Exam 4 American Corrections
Are often considered the first written laws. - correct answersBabylonian and Sumerian Codes
Old Testament Law included a provision for sanctuary cities. - correct answersTrue
Old Testament Law included capital punishment for non-homicide offenders. - correct answersTrue
Included the same harsh penalties for citizens and slaves - correct answersGreek Code of Draco
In this period, punishment often aimed to "save the sinner" and help them "get right with God - correct
answersMiddle Ages
Before 1800, capital and corporal punishments were often public because they thought this improved -
correct answersDeterrence
Sheriff John Howard of England is remembered for his prison reforms, which included all of the following
except - correct answersRehabilitative Programming
Is considered the first true correctional institution in the U.S. - correct answersWalnut Street Jail
The PA system of corrections emphasized solitary confinement. - correct answersTrue
Included a large work area for group labor. - correct answersAuburn System
One disadvantage of the PA system was that prisoners could easily influence each other. - correct
answersFalse
The peak period for prison riots in the US was approximately - correct answers1910-1950
An industrial prison - correct answersSeeks to use inmate labor to produce goods and sell them for a
profit
, Which of the following is not a main cause of prison riots? - correct answersLack of religiosity among
prisoners
Hawaii's Project HOPE focuses on increasing which 2 aspects of deterrence? - correct answersSwiftness
and Certainty
Indefinite confinement of sex offenders is an example of which correctional ideology in action? - correct
answersIncapacitation
Which of the five correctional ideologies is most likely to involve forgiveness? - correct
answersRestoration
The city of Buffalo's opiate intervention court is an example of which correctional ideology in action? -
correct answersRehabilitation
Using capital punishment for homicide offenders is an example of which correctional ideology in action?
- correct answersRetribution
In early societies, imprisonment itself was not a punishment-it was simply used to hold the accused until
an official punishment was given. - correct answersTrue
Which of the following is not an example of corporal punishment? - correct answersImprisonment
Which of the following was not a characteristic of the American penitentiary system in the 1800s? -
correct answersA focus on rehabilitation
A period of confinement that has specified minimum and maximum lengths and allows release to be
dependent upon rehabilitation is known as - correct answersIndeterminate sentence
As governor of Norfolk Island, Alexander Manconochie showed that - correct answersIndeterminate
sentencing was destined to fail
Are often considered the first written laws. - correct answersBabylonian and Sumerian Codes
Old Testament Law included a provision for sanctuary cities. - correct answersTrue
Old Testament Law included capital punishment for non-homicide offenders. - correct answersTrue
Included the same harsh penalties for citizens and slaves - correct answersGreek Code of Draco
In this period, punishment often aimed to "save the sinner" and help them "get right with God - correct
answersMiddle Ages
Before 1800, capital and corporal punishments were often public because they thought this improved -
correct answersDeterrence
Sheriff John Howard of England is remembered for his prison reforms, which included all of the following
except - correct answersRehabilitative Programming
Is considered the first true correctional institution in the U.S. - correct answersWalnut Street Jail
The PA system of corrections emphasized solitary confinement. - correct answersTrue
Included a large work area for group labor. - correct answersAuburn System
One disadvantage of the PA system was that prisoners could easily influence each other. - correct
answersFalse
The peak period for prison riots in the US was approximately - correct answers1910-1950
An industrial prison - correct answersSeeks to use inmate labor to produce goods and sell them for a
profit
, Which of the following is not a main cause of prison riots? - correct answersLack of religiosity among
prisoners
Hawaii's Project HOPE focuses on increasing which 2 aspects of deterrence? - correct answersSwiftness
and Certainty
Indefinite confinement of sex offenders is an example of which correctional ideology in action? - correct
answersIncapacitation
Which of the five correctional ideologies is most likely to involve forgiveness? - correct
answersRestoration
The city of Buffalo's opiate intervention court is an example of which correctional ideology in action? -
correct answersRehabilitation
Using capital punishment for homicide offenders is an example of which correctional ideology in action?
- correct answersRetribution
In early societies, imprisonment itself was not a punishment-it was simply used to hold the accused until
an official punishment was given. - correct answersTrue
Which of the following is not an example of corporal punishment? - correct answersImprisonment
Which of the following was not a characteristic of the American penitentiary system in the 1800s? -
correct answersA focus on rehabilitation
A period of confinement that has specified minimum and maximum lengths and allows release to be
dependent upon rehabilitation is known as - correct answersIndeterminate sentence
As governor of Norfolk Island, Alexander Manconochie showed that - correct answersIndeterminate
sentencing was destined to fail
