CCJS 342 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED.
, Do male or female prisoners tend to have more serious health problems? -
ANSWERWomen prisoners usually have more serious health problems than men
What changes have we seen in prison in the last 40 years? - ANSWER- Increases in
the number of Hispanic and African American inmates
- More inmates coming from urban areas
- Correctional officers' memberships in public employee unions
- Mass incarceration and efforts to de-incarcerate
What are the three goals/models of incarceration that have predominated since the
early 1940s? - ANSWER1. Custodial model
2. Rehabilitation Model
3. Reintegration Model
custodial model - ANSWER- Security, discipline, and order
- Assume that they are being incarcerated for retribution, deterrence, or incapacitation
- Strict discipline, controlling behavior of inmates and regulations on behavior of
prisoners and visitors
- Custodial prisons will have some aspects of the other models
Rehabilitation Model - ANSWER- Provision of treatment programs
- In the 50s
- Need the security to facilitate the rehabilitative efforts
- Consequence: employees that have a higher status is enjoyed by the specialty
doctors, therapists for example, than regular employees
- Fewer prisons are operating under this after 1970s
Reintegration Model - ANSWER- Maintenance of offenders' ties to family and
community
- Way to reform is through the maintenance of those ties
- Prisons in this model recognize that these inmates are going to go back into the
community
- Inmates are going to gradually receive for benefits and freedoms throughout their
incarceration
Example: halfway house, work release
What goal/model of incarceration do most contemporary prisons follow? -
ANSWERCustodial Model
What geographic area of the U.S. has the largest percentage of state prisons? -
ANSWER- Largest percentage of state prisons are in the South
- Typically in rural areas
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED.
, Do male or female prisoners tend to have more serious health problems? -
ANSWERWomen prisoners usually have more serious health problems than men
What changes have we seen in prison in the last 40 years? - ANSWER- Increases in
the number of Hispanic and African American inmates
- More inmates coming from urban areas
- Correctional officers' memberships in public employee unions
- Mass incarceration and efforts to de-incarcerate
What are the three goals/models of incarceration that have predominated since the
early 1940s? - ANSWER1. Custodial model
2. Rehabilitation Model
3. Reintegration Model
custodial model - ANSWER- Security, discipline, and order
- Assume that they are being incarcerated for retribution, deterrence, or incapacitation
- Strict discipline, controlling behavior of inmates and regulations on behavior of
prisoners and visitors
- Custodial prisons will have some aspects of the other models
Rehabilitation Model - ANSWER- Provision of treatment programs
- In the 50s
- Need the security to facilitate the rehabilitative efforts
- Consequence: employees that have a higher status is enjoyed by the specialty
doctors, therapists for example, than regular employees
- Fewer prisons are operating under this after 1970s
Reintegration Model - ANSWER- Maintenance of offenders' ties to family and
community
- Way to reform is through the maintenance of those ties
- Prisons in this model recognize that these inmates are going to go back into the
community
- Inmates are going to gradually receive for benefits and freedoms throughout their
incarceration
Example: halfway house, work release
What goal/model of incarceration do most contemporary prisons follow? -
ANSWERCustodial Model
What geographic area of the U.S. has the largest percentage of state prisons? -
ANSWER- Largest percentage of state prisons are in the South
- Typically in rural areas
