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Correctional Systems and Practices - Exam 2

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Chapters 8, 9, 11, 13 -- 10, 12
Lindsay Deems
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Question 1

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It is difficult to identify a gang member within a correctional facility.
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  • True
  • False

Question 2

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Which of the following is an example of a security threat group?
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  • Juvenile offenders vulnerable to assault
  • Prison psychologists responsible for inmate evaluation
  • A prison gang
  • Armed corrections staff

Question 3

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Which of the following is not a function of an institutional gang investigator?
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  • Proposing action to neutralize potential disruptive behavior
  • Gathering information on institutional STGs
  • developing programming to prevent future gang involvement
  • gathering information on STG members

Question 4

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____________ are organizations whose members use their motorcycle clubs as conduits for criminal enterprises.
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  • Neighborhood gangs
  • OMGs
  • Street gangs
  • Prison gangs

Question 5

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_________ includes any law enforcement practice designed to confront and stop the activities of members of an STG within a correctional facility
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  • Step-downing
  • shot calling
  • classification
  • interdiction

Question 6

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The criminal activities of STGs are intended to
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  • ensure the gang's status
  • give gang members something to do while in prison
  • ensure members' loyalty while behind bars
  • generate cash and assets

Question 7

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STGs have been described as domestic terrorist groups.
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  • True
  • False

Question 8

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The primary purpose of many neighborhood gangs is
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  • selling and distributing drugs
  • organizing prostitution rings
  • violence
  • producing and selling pornographic materials

Question 9

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A(n) __________ is a criminal organization that originated within the penal system and operates within correctional facilities throughout the U.S.
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  • bad news list
  • domestic terrorist group
  • security threat group
  • political prisoner

Question 10

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In addition to the financial rewards, correctional officers may engage in corrupt acts such as drug smuggling because
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  • it is a way to protect themselves from powerful institutional threat groups
  • they have been inducted into an STG and support its goals and aims
  • they disagree with the way the prison administration deals with STG members
  • they disagree with the rules prohibiting drug use in prison

Question 11

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Correctional treatment leads to lower rates of recidivism, resulting in
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  • increased social justice
  • the fulfillment of a moral obligation
  • a more humane correctional system
  • enhanced public safety

Question 12

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What are the two major strategic processes of corrections?
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  • Education and behavior modification
  • Reintegration and reentry
  • Custody and treatment
  • Classification and security

Question 13

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Nationally, treatment services amount to approximately ______ percent of institutional staff expenditure?
Answer
  • 20
  • 25
  • 5
  • 10

Question 14

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What type of prison labor system uses the prison population to produce items that will be sold on the open market?
Answer
  • public account
  • piece-price
  • state-use
  • contract labor

Question 15

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Most immediate health care in prisons is provided by
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  • medical students
  • nursing students
  • licensed physicians
  • nurses

Question 16

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Teaching inmates to increase self-control and use coping mechanisms are common components of what type of program?
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  • therapeutic communities
  • Cognitive behavioral intervention
  • anger management
  • gradualism

Question 17

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Which of the following is not one of the three main themes that run through correctional management?
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  • correctional administrators' perception of offenders as inferior
  • a paramilitary approach to correctional administration
  • a gradualism approach to program development and change
  • the syndrome of isolationism and withdrawal

Question 18

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What type of prison labor system entailed renting out parts of the prison population to private businesses or business people?
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  • state-use
  • piece-price
  • public account
  • contract labor

Question 19

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Which type of program focuses on helping offenders change the thoughts, beliefs, and actions that create the potential for criminal behavior and contribute to actual criminal activity?
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  • anger management
  • therapeutic communities
  • cognitive behavioral intervention
  • gradualism

Question 20

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At what stage would the determination be made regarding whether to send an inmate to a maximum-, medium-, or low-security correctional facility?
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  • reclassification
  • external classification
  • sentencing
  • internal classification

Question 21

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Which of the following is not one of the major correctional institutions in the state systems?
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  • Supermax prisons
  • close prisons
  • Weekend confinement prisons
  • medium security prisons

Question 22

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What law provides for the principal means of allowing inmate complaints into the federal court system?
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  • International Declaration of Human Rights
  • United Nations Convention against Torture
  • Civil Rights Law of 1871
  • Civil Rights Law of 1964

Question 23

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Which group comprises the fastest-growing segment of the state prison population?
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  • Asians
  • African-Americans
  • Hispanics
  • Caucasians

Question 24

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Which type of correctional facility is most expensive to construct and operate?
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  • A minimum-security prison
  • a maximum-security prison
  • a medium-security prison
  • a supermax prison

Question 25

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The majority of correctional facilities in the U.S. are under the control of state agencies.
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  • True
  • False

Question 26

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Adult male offenders comprise the vast majority of state prison inmates.
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  • True
  • False

Question 27

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A consent decree gives a correctional institution permission to
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  • continue operating until a problem has been fixed within a specific time frime
  • transfer an inmate to another facility against the inmate's wish
  • allow inmates to participate in work-release programs
  • move a problematic inmate into solitary confinement

Question 28

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This Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
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  • Fourth
  • First
  • Sixth
  • Eighth

Question 29

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Realistically, offenders are assigned to programs based on
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  • personal interest
  • institutional needs
  • rehabilitation potential
  • criminal history reports

Question 30

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Agricultural prisons began in
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  • the Midwest
  • the southern states
  • the western frontier
  • the northeast

Question 31

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What is the main reason for the growth in the need for more community corrections?
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  • economic recession
  • lack of federal attention to crime
  • increased crime in suburban areas
  • overcrowded jails and prisons

Question 32

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Private-sector involvement in corrections is a new concept in the U.S.
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  • True
  • False

Question 33

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What is the main advantage of private service providers?
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  • they are more cost effective
  • they are more humane
  • they can expand and contract quickly when needs change
  • they are able to offer more rehabilitation services to inmates

Question 34

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A ________ is a powerful politician within a government jurisdiction that has enough influence to secure the approval of a private-sector proposal.
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  • rainmaker
  • gatekeeper
  • hot-button
  • cherry-picker

Question 35

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Which of the following is considered a "hot-button" item for both adult and juvenile inmates?
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  • food
  • contraband
  • recreational programming
  • religious services

Question 36

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Which of the following is not an option for direct private-sector involvement in corrections that was created by the development of intermediate sanctions?
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  • treatment programs
  • technologies for surveillance
  • supermax facilities
  • supervised release

Question 37

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Which of the following offenders would not be housed in a privately operated prison?
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  • Inmates for the U.S. Marshall's Service
  • Inmates detained pre-trial
  • Federal inmates
  • State inmates

Question 38

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What effect has the recent recession had on the private prison industry?
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  • the industry grew as states increased their use of private facilities instead of state-run prisons
  • the recession did not significantly affect the private prison industry
  • many private prisons have closed as states reduced their prison populations
  • the increase in crime during the recession contributed to a need for more private prisons

Question 39

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In which decade did privatization of correctional facilities begin in the U.S.?
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  • the 1990s
  • the 1980s
  • the 1970s
  • the 1960s

Question 40

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Which of the following is not a claim made by private-sector providers?
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  • private-sector providers an service offenders at all levels of security
  • private sector providers are more effective than state providers
  • private-sector providers can reduce corruption
  • private-sector providers an do the same tasks at less cost to the state
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