Exam 3 Study Guide

Institutions that control all aspects of those confined within their walls are referred to as

Total institutions

The process by which incarcerated individuals learn and internalize the customs and culture of prison is

Prisonization

Which is NOT considered to be one of the major tenets of the incarcerated individual code?

Back down from a fight you will not win

Prison gnags are also called

Security threat groups

Unauthorized material possessed by incarcerated individuals is often referred to as

Contraband

In an attempt to eliminate sexual victimization in prison, the _____ was passed by Congress in 2003

PREA

Some at-risk incarcerated individuals are segregated into

Protective custody

Almost half of the women in prison today under mandatory sentencing laws have been convicted of

Conspiracy

The incarceration of so many women with a history of drug abuse and prostitution puts them at a high risk for which of the following?

HIV and AIDS

Gender neutral sentences have resulted in which of the following?

They have placed more women behind bars

Offenders who are women are more likely then men to be convicted of

A nonviolent crime

What is considered the best hope for security in a prison?

Emphasis on the fair treatment of incarcerated individuals

Any means to correct an offender’s character, habits, attitudes, or behaviors to overcome their propensity to commit crime is known as

Correctional treatment

An assessment tool used to assign incarcerated persons to high, medium, and low-risk caseloads is referred to as a(n)

Risk assessment

An assessment used to record staff assessments of incarcerated individuals’ problems, as well as the magnitude of these problems is known as a(n)

Needs assessment

The principle that maintains that programs should consider offenders’s situations as erll as characteristics that may become barriers to success in a correctional program is known as the

Responsivity principle

The system that provides staff with access to critical incarcerated person information such as assignments, program completions, and incarcerated person movement is known as

SENTRY

A technique in which rewards or punishments are used to alter or change a person’s behavior is

Behavior modification

A community treatment group designed to divert drug users from the criminal justice system is known as

The therapeutic community

Self-help programs are primarily lead by

Incarcerated people

The basic purpose for vocational training is to

Prepares incarcerated people for jobs in the communoty

Which of the following is NOT a constitutionally mandated services provided to incarcerated people?

Recreation

Common medical conditions in prisons include all the following, except

Lyme disease

What have research studies found about the relationship between educational program participation and recidivism?

Education programs reduce recidivism

Parole is characterized by which of the following?

It is the conditional release from confinement of an offender serving an indeterminate sentence

Parole is based on which of the following principles?

The state extends a privilege by releasing offenders from prison before their full sentence is served

When determining the possibility of parole, the parole board looks at all of the follwing except

The inmate’s ability to make full restitution to their victim(s)