicine
D) Global healthcare

Question 7

Which of the following is correct with regard to the use of prisons?

A) They were used more freely beginning in 1980.
B) More liberal public values contributed to their increased use.
C) The prison population was higher in the 1970s than it was in the 1980s.
D) The effectiveness of community corrections contributed to their increased use.

Question 8

Corrections consumes over 44% of the costs associated with the three primary areas of criminal justice (law enforcement, courts, corrections).

Question 9

Recidivism rates are rarely used to evaluate jail and prison programs.

Question 10

Toilet flushing in prisons can be controlled via computers that inform corrections officers of multiple flushes and enable them to shut off control valves.

Question 11

There are very few signs that the United States is reducing its heavy reliance on incarceration.

Question 12

Despite the challenges associated with jails, their future appears promising in several respects, including the renovation of jails in many jurisdictions.

Question 13

Many small jurisdictions are starting to combine their resources and build jails that serve the needs of multiple communities.

Question 14

The annual cost of imprisonment in the Bureau of Prisons is about twice the cost of placing the same offender under postconviction supervision in the federal system.

Question 15

How do we assess the effectiveness of correctional practices? Based on the evidence, are correctional practices effective?

Question 16

How can we improve correctional practices in the future?