CORRECTIONS EXAM #2 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
What is the AIDS offenders? - Answer-Persons who in the course of their lives inside
or outside of prison have contracted the human immunodeficiency virus
Problems: Policy issues concerning prison employees/ prevention/Housing/ Medical
care
Why are elderly offenders becoming a increasingly significant part of the correctional
population? - Answer-Citizenry are getting older & sentences are getting longer
Issues: Health cost/ Institutionalization
Problems: Need for increased medical care/Different social interests than younger
offenders/Greater per-inmate operating costs
What is the Long-term prisoner? - Answer-A person who serves a lengthy period in
prison, such as 10 yrs or more, before his or her first release
Problems: Have to make prison life livable for a long time/ Creating opportunities for
meaningful living
1st time offenders do an average of 22 mths
Issues: Elderly problems/Create meaningful living/Maintain contact with outside
world
Describe the classification process for people under correctional authority and know
why it is important. - Answer-Specific sets of objective criteria, such as offense
history, previous experience in the justice system, and substance abuse patterns,
applied to all inmates to determine an appropriate classification
- Offense criteria classify offenders as to the seriousness of crime committed
- Risk criteria classify offenders as to the probability of future criminal conduct
What is correctional classification? - Answer-Where social & political pressures fall
into prgram and treatment needs --> risk of future crime --> commitment offense
What is the difference between program treatments needs and institutional control
needs? - Answer-Program - How to help the offender
Institutional - How to manage the institution
Understand important problems and limitations in classifying people under
correctional authority - Answer-- Overlap and ambiguity in offender classifications
, - Offense classification and correctional programming/Behavioral probabilities/
Sociopolitical pressures/ Distinctions in classification criteria
Describe the history of the jail and its current function in the criminal justice system -
Answer-Jails in the U.S descend directly from feudal practices in 12th century
England.
English settlers brought these traditions and institutions with them to American
colonies
Jails often in Sheriff's homes/Reform movement of the 19th century
What is the shire and the the gaol (jail)? - Answer-Shire - Officer of the crown, reeve
appointed
Gaol - To collect taxes, keep the peace, and operate
Describe who is in jails, and why they are there (Bureau of Census + Nationwide jail
census) - Answer-Bureau of Census - Nationwide census of jails/Repeated every 5
years
National Jail Census - Most little education and low income
What is preventative detention? - Answer-Detention of an accused in jail to protect
the community from crimes the accused is considered likely to commit if released
from jail while he awaits trial
Alcohol Abuser - A person whose use of alcohol is difficult to control, disrupting
normal living patterns and frequently leading to violations of law while under the
influence of alcohol or in attempting to secure it
Problems: Tend to become assaultive when they drink/Treatment programs
Identify different types of offenders in the corrections system and the kinds of
problems they pose for corrections (cont'd) - Answer-The Mentally Ill Offender - A
"disturbed" person whose criminal behavior may be traced to diminished or
otherwise abnormal capacity to think or reason, as a result of psychological or
neurological disturbance
Problems: Classifying most violent offenders as mentally ill/ Overlap between career
criminal & psychopath/Psychopath lacks attachment to people or rules
What is deinstitutionalization? - Answer-The massive release of mental patients from
mental hospitals & their return to the community
What is the mentally handicapped offender? - Answer-A person whose limited
mental development prevents adjustment to the rules of society.
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
What is the AIDS offenders? - Answer-Persons who in the course of their lives inside
or outside of prison have contracted the human immunodeficiency virus
Problems: Policy issues concerning prison employees/ prevention/Housing/ Medical
care
Why are elderly offenders becoming a increasingly significant part of the correctional
population? - Answer-Citizenry are getting older & sentences are getting longer
Issues: Health cost/ Institutionalization
Problems: Need for increased medical care/Different social interests than younger
offenders/Greater per-inmate operating costs
What is the Long-term prisoner? - Answer-A person who serves a lengthy period in
prison, such as 10 yrs or more, before his or her first release
Problems: Have to make prison life livable for a long time/ Creating opportunities for
meaningful living
1st time offenders do an average of 22 mths
Issues: Elderly problems/Create meaningful living/Maintain contact with outside
world
Describe the classification process for people under correctional authority and know
why it is important. - Answer-Specific sets of objective criteria, such as offense
history, previous experience in the justice system, and substance abuse patterns,
applied to all inmates to determine an appropriate classification
- Offense criteria classify offenders as to the seriousness of crime committed
- Risk criteria classify offenders as to the probability of future criminal conduct
What is correctional classification? - Answer-Where social & political pressures fall
into prgram and treatment needs --> risk of future crime --> commitment offense
What is the difference between program treatments needs and institutional control
needs? - Answer-Program - How to help the offender
Institutional - How to manage the institution
Understand important problems and limitations in classifying people under
correctional authority - Answer-- Overlap and ambiguity in offender classifications
, - Offense classification and correctional programming/Behavioral probabilities/
Sociopolitical pressures/ Distinctions in classification criteria
Describe the history of the jail and its current function in the criminal justice system -
Answer-Jails in the U.S descend directly from feudal practices in 12th century
England.
English settlers brought these traditions and institutions with them to American
colonies
Jails often in Sheriff's homes/Reform movement of the 19th century
What is the shire and the the gaol (jail)? - Answer-Shire - Officer of the crown, reeve
appointed
Gaol - To collect taxes, keep the peace, and operate
Describe who is in jails, and why they are there (Bureau of Census + Nationwide jail
census) - Answer-Bureau of Census - Nationwide census of jails/Repeated every 5
years
National Jail Census - Most little education and low income
What is preventative detention? - Answer-Detention of an accused in jail to protect
the community from crimes the accused is considered likely to commit if released
from jail while he awaits trial
Alcohol Abuser - A person whose use of alcohol is difficult to control, disrupting
normal living patterns and frequently leading to violations of law while under the
influence of alcohol or in attempting to secure it
Problems: Tend to become assaultive when they drink/Treatment programs
Identify different types of offenders in the corrections system and the kinds of
problems they pose for corrections (cont'd) - Answer-The Mentally Ill Offender - A
"disturbed" person whose criminal behavior may be traced to diminished or
otherwise abnormal capacity to think or reason, as a result of psychological or
neurological disturbance
Problems: Classifying most violent offenders as mentally ill/ Overlap between career
criminal & psychopath/Psychopath lacks attachment to people or rules
What is deinstitutionalization? - Answer-The massive release of mental patients from
mental hospitals & their return to the community
What is the mentally handicapped offender? - Answer-A person whose limited
mental development prevents adjustment to the rules of society.
