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The Auburn system was a form of imprisonment developed as an alternative to corporal punishments that made use of solitary confinement & encourages rehabalitation,
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False
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we have experienced substantial increases in the American prison population even as crime rates have been dropping.
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True
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The use of imprisonment varies considerably between states.
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True
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The Prison industry Enhancement Certification Program has placed significant restrictions on the sale of inmate produced goods.
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False
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The reformatory era of imprisonment was based upon a medical model of corrections.
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False
Treatment Era |
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Research conducted by Robert Matinson concludes that offender participation in rehab programs substantially reduces recidivish rates.
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False
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The primary philosophy behind prisons today is rehabilitation.
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False
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The Pennsylvania system of imprisonment focused on hard labor, enforced silence, & corporal punishments
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False
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Parole, indeterminate sentencing and good time were innovaations developed in America during the punitive era of imprisonment.
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False
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Because of the Ashurst Summers Act, prison industries are experiencing rapid growth.
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False
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The just deserts philosophy has led to substantial and continued increases in the American prison population.
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True
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An examination of imprisonment statistics by race shows no disparity between blacks and white in prison.
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False
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The stocks and the pillory are examples of what type of punishment?
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publuc humiliation
The pillory closed over the head & hands & held the offender in a standing position while the stocks kept theperson sitting with the head free. |
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The Pennsylvanis style of imprisonment was characterized by:
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solitary confinement and individual cells.
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Who created the irish system of imprisonment?
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Sir Walter Crofton
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In the Irish System, prisoners had to work their way through 4 stages
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1. Mount Joy Prison in Dublin
2. Spike Island-worked on fortifications 3.placed in field units 4. ticket of leave |
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Quakers, penance, & the Pennsylvania style of imprisonment are tied to the_________era.
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penitentiary.
Penance was the primary vehicle through which rehab was anticipated & a study of the Bible was strongly encouraged. |
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During the early decades of the twentieth century, there was opposition to prison industries primarily because they:
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threatened the jobs of workers
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Historically __________ was the most widely used type of physical punishment.
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flogging
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the expression "an eye for an eye" is an example of lex talionis, "
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law of retaliation
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Zebulon Brockway, a leading advocate of indeterminate sentencing, is associated with the _________ era.
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reformatory
Elmira Reformatory only accepted first time offenders between the ages of 156 and 30. |
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/in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, medium security institutions are called:
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Federal correctional institutions
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High Security is referred to as:
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U.S. Penitentiaries
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Medium level security are called:
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Federal correctional institutions
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mimimul level security are called:
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federal prison camps
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Administrative maximum
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called ADMAX houses ultra-high security prisons
located in Florence Colorado dubbed the Alcatraz of the Rockies most secure prison ever |
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Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter provides an axample of what type of punishment"
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Branding
A signified Adultry |
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A significant factor that contributes to variation in incarceration rates between states is each state's
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violent crime rate
also political leanings amount of money available to build & maintain buildings employment rate percentage of African americans in the states population level of welfare sport available |
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The Auburn system of inprisonment became popular during which prison era?
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mass prison
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What type of inmate labor system allows private businesses to pay to use inmate labor?
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contract system
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Which prison era emphasized security and was based on the belief that prisoners owed a debt to society?
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punitive
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A state or federal confinement facility that has custodial authority over adults sentenced to confinement?
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prison
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What era was based on the medical model of corrections?
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treatment
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The majority of offenders housed in federal institutions have been convicted of:
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drug offenses (53%)
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Rhodes v. Chapman held that overcrowding in prison's is not by itselt __________.
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Cruel and unusual punishment
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_______ capacity refers to the inmate population the institution was oriinally built to handle.
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Design
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The use of prison chain gangs, the abolition of parole, and taking away some of the "comforts" of prison are aspects of which era of imprisonment?
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just deserts
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The ____________ is a control mechanism used by correctional administration at regular intervals throughout the day.
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count
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What is the name of the jail-management strategy that joins podular/unit structure with a participative, proactive management philosophy?
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direct supervision
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A dormitory-like setting, private rooms, and unarmed correctional officers are characteristic of ________ security institutions.
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minimum
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In what year did the last officially sanctioned flogging of a criminal offender happen in the United States?
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Deleware on Kune 16, 1952, when a burglar received 20 lashes.
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Which early punishment was primarily a strategy of specific deterrence because it made it difficult for indoviduals to commit future crimes?
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mutilation
still done in Iran and Saudi Arabia also a deterrent because it provides potential offenders with a walking example of the consequence of crime |
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A product of inmate labor produced under the state-use system would include
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license plates
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What early correctional leader developed a system of marks through which prisoners could earn credits to buy their freedom
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Captain Alexander Maconochie
also called "father of parole" |
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What type of inmate labor system puts inmates to work cleaning public parks and maintaining roads and higheays?
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public works system
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What type of inmate labor system operated in the federal system?
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state-use system
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Federal Prison ndustries, responsible for prison labor opportunities in the federal prison system, is also called:
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UNICOR
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Terms like convict bogey and lock psychosos were popular during what prison era?
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punitive era
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Which of the following is a characteristic of jails?
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hold suspects following arrest and pending trial.
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ADMAX or Administrative maximum is the term used by the federal government to denote:
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ultra-high-security prisons
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The historical prison era that focused on providing opportunities for reformation to inmates outside of prison was:
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the community based era
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The federal prison Rehabilitation Act of 1965 authorized __________ for federal prisoners.
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work release
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____________ capicity is the number of inmates that a facility can effectively accommodate based on an appraisal of the institutuion's staff, programs, and services
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operational
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The current era of imprisonment , called the just deserts era, most closely resembles what earlier era?
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punitive era
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_______ incapacitation is a strategy that would imprison almost all serious offenders
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Collective
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________ incapacitation seeks to identify the most dangerous criminals.
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Selective
with a goal of removing them from society |
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The rate of imprisonment of black males is about _______ greater than that of white males
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seven times
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What is the most common category for which inmates have been sentenced to state prisons?
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violent crimes
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All death row inmates are in:
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maximum-security prisons
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AIMS is best known as:
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interanl classification system
assesses an inmates predatory potential by quantifying aspects of his or her 1)record of misconduct, 2)ability to follow staff directions and 3) level of aggression toward other inmates |
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a private prison:
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is operated by a private firm on behalf of government
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How many security levels are there in the federal prison system
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5
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The largest growth group in jails nationwide is
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females
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Jails that are built and run using the combined resources of a variety of local jurisdictions are called:
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regional jails
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