Deck 13: Prisons and Jails

Question 1

The term "stir crazy" grew out of the experiences of many inmates during which prison era?

A) Community based era
B) Just Deserts era
C) The warehousing era
D) The punitive era

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The Warehousing Era is a correctional model intended to capitalize on the labor of convicts sentenced to confinement.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

__________ is an imprisonment strategy that is based on the desire to prevent recurrent crime and that has abandoned all hope of rehabilitation.

A) warehousing
B) nothing works doctrine
C) punitive model
D) just deserts

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The Auburn system of imprisonment became popular during which prison era?

A) community-based
B) punitive
C) mass prison
D) penitentiary

Question 5

Selective incapacitation is a strategy used by some states to reduce prison populations.

Question 6

According to the text the largest growing population of jail inmates is:

A) Women
B) Hispanics
C) African-Americans
D) Asians

Question 7

The Just Deserts philosophy has led to substantial and continued increases in the American prison population.

Question 8

The California Department of Corrections had an unwritten policy of racially segregating prisoners in order to prevent racial violence.In 2005 the U.S.Supreme Court reviewed that policy and held that it:

A) was acceptable because it was in the prisoner's best interest.
B) violated the 8th Amendment.
C) was acceptable because it served a compelling state interest.
D) was unconstitutional.

Question 9

Which early prison system was heralded as the one that was humane and provided inmates with the opportunity for rehabilitation?

A) The Massachusetts system
B) The Pennsylvania system
C) The Irish system
D) The Elmira system

Question 10

Lex Talionis is also known as:

A) The law of retaliation
B) The law of exile
C) The law of talent
D) The law of rated capacity

Question 11

___________ is most noted as the originator of what we know as today's early release program.

A) Sir Walter Crofton
B) Captain Alexander Maconochie
C) Zebulon Brockway
D) Robert Martinson

Question 12

Historically,the most widely used of physical punishments was flogging.

Question 13

How many security levels are there in the federal prison system?

A) four
B) two
C) five
D) three

Question 14

A private prison:

A) is a prison for terrorists that does not reveal the prisoners' identities.
B) is operated by a private firm on behalf of government.
C) house no more than 50 prisoners.
D) houses military prisoners

Question 15

Work release is representative of which era in the development of U.S.prisons?

A) The reform era
B) The treatment era
C) The just deserts era
D) The community based era

Question 16

ADMAX or Administrative maximum is the term used by the federal government to denote:

A) prisons for white collar criminals.
B) maximum security prisons for females.
C) prisons for offenders who have violated administrative law.
D) ultra-high-security prisons.

Question 17

_____________ are jails that are built and run using the combine resources of a variety of local jurisdictions.

A) Regional Jails
B) Privately run jails
C) Direct supervision jails
D) Female jails

Question 18

The stocks and the pillory are examples of what type of punishment?

A) exile
B) branding
C) public humiliation
D) flogging

Question 19

Physical barriers in direct-supervision jails are far more common than in traditional jails.

Question 20

Which of the following is a characteristic of jails?

A) hold inmates who have been sentenced to long periods of incarceration
B) operated by the state police
C) hold 44% female inmates
D) hold suspects following arrest and pending trial

Question 21

Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column.
a.The number of inmates a prison can handle according to the judgment of experts.
b.The number of inmates a prison can effectively accommodate based upon management considerations.
c.The number of inmates a prison was intended to hold when it was built or modified.
d.The size of the correctional population an institution can effectively hold.
Design Capacity

Question 22

________ is the movement toward the wider use of private prisons.

Question 23

________ release is a prison program through which inmates are temporarily released into the community to meet job responsibilities.

Question 24

The Bureau of Prisons classifies its institutions into five categories.List and define those five categories and give examples of the type of inmate that is sent to each prison.

Question 25

Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column.
a.The number of inmates a prison can handle according to the judgment of experts.
b.The number of inmates a prison can effectively accommodate based upon management considerations.
c.The number of inmates a prison was intended to hold when it was built or modified.
d.The size of the correctional population an institution can effectively hold.
Rated Capacity

Question 26

The ________________ in New York State is considered the birth place of parole in the United States and was based on the concept of an earned early release.

Question 27

Today's jails serve many different purposes.Other than holding suspects following arrest and pending trial describe and define three of additional purposes they serve.

Question 28

A(n)________ system is used by prison administrators to assign inmates to custody levels based on offense history,assessed dangerousness,perceived risk of escape,and other factors.

Question 29

The _____________ has established a Commission on Accreditation to develop a set of standards that correctional institutions can use for conducting self-evaluations.

Question 30

The overcrowding of jails continues to be a major problem for the correctional system throughout the United States.There are many explanations for this overcrowding,for example in 2009 there were over 86,000 state and federal inmates being held in jails.List and describe at least three other causes for overcrowding.What is your opinion on reducing the inmate population in the country's jails,other than opening the door and letting them out.

Question 31

Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column.
a.The number of inmates a prison can handle according to the judgment of experts.
b.The number of inmates a prison can effectively accommodate based upon management considerations.
c.The number of inmates a prison was intended to hold when it was built or modified.
d.The size of the correctional population an institution can effectively hold.
Prison Capacity

Question 32

Privatization of prisons is a hot topic in today's discussion of inmate incarceration.List three advantages and three disadvantages for privatizing prisons.What are your views about privatization?

Question 33

During the Industrial Era prisons intended to capitalize on the labor of convicts by using them as laborers in the community.Define and describe three of the six different systems of inmate labor in use in the early twentieth century.

Question 34

Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column.
a.The number of inmates a prison can handle according to the judgment of experts.
b.The number of inmates a prison can effectively accommodate based upon management considerations.
c.The number of inmates a prison was intended to hold when it was built or modified.
d.The size of the correctional population an institution can effectively hold.
Operational Capacity

Question 35

Before the development of prisons there were other early forms of punishment,including flogging.Describe some other early forms of punishment that often were cruel and harmful to the convicted person.List at least three different early forms of punishment and give examples of each.

Question 36

One of the best known internal classification systems in use today,in prisons,is the adult internal management system (AIMS).AIMS assess an inmate's predatory potential by quantifying three aspects of the inmate's history.List and define those three aspects and explain how effective on ineffective you feel they are.