Deck 8: Classification and Custody Levels

Question 1

Classification processes are, in many respects, similar in concept to what __________ had implemented when commensurate good behavior would lead to a reclassification of their likelihood for release.

A) Sir Walter Crofton
B) Zebulon Brockway
C) Alexander Maconochie
D) William Penn

Answer 1

C

Question 2

This Supreme Court case found that the totality of prison conditions should not become so deplorable as to violate constitutional expectations for inmates.

A) Palmigiano v. Garrahy (1977)
B) Morris v. Travisono (1970)
C) Holt v. Sarver (1969)
D) Farmer v. Brennan (1994)

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In the past decade, prison systems have experienced increased pressures to improve their system of classifying inmates according to three areas. Which area is not one of the three?

A) Programming needs
B) Work needs
C) Custody needs
D) Visitation needs

Answer 3

D

Question 4

As correctional facilities become more crowded, __________ decisions play a more significant role.

A) external classification
B) internal classification
C) reclassification
D) initial classification

Question 5

Differential association theory is the premise behind most classification programs that seek to separate low-risk inmates from high-risk inmates?

Question 6

Which type of classification is nonpunitive in nature?

A) Protective custody
B) Supermax
C) Specialized offender custody
D) Administrative segregation

Question 7

Sexual harassment from other inmates is a reason why an inmate may be placed into ___________.

A) a minimum-security facility
B) protective custody
C) a supermax-security facility
D) administrative segregation

Question 8

What did the Morris Rules establish?

A) The totality of prison conditions should not become so deplorable as to violate constitutional expectations for inmates.
B) The minimal procedural safeguards to which inmates would be entitled.
C) Standardized state classification processes.
D) Improved the classification of inmates according to custody, work, and programming needs.

Question 9

Who usually conducts the initial classification of an offender sentenced to prison?

A) The judge
B) Community supervision staff
C) A correctional officer
D) The unit manager

Question 10

Offender classification is expected to totally eliminate prison violence.

Question 11

The __________ develops and implements programs within the unit to meet the individual needs of the inmates confined.

A) Case Manager
B) Correctional Counselor
C) Educational Adviser
D) Unit Manager

Question 12

Which goal of classification is the first and most paramount goal of the field of corrections?

A) Public safety
B) Inmate safety
C) Control inmate behavior
D) Providing planning and accountability

Question 13

Who is the head of the direct classification team within a correctional facility?

A) Unit manager
B) Case manager
C) Correctional counselor
D) Educational adviser

Question 14

In the past, subjective forms of classification, based on the __________ opinions of professionals, were largely utilized.

A) medical
B) clinical
C) quantifiable
D) theoretical

Question 15

Which commission called for improved classification systems as a means of creating better treatment programs to reshape inmate behavior?

A) Brockway
B) Wickersham
C) Elmira
D) Sarver

Question 16

This member of the unit classification team is generally responsible for the performance of diagnostic, therapeutic, research, educational, and evaluative functions relating to psychological services.

A) Educational Adviser
B) Correctional Counselor
C) Case Manager
D) Psychological Services Representative

Question 17

What is the primary reason that an offender is placed in administrative segregation?

A) Pressure for sexual favors from other inmates
B) Gang membership
C) Being in debt to other inmates
D) Having been previously employed in law enforcement

Question 18

Providing rewards or punishments for actions that are committed meets which classification goal?

A) Controlling inmates' behavior
B) Protecting the public
C) Planning and accountability
D) Protecting inmates

Question 19

The first stage of this classification system placed the convict in segregated confinement with work and training being provided to the offender.

A) Irish penal system
B) Mark system
C) Elmira reformatory system
D) English penal system

Question 20

This case resulted in a detailed set of procedures for classifying prisoners who were overseen by the federal court system.

A) Holt v. Sarver (1969)
B) Morris v. Travisono (1970)
C) Palmigiano v. Garrahy (1977)
D) Turner v. Safley (1987)

Question 21

Inmates with prior convictions are significantly more likely than first-time offenders to be regular drug users.

Question 22

Historically, the majority of all offenders were housed together within correctional facilities.

Question 23

The custody level of inmates refers to the type of physical barriers that are utilized to prevent their escape.

Question 24

Identify the four goals of classification systems.

Question 25

Maconochie's mark system is considered a form of indeterminate sentencing.

Question 26

In times past, subjective forms of classification, based on the clinical opinions of professionals, were largely utilized.

Question 27

Classification processes play little importance in developing prison budgets.

Question 28

Define security levels and describe the five security levels within the Bureau of Prisons.

Question 29

Discuss the first actual classification system for offenders. Identify who implemented the system, the name of the system, and the specific phases of classification.

Question 30

Zebulon Brockway is best known for creating the Irish penal system.

Question 31

External classification processes have to do with the placement of inmates at different facilities and/or on community supervision.