corrections midterm chp. 6

James Jacobs' analysis of what correctional center concluded that it reflected the social organization and moral values of the larger society outside its walls?

a. Clinton Correctional Facility

b. Menard Correctional Center

c. Attica Prison

d. Stateville Correctional Center

d. Stateville Correctional Center

Which of the following does NOT tend to be found in more exaggerated forms within prisons?

a. mental illness

b. violent crime

c. absenteeism

d. racial discrimination

c. absenteeism

Which of the following most contributed to the decline of the once-model correctional facility in Vienna, Illinois?

a. inmate violence

b. drug running

c. budget cuts

d. penal harm

c. budget cuts

Which of the following is true of the gender breakdown of inmates in state and federal prisons?

a. The inmate population is 73 percent female.

b. The inmate population is 93 percent male.

c. The inmate population is 50 percent male.

d. The inmate population is 67 percent male.

b. The inmate population is 93 percent male.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about offense characteristics?

a. Hispanic inmates are more likely to be sentenced to drug offenses than whites.

b. More than half of female inmates have been sentenced for violent offenses.

c. African Americans are more likely than whites to be sentenced for property offenses.

d. Drug offenders represent the most serious charge for 53 percent of inmates in state prisons.

a. Hispanic inmates are more likely to be sentenced to drug offenses than whites.

Why was the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) established?

a. to assist the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in tracking down escaped prisoners

b. to provide training and other assistance to state correctional facilities

c. to administer 11 federal prisons

d. to handle overflow from state prisons

c. to administer 11 federal prisons

What is UNICOR?

a. the trade name used by the Federal Prison Industries (FPI)

b. the Federal Bureau of Prisons' drug treatment program

c. the designation given to the highest-security federal prisons

d. the federal prison that was the site of a deadly prison fire

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a. the trade name used by the Federal Prison Industries (FPI)

Why has the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) traditionally been willing to receive the most hard-to-control inmates from state prisons?

a. because the Bureau of Prisons has administrative maximum (ADX) prisons designed to handle the most difficult inmates

b. because payments from state prisons help balance the federal budget

c. because most hard-to-control inmates have also violated federal law

d. because the Bureau of Prisons has been able to house such inmates more economically than state governments

a. because the Bureau of Prisons has administrative maximum (ADX) prisons designed to handle the most difficult inmates

Which of the following differences does NOT make state systems difficult to compare and evaluate?

a. programs

b. structure

c. income

d. ideology

c. income

How many correctional institutions have been accredited or are in the process of accreditation?

a. 500

b. 5

c. 50

d. 5,000

a. 500

What terms best describe the principal mission of Connecticut's correctional system?

a. discipline and education

b. community-based corrections

c. safe and humane

d. command and control

c. safe and humane

Which state does NOT offer a correctional academy with extensive training programs?

a. Minnesota

b. California

c. New York

d. Illinois

a. Minnesota

The private sector's involvement in corrections dates back to what century?

a. 20th

b. 19th

c. 17th

d. 18th

b. 19th

What has happened to the size of the private prison population in recent years?

a. It has declined tremendously.

b. It has gone sharply up and then sharply down.

c. It has continued to soar.

d. It soared, and then showed a slight decrease.

d. It soared, and then showed a slight decrease.

What is the most likely explanation for the evidence that inmates in private prisons who do reoffend may commit less serious offenses than those released from public institutions?

a. Private prisons give cash incentives for inmates not to reoffend upon release.

b. Public prisons uniformly focus on brutal control strategies that increase recidivism.

c. Private prisons are inherently better at reducing recidivism that public ones.

d. Private prisons tend to house different types of inmates than public ones.

d. Private prisons tend to house different types of inmates than public ones.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the typical difference between men's and women's prisons?

a. Women's prisons have highly developed, almost family-like drug networks.

b. Women's prisons have fewer treatment and vocational programs.

c. Men's prisons have multiple security classifications within one facility.

d. Men's prisons feature a lower rate of sexual violence.

b. Women's prisons have fewer treatment and vocational programs.

The absence of external fences generally characterizes which type of prison?

a. supermax security

b. medium security

c. maximum security

d. minimum security

d. minimum security

Supermax prisons are based on what penal philosophy?

a. rehabilitation

b. diversification

c. isolation

d. degradation

c. isolation

Which of the following is NOT a standard design for U.S. prisons?

a. radial design

b. rotary design

c. courtyard style

d. campus style

b. rotary design

What is a major advantage of the wave of new prison construction across the nation?

a. New prisons allow old, dungeon-like ones to be torn down.

b. New prisons have eliminated the fear of inmate violence.

c. New prisons tend to be less expensive than older ones.

d. New prisons can be shared by federal, state, and private administrators.

a. New prisons allow old, dungeon-like ones to be torn down.

Which of the following is NOT a current use of technology in prisons?

a. heartbeat monitoring

b. backscatter imaging

c. induced sleep cycles

d. transmitter wristbands

c. induced sleep cycles

Which of the following is NOT part of a correctional administrator's basic responsibilities?

a. inmate sentencing

b. dealing with civil suits

c. fiscal management

d. establishment of policy

a. inmate sentencing

In Illinois' Menard Correctional center, which administrator is most responsible for religious services?

a. assistant warden, operations

b. assistant warden, administration

c. assistant warden, programs

d. business administrator

c. assistant warden, programs

What is the chief characteristic of a proactive warden?

a. anticipating problems

b. limiting expenses

c. punishing inmates

d. expanding staff development

a. anticipating problems

What is the chief success of the Moms with Babies program?

a. Participants have a zero percent divorce rate.

b. The program has a zero percent recidivism rate.

c. Inmates are able to generate supplemental income.

d. It lowers drug trafficking among inmates.

b. The program has a zero percent recidivism rate.