intro Corrections

The Recent Abatement in the growth of state prison population is partly due to state budgetary pressures?

True

Agricultural prisons began in?

Southern states

Offenders are assigned to programs based on?

Institutional needs

Adult male offenders comprise the vast majority of state prison inmates?

True

Which type of correctional facility is most expensive to construct and operate?

SuperMax Prisons

The courts have ordered states to release inmates from prisons to deal with overcrowding problems?

True

What law Provides for the principal means of allowing inmate complaints into the federal court systems?

Civil Rights law of 1871

The federal correctional system is known as the federal bureau of prisons?

True

A special housing unit or shu houses?

Offenders considered the worst of the worst

Male Military Offenders are held in fort leavenworth?

True

To protect themselves from liability, most government agencies, including prison systems are?

Self Insured

Prior to the 1930’s states could profit through private involvement in corrections by?

Leasing out prison populations to private bidders

Private sector providers claim they can service offenders at all security levels?

True

The expanded use of cheap and reliable drug tests has contributed to an increase in?

The number of probation and parole violators

In which decade did privatization of corrections facilities begin in the United States?

1980’s

The use of kick backs an example of corruption?

True

Most cost studies have found that private prison providers have produced cost savings for those jurisdictions contracting with them?

False

Private sector institutions have lower rates of recidivism than public sector facilities?

False

Cutting back on food service and quality can lead to major disturbances in correctional facilities?

True

Which of the following is not a claim made by Private-sector providers?

Private sector providers can reduce corruption 

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the purpose of parole?

To improve public safety by reducing the incidents and impacts of crime committed by parolees 

The Principle forerunner of parole is?

Transportation 

The protection of society is a primary objective of parole?

True

For the offender to be released on parole, the first step involves?

Being recommended for parole

The offender must agree to parole conditions before being released on parole?

True

The Parole  ________ is the contract that includes the conditions imposed by paroling authority and offenders acceptance of these conditions.

 Agreement

Parole officers have the authority to revoke parole if the parolee violates parole conditions?

False

Culture shock is an issue that may affect successful reentry?

True

One of the earliest programs for releasing prisoners prior to the expiration of their full sentence was?

Work release

Parole violators who are placed in a halfway house are more likely to recidivate than offenders who are returned to prison?

False

Civil rights petitions can be filed in federal court?

True

Which of the following statements is true regarding the effects of the prison litigation reform act on the rate and number of civil rights petitions?

They decreased dramatically 

Which of the following restrictions on the use of the mail system would not be an appropriate restriction for a correctional administrator to place on prisoners?

Censoring mail sent from an inmate to an attorney. 

The case of Johnson v. Avery provided inmates with the right to?

Use jailhouse lawyers

The loss of the right to vote is a collateral consequence of conviction?

True

Some types of jobs may be restricted to individuals who have a criminal record, so that ex-offenders may automatically be denied employment?

True

What requirement is imposed under megan’s law?

Sex offenders must inform local police of their locations and prior convictions.

 ___________ destroys or seals an offenders criminal convictions history, removing the stigma of a criminal record.

Expongement statue/law

Civil rights lost as a result of a felony conviction cannot be restored?

False

Some types of jobs may be restricted to individuals who have a criminal record, so that ex-offenders may automatically be denied employment?

True

The majority of male inmates are incarcerated in federal prisons?

False

Male prisoners are most likely to be incarcerated for which type of crime?

Violent crimes

The presence of institutional threat groups in prisons poses a potential danger to other inmates?

True

Ongoing drug use within prison appears to be a fairly minor problem?

False

Prisoners with low-level education skills who are unable to read and follow written instructions are known as?

Functionally illiterate

The graying of american prisons is linked to an increase in the cost of incarceration?

True.

Sentence enhancements in many states have let to an increase in the US prison population?

True

Prisonization involves?

Introducing newly committed inmates into the inmate subculture. 

Which of the following is not a problem that elderly inmates pose for correctional administrators?

Increase violence by elderly inmates 

Which of the following statements regarding elderly inmates is true?

 Elderly inmates are more likely to have committed homicide and sexual offenses then other prisoners.  

Females are most likely to be arrested for?

Non-Violent Crimes

Which of the following is not a special problem for incarcerated females?

Safety

Drug addicted female inmates tend to have other coexisting conditions?

True

The female inmate population is increasing more slowly than the male population?

False

Very few inmates are housed in maximum security facilities?

True

The majority of female inmates are housed in __________ Facilities?

Minimum to low security.

The health needs of pregnant inmates are adequately addressed in most prisons?

False

Which of the following statements regarding pregnant female inmates is true?

Some prisons allow newborns to remain with their mothers for up to one year.

Co-Gender institutions allow daily interaction between male and female inmates?

True

Which of the following is not an advantage of community corrections for female offenders?

Community corrections treatment programs tend to be non gender specific 

Children who have allegedly committed an offense that would be classified as a crime if an adult had committed the same offense are?

Delinquents.

A status offender is a juvenile who has committed an offense that would be a crime if an adult had committed it?

False

Diverson involves changing the classification of a behavior so that it is no longer a crime?

False

An incorrigible juvenile has been declared unmanageable by their parents and the court?

True

___________ Approaches to treating juvenile offenders include structured social learning programs teaching juveniles new skills and reinforcing behavior and attitudes?

Behavioral

The reduction in the number of incarcerated youth is partly due to a focus on keeping the youth in the community instead of institutionalizing them?

True

Which of the following is an example of restorative justice?

Team Court

_________ Is a residential placement options with a homelike setting where unrelated youth live for varying periods of time?

Group Home

The juvenile equivalent of the adult prison is the?

Training school for youth

Institutions are the most successful method of handling juvenile offenders at the current time?

False

The Legal Defense That claims a defendant is unable to understand the charges of assisting legal counsel is preparing a defense is?

INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL

There appears to be a casual link between crime and mental disorder?

False

Developmentally challenged inmates have intellectual disabilities are considered mentally sane?

 True

Most sex offenders in treatment programs are heterosexual and heterosexual offenses?

 True

Which of the following is not one of the types of sex offenses that accounts for the majority of treatment program participants?

Prostitution

Which of the following statements regarding sex offenders in treatment programs is true?

Majority are heterosexual

While in the prison system, developmentally challenged offenders are at greater risk of becoming a victim of?

 Sexual harassment

HIV Has been found to have been transmitted from one inmate to another in prison?

True

A ______ Inmate has a gender identity different from the sex assigned at birth?

A transgender Inmate

 The continued incarceration of geriatric inmates enhances public safety?

False