Intro to CJ- pearson chapter 11
Prison - correct answer A state or federal confinement facility that has custodial
authority over adults sentenced to confinement
Workhouses - correct answer An early form of imprisonment whose purpose was to
instill
Warehousing - correct answer An imprisonment strategy that is based on he desire to
prevent recurrent crime and that has abandoned all hope of rehabilitation
A ___ was an early form of imprisonment whole purpose was to instill habits of industry
in the idle
A) medical model
B) workhouse
C) fusion center
D) dispute resolution center - correct answer B) workhouse
In the 1820s a New York State prison used the _____, which enforces a congregate but
silent system under which inmates lived, ate & worked together
A) auburn system
B) Irish system
C) state use system
D) public account sustem - correct answer A) auburn system
Which of the following statements is true of the prison system in the United States
today?
A) states follow a uniform convention for imprisonment
B) the size and capacity of prisons vary greatly
C) low incarceration rates persist in the US
D) the rate of construction of new prisons is accelerating in the US - correct answer B)
the size and capacity of prisons vary greatly
Thomas is arrested for shoplifting from a department store. The judge presiding over
this case takes into consideration Thomas's cooperation during the trial and low risk
nature of his crime and sentenced him to six months imprisonment. In this scenario
Thomas is most likely to be housed in a ____
A) US penitentiary
B) administrative maximum
C) high Security prison
D) open type institution - correct answer D) open type institution
Prison capacity - correct answer The size of the correctional population an institution
can effectively hold. There are three types of prison capacity: rated, operational, and
design.
, Rated Capacity - correct answer The number of inmates a prison can handle,
according to experts
operational capacity - correct answer the number of inmates a prison can effectively
accommodate based on management considerations
design capacity - correct answer the number of inmates a prison was intended to hold
when it was built or modified
selective incapacitation - correct answer a policy that seeks to protect society by
incarcerating individuals deemed to be the most dangerous
Dangerousness - correct answer The likelihood that a given individual will later harm
society or others.
classification system - correct answer A system used by prison administrators to
assign inmates to custody levels based on offense history, assessed dangerousness,
perceived risk of escape, and other factors
Which of the following states is true of the strategy of selective incapacitation?
A) it is gradually being replaced by collective incapacitation
B) it suggests imprisonment for almost all serious offenders
C) it is based on the assessment of dangerousness of offenders
D) it discourages the use of less alternative sanctions - correct answer C) it is based
on the assessment of dangerousness of offenders
Julie is a convict in a bank robbery, is sentenced to five years imprisonment. She is
housed in a dormitory style setting and is allowed to visit the prison library under limited
supervision. She is instructed to be present for the head count of inmates that is taken
five times a day. In this scenario Julie is most likely to be housed in a _____
A) medium security prison
B) direct supervision jail
C) minimum security prison
D) maximum security prison - correct answer A) medium security prison
ADMAX - correct answer An acronym for administrative maximum. This term is used
by the federal gov go denote ultra high security prisons.
Which of the following is true of high security facilities in the federal prison system?
A) they are architecturally designed to contain disturbances
B) they are essentially honor type camps
C) they are also known as federal prison camps
D) they are also known as federal correctional institutions (FCIs) - correct answer A)
they are architecturally designed to contain disturbances
Prison - correct answer A state or federal confinement facility that has custodial
authority over adults sentenced to confinement
Workhouses - correct answer An early form of imprisonment whose purpose was to
instill
Warehousing - correct answer An imprisonment strategy that is based on he desire to
prevent recurrent crime and that has abandoned all hope of rehabilitation
A ___ was an early form of imprisonment whole purpose was to instill habits of industry
in the idle
A) medical model
B) workhouse
C) fusion center
D) dispute resolution center - correct answer B) workhouse
In the 1820s a New York State prison used the _____, which enforces a congregate but
silent system under which inmates lived, ate & worked together
A) auburn system
B) Irish system
C) state use system
D) public account sustem - correct answer A) auburn system
Which of the following statements is true of the prison system in the United States
today?
A) states follow a uniform convention for imprisonment
B) the size and capacity of prisons vary greatly
C) low incarceration rates persist in the US
D) the rate of construction of new prisons is accelerating in the US - correct answer B)
the size and capacity of prisons vary greatly
Thomas is arrested for shoplifting from a department store. The judge presiding over
this case takes into consideration Thomas's cooperation during the trial and low risk
nature of his crime and sentenced him to six months imprisonment. In this scenario
Thomas is most likely to be housed in a ____
A) US penitentiary
B) administrative maximum
C) high Security prison
D) open type institution - correct answer D) open type institution
Prison capacity - correct answer The size of the correctional population an institution
can effectively hold. There are three types of prison capacity: rated, operational, and
design.
, Rated Capacity - correct answer The number of inmates a prison can handle,
according to experts
operational capacity - correct answer the number of inmates a prison can effectively
accommodate based on management considerations
design capacity - correct answer the number of inmates a prison was intended to hold
when it was built or modified
selective incapacitation - correct answer a policy that seeks to protect society by
incarcerating individuals deemed to be the most dangerous
Dangerousness - correct answer The likelihood that a given individual will later harm
society or others.
classification system - correct answer A system used by prison administrators to
assign inmates to custody levels based on offense history, assessed dangerousness,
perceived risk of escape, and other factors
Which of the following states is true of the strategy of selective incapacitation?
A) it is gradually being replaced by collective incapacitation
B) it suggests imprisonment for almost all serious offenders
C) it is based on the assessment of dangerousness of offenders
D) it discourages the use of less alternative sanctions - correct answer C) it is based
on the assessment of dangerousness of offenders
Julie is a convict in a bank robbery, is sentenced to five years imprisonment. She is
housed in a dormitory style setting and is allowed to visit the prison library under limited
supervision. She is instructed to be present for the head count of inmates that is taken
five times a day. In this scenario Julie is most likely to be housed in a _____
A) medium security prison
B) direct supervision jail
C) minimum security prison
D) maximum security prison - correct answer A) medium security prison
ADMAX - correct answer An acronym for administrative maximum. This term is used
by the federal gov go denote ultra high security prisons.
Which of the following is true of high security facilities in the federal prison system?
A) they are architecturally designed to contain disturbances
B) they are essentially honor type camps
C) they are also known as federal prison camps
D) they are also known as federal correctional institutions (FCIs) - correct answer A)
they are architecturally designed to contain disturbances
