Deck 9: Boot Camps and Jail-Based Community Supervision: Unique Alternatives to Traditional Community-Based Corrections Practices

Question 1

Correctional boot camps were intended to serve as a cost-effective alternative to incarceration and are typically limited to______offenders.

A) young
B) nonviolent
C) first time
D) ^{All of the Above}

Answer 1

^{All of the Above}

Question 2

Correctional boot camps are military-style programs wherein young offenders convicted of non- violent crimes are typically confined for______.

A) 90 to 180 days
B) 6 months to 1 year
C) 1 to 2 years
D) 2 to 4 years

Answer 2

90 to 180 days

Question 3

Adult correctional boot camps place great emphasis on______.

A) reentry services
B) cognitive-behavior treatment
C) rehabilitation
D) hard labor

Answer 3

hard labor

Question 4

A common principle is that correctional boot camps serve as an intermediate sanction to______.

A) rehabilitate offenders
B) reduce prison crowding
C) reintegrate serious offenders
D) None of the Above.

Question 5

The states of Georgia and______are credited with being the first to introduce military practices into corrections.

A) Kansas
B) Oklahoma
C) Texas
D) New York

Question 6

In 1985______became the first state to establish a correctional boot camp for juvenile offenders.

A) New York
B) Texas
C) Louisiana
D) Maine

Question 7

Forces that greatly influenced the adoption of boot camps by local, state, and federal correctional agencies include______.

A) "get tough" revisions to sentencing practices
B) over-crowded conditions in confinement facilities
C) the availability of federal and state funding
D) All of the Above

Question 8

In the 1990s, the number of prisoners participating in correctional boot camps______.

A) remained the same
B) slightly decreased
C) dramatically decreased
D) increased

Question 9

Two of the most highly publicized stories of boot camp abuse involved the deaths of Gina Score and______.

A) Mark Taylor
B) Martin Anderson
C) Mary Jacobson
D) Matthew Tyler

Question 10

The body of evidence-based corrections literature regarding correctional boot camps tells us that___________

A) the military atmosphere of correctional boot camps does not bring about individual-level changes in thinking, reasoning, and problem solving
B) an aftercare component to correctional boot camp may reduce recidivism, but there is little information about the type of aftercare that programs provide
C) if the goal of correctional boot camp is to reduce recidivism, then there is little reason to continue its use
D) All of the Above

Question 11

Areas that are consistently cited as the principal goals of correctional boot camps include______.

A) to promote public safety while reducing prison crowding
B) to create a less expensive alternative to prison
C) to reduce recidivism
D) All of the Above

Question 12

Offender______suggests that rather than being used as alternative sanctions, boot camps are being used to supplement an existing sanction.

A) net-widening
B) reentry
C) reintegration
D) pooling

Question 13

Jails are adult detention facilities that______.

A) confine persons awaiting trial, sentencing, and transfer to state prison
B) confine those who are serving a sentence of 1 year or less
C) ^{Both A & B}
D) None of the Above

Question 14

The largest number of persons in community-based programs under jail authority includes those involved with______.

A) community service programs
B) work release
C) halfway-houses
D) electronic monitoring

Question 15

Jails operate______programs that allow residents to leave the facility for a specified number of hours to work but require them to return to jail at the end of the work day.

A) electronic monitoring
B) work release
C) halfway-house
D) diversion

Question 16

A survey conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, found that______of jail residents had substance-abuse problems.

A) more than two-thirds
B) about 30%
C) about 50 percent
D) less than one-third

Question 17

According to the Community Oriented Correctional Health Services, the best re-entry programs include______.

A) planning that starts on the inside and continues on release
B) concrete linkages to comprehensive community resources that include health care, behavioral health care and social services
C) connections to long-term health care and social support programs.
D) All of the Above

Question 18

Risk factors considered in a reentry plan include such items as______.

A) criminal history
B) severity of the crime committed
C) behavior while confined
D) ^{All of the Above}

Question 19

In Richmond, Virginia, a comprehensive jail-based program called______, helps residents with substance abuse problems and assists them in altering their negative social behavior, including addiction.

A) ABLE
B) BELIEF
C) CHARTER
D) DIVINE

Question 20

In adult boot camps greater emphasis is placed on hard labor, while camps for juveniles are more apt to provide therapeutic components.

Question 21

A common principle of correctional boot camps is that such punishments serve as an intermediate sanction to reduce prison crowding.

Question 22

The states of New York and Vermont are credited with being the first to introduce military practices into corrections.

Question 23

In 1985 Louisiana became the first state to establish a correctional boot camp for juvenile offenders.

Question 24

In the 1990s, the number of prisoners participating in boot camps decreased in the U.S.

Question 25

Evaluations of adult and juvenile boot camp programs consistently show that they do not reduce recidivism.

Question 26

Most media accounts of boot camps portray correctional staff as aggressive and threatening toward young offenders.

Question 27

Boot camps and other intermediate sanctions have been viewed as necessary outlets to relieve an overburdened correctional system.

Question 28

When asked to rate the importance of boot camp program goals, state corrections officials were less concerned with punishing offenders and more concerned with deterring future crime and rehabilitating offenders.

Question 29

Jails are adult detention facilities that confine persons awaiting trial, sentencing, or transfer to state prison.

Question 30

With more than 12 million inmates released annually, jails have the most frequent contact with individuals being processed through the criminal justice system.

Question 31

The largest number of persons in community-based programs under jail authority includes those involved with community service programs.

Question 32

Local citizens generally do not support jail community service programs such as roadway trash pickup.

Question 33

Work release programs afford offenders the opportunity to maintain employment even while they are confined in jail.

Question 34

One criticism of work release is that these jail programs take jobs from local workers.

Question 35

The type of reentry planning prescribed for a jail resident depends on both risk and needs factors.

Question 36

Research has shown that ex-offenders have a high risk of unemployment and that an association exists between adult offender unemployment and recidivism.

Question 37

In our nation's jails, only 25% of jail residents have substance-abuse problems.

Question 38

Jail-based substance abuse treatment programs like the Hillsborough County Jail program in Tampa have been found to reduce jail costs and recidivism rates.

Question 39

Therapeutic Communities (TCs) are intensive, long-term, self-help, highly structured residential treatment modalities for chronic, hard core drug users.

Question 40

Evidence-based practices have increasingly revealed that interventions for offenders under jail authority can be successful when strategies address both the risks and needs of the offender.

Question 41

______ is the delivery of community-based services to offenders who have been released from confinement in a correctional facility.

Question 42

______ is a point system based on an individual's offense, prior criminal history, and institutional behavior to determine if individuals need to be housed at high, medium, low, or prerelease levels.

Question 43

______ is a collaborative partnership between the jail and the community in transitioning an inmate from custody back into the community.

Question 44

______ is a community-based correctional program that enables offenders to hold jobs in the community during the day, returning to their institutions at night.

Question 45

Evaluations of adult and juvenile boot camp programs consistently show that they do not reduce___________________