Introduction to Corrections EXAM 1 CHAPTER 1-3
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Question 1.
the study of the use of punishment for criminal acts
Correct Answer: Penology
Question 2.
the term first used to describe secure facilities used to hold offenders serving a criminal
sentence; still used today for some older or highly secure prisons
Correct Answer: Penitentiary
Question 3.
the range of community and institutional sanctions, treatment programs, and services for
managing criminal offenders
Correct Answer: Corrections
Question 4.
a legislative authorization to provide a specific range of punishment for a specific crime
Correct Answer: Penal Code
Question 5.
an Italian theorist who in the 18th century first suggested linking crime causation to
punishments and became known as the founder of the Classical School of Criminology
Correct Answer: Ceasare Beccaria
Question 6.
the theory linking crime causation to punishment, based on offenders' free will and hedonism
Correct Answer: Classical School
Question 7.
creator of the hedonistic calculus suggesting that punishments outweigh the pleasure
criminals get from committing their crime
Correct Answer: Jeremy Bentham
, Question 8.
the idea that the main objective of an intelligent person is to achieve the most pleasure and
the least pain and that individuals are constantly calculating the pluses and minuses of their
potential actions
Correct Answer: Hedonistic Calculus
Question 9.
the belief that criminals do not have complete choice over their criminal actions and may
commit acts that are beyond their control
Correct Answer: Positive School
Question 10.
the Italian physician who in the nineteenth century founded the Positive School
Correct Answer: Cesare Lombroso
Question 11.
the existence of features common in the early stages of human evolution; implied the idea
that criminals are born, and criminal behavior is predetermined
Correct Answer: Atavism
Question 12.
a compromise between Classical and Positive School; while holding offenders accountable
for their crimes, allowing for some consideration of mitigating and aggravating
circumstances.
Correct Answer: Neoclassical School
Question 13.
used in England during the 17th and 18th centuries to remove criminals from society by
sending them to British colonies such as America
Correct Answer: Transportation
Question 14.
the sheriff of Bedfordshire, England, who encouraged reform of English jails in the late
1700s
Correct Answer: John Howard
Question 15.
the first penitentiary in the United Sates
Correct Answer: Walnut Street Jail
comprehensive Questions and Answers with 100%
Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
the study of the use of punishment for criminal acts
Correct Answer: Penology
Question 2.
the term first used to describe secure facilities used to hold offenders serving a criminal
sentence; still used today for some older or highly secure prisons
Correct Answer: Penitentiary
Question 3.
the range of community and institutional sanctions, treatment programs, and services for
managing criminal offenders
Correct Answer: Corrections
Question 4.
a legislative authorization to provide a specific range of punishment for a specific crime
Correct Answer: Penal Code
Question 5.
an Italian theorist who in the 18th century first suggested linking crime causation to
punishments and became known as the founder of the Classical School of Criminology
Correct Answer: Ceasare Beccaria
Question 6.
the theory linking crime causation to punishment, based on offenders' free will and hedonism
Correct Answer: Classical School
Question 7.
creator of the hedonistic calculus suggesting that punishments outweigh the pleasure
criminals get from committing their crime
Correct Answer: Jeremy Bentham
, Question 8.
the idea that the main objective of an intelligent person is to achieve the most pleasure and
the least pain and that individuals are constantly calculating the pluses and minuses of their
potential actions
Correct Answer: Hedonistic Calculus
Question 9.
the belief that criminals do not have complete choice over their criminal actions and may
commit acts that are beyond their control
Correct Answer: Positive School
Question 10.
the Italian physician who in the nineteenth century founded the Positive School
Correct Answer: Cesare Lombroso
Question 11.
the existence of features common in the early stages of human evolution; implied the idea
that criminals are born, and criminal behavior is predetermined
Correct Answer: Atavism
Question 12.
a compromise between Classical and Positive School; while holding offenders accountable
for their crimes, allowing for some consideration of mitigating and aggravating
circumstances.
Correct Answer: Neoclassical School
Question 13.
used in England during the 17th and 18th centuries to remove criminals from society by
sending them to British colonies such as America
Correct Answer: Transportation
Question 14.
the sheriff of Bedfordshire, England, who encouraged reform of English jails in the late
1700s
Correct Answer: John Howard
Question 15.
the first penitentiary in the United Sates
Correct Answer: Walnut Street Jail
