American Corrections in Brief - Complete Test test bank - exam questions - quizzes (updated 2022)

Chapter 01 : What is Corrections

True / False
1. The correctional system has no significant relationship to the outside community in which it functions.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: A Systems Framework for Studying Corrections
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.01 - 01.01
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

2. Probation is the most frequently used form of correctional punishment in the United States.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: A Systems Framework for Studying Corrections
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.01 - 01.01
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

3. Communism is a system of government in which power and responsibilities are split between individual state
governments and one national government.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Corrections System Today
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.01 - 01.01
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

4. Most prisoners in the U.S. are housed in federal correctional facilities.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Corrections System Today
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.03 - 01.03
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering




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5. One of the major issues that has plagued corrections has been goal conflict. This conflict centers on the different and
conflicting views of how and why correctional functions should be carried out.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Corrections System Today
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.03 - 01.03
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

6. The Positivist School of Criminology is centered upon the idea that an individual freely chooses to commit crime, thus
the act not the actor is the most important factor in understanding the causes of crime.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The History of Corrections in America
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.07 - 01.08
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

7. Until the early 1800s in the U.S., correctional officials followed the European practice of corporal punishment to
reprimand criminal behavior.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The History of Corrections in America
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.05 - 01.05
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

8. The religious group known as the Puritans was primarily responsible for the creation and implementation of the
Pennsylvania System of corrections.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The History of Corrections in America
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.05 - 01.05




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9. The New York System of corrections implemented first in the Auburn State Prison, was founded upon the idea of
complete solitary confinement of inmates.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The History of Corrections in America
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.05 - 01.05
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

10. The community model of corrections continues to dominate how we punish most felony offenders in the U.S.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The History of Corrections in America
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.07 - 01.08
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

11. Evidence-based corrections is a movement to ensure that correctional programs and policies are based on research
evidence about "what works."
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The History of Corrections in America
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.08 - 01.08
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

12. Correctional officers often report that the aspect of their work they like best is working with people who are in
trouble and who want to improve their lives.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Correctional Challenge
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.08 - 01.08
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering




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13. Probation and parole officers frequently reported that their original decision to work in these jobs stemmed from their
desire to punish people for criminal acts.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Correctional Challenge
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.08 - 01.08
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

14. It has been estimated that almost 20 percent of people born in 2001 will go to prison at some time during their lives.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: American Corrections Today
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.01 - 01.01
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

15. Today, pretrial drug treatment, work center, electronic monitored home confinement and restitution are activities
found under the heading of corrections.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: A Systems Framework for Studying Corrections
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.03 - 01.03
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering

Multiple Choice
16. Nearly ___________ of all African American men in their twenties are under some form of correctional control.
a. 1/3
b. 1/2
c. 1/4
d. 1/6

ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: American Corrections Today
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Corr.Clea.15.01.01 - 01.01
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remembering




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