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Correctional Systems and Practices - Exam 2

Correctional Systems and Practices - Exam 2

Pregunta 1 de 40

1

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

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 40

1

Which of the following is an example of a security threat group?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Juvenile offenders vulnerable to assault

  • Prison psychologists responsible for inmate evaluation

  • A prison gang

  • Armed corrections staff

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 40

1

Which of the following is not a function of an institutional gang investigator?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Proposing action to neutralize potential disruptive behavior

  • Gathering information on institutional STGs

  • developing programming to prevent future gang involvement

  • gathering information on STG members

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 40

1

____________ are organizations whose members use their motorcycle clubs as conduits for criminal enterprises.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Neighborhood gangs

  • OMGs

  • Street gangs

  • Prison gangs

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 40

1

_________ includes any law enforcement practice designed to confront and stop the activities of members of an STG within a correctional facility

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Step-downing

  • shot calling

  • classification

  • interdiction

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 40

1

The criminal activities of STGs are intended to

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • ensure the gang's status

  • give gang members something to do while in prison

  • ensure members' loyalty while behind bars

  • generate cash and assets

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 40

1

STGs have been described as domestic terrorist groups.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 40

1

The primary purpose of many neighborhood gangs is

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • selling and distributing drugs

  • organizing prostitution rings

  • violence

  • producing and selling pornographic materials

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 40

1

A(n) __________ is a criminal organization that originated within the penal system and operates within correctional facilities throughout the U.S.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • bad news list

  • domestic terrorist group

  • security threat group

  • political prisoner

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 40

1

In addition to the financial rewards, correctional officers may engage in corrupt acts such as drug smuggling because

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 40

1

Correctional treatment leads to lower rates of recidivism, resulting in

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • increased social justice

  • the fulfillment of a moral obligation

  • a more humane correctional system

  • enhanced public safety

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 40

1

What are the two major strategic processes of corrections?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Education and behavior modification

  • Reintegration and reentry

  • Custody and treatment

  • Classification and security

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 40

1

Nationally, treatment services amount to approximately ______ percent of institutional staff expenditure?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 20

  • 25

  • 5

  • 10

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 40

1

What type of prison labor system uses the prison population to produce items that will be sold on the open market?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • public account

  • piece-price

  • state-use

  • contract labor

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 40

1

Most immediate health care in prisons is provided by

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • medical students

  • nursing students

  • licensed physicians

  • nurses

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 40

1

Teaching inmates to increase self-control and use coping mechanisms are common components of what type of program?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • therapeutic communities

  • Cognitive behavioral intervention

  • anger management

  • gradualism

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 40

1

Which of the following is not one of the three main themes that run through correctional management?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 40

1

What type of prison labor system entailed renting out parts of the prison population to private businesses or business people?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • state-use

  • piece-price

  • public account

  • contract labor

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 40

1

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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • anger management

  • therapeutic communities

  • cognitive behavioral intervention

  • gradualism

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 40

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • reclassification

  • external classification

  • sentencing

  • internal classification

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 40

1

Which of the following is not one of the major correctional institutions in the state systems?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Supermax prisons

  • close prisons

  • Weekend confinement prisons

  • medium security prisons

Explicación

Pregunta 22 de 40

1

What law provides for the principal means of allowing inmate complaints into the federal court system?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • International Declaration of Human Rights

  • United Nations Convention against Torture

  • Civil Rights Law of 1871

  • Civil Rights Law of 1964

Explicación

Pregunta 23 de 40

1

Which group comprises the fastest-growing segment of the state prison population?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Asians

  • African-Americans

  • Hispanics

  • Caucasians

Explicación

Pregunta 24 de 40

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • A minimum-security prison

  • a maximum-security prison

  • a medium-security prison

  • a supermax prison

Explicación

Pregunta 25 de 40

1

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

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 26 de 40

1

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

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 27 de 40

1

A consent decree gives a correctional institution permission to

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 28 de 40

1

This Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Fourth

  • First

  • Sixth

  • Eighth

Explicación

Pregunta 29 de 40

1

Realistically, offenders are assigned to programs based on

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • personal interest

  • institutional needs

  • rehabilitation potential

  • criminal history reports

Explicación

Pregunta 30 de 40

1

Agricultural prisons began in

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the Midwest

  • the southern states

  • the western frontier

  • the northeast

Explicación

Pregunta 31 de 40

1

What is the main reason for the growth in the need for more community corrections?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • economic recession

  • lack of federal attention to crime

  • increased crime in suburban areas

  • overcrowded jails and prisons

Explicación

Pregunta 32 de 40

1

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

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 33 de 40

1

What is the main advantage of private service providers?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 34 de 40

1

A ________ is a powerful politician within a government jurisdiction that has enough influence to secure the approval of a private-sector proposal.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • rainmaker

  • gatekeeper

  • hot-button

  • cherry-picker

Explicación

Pregunta 35 de 40

1

Which of the following is considered a "hot-button" item for both adult and juvenile inmates?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • food

  • contraband

  • recreational programming

  • religious services

Explicación

Pregunta 36 de 40

1

Which of the following is not an option for direct private-sector involvement in corrections that was created by the development of intermediate sanctions?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • treatment programs

  • technologies for surveillance

  • supermax facilities

  • supervised release

Explicación

Pregunta 37 de 40

1

Which of the following offenders would not be housed in a privately operated prison?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Inmates for the U.S. Marshall's Service

  • Inmates detained pre-trial

  • Federal inmates

  • State inmates

Explicación

Pregunta 38 de 40

1

What effect has the recent recession had on the private prison industry?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 39 de 40

1

In which decade did privatization of correctional facilities begin in the U.S.?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the 1990s

  • the 1980s

  • the 1970s

  • the 1960s

Explicación

Pregunta 40 de 40

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

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