CORRECTIONS ASSESSMENT STUDY
GUIDE TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Who championed alleviating some of the abuses and improving sanitary conditions
in places of detention? - Answer-John Howard
Penns Great Law abolished capital punishment for all crimes except premeditated
murder: T or F - Answer-True
Components of the "Get Tough" era - Answer-Stiffen sentencing penalties
Eliminate plea bargaining
Build more prisons
Lengthen prison terms
Specific sentences are mandatory
Make parol relsease harder
Penns Great Law was founded on religious principles and focuses largely on
religious offenses - T or F - Answer-True
British philosopher who advocated for equality and humane laws: - Answer-Jeremy
Bentham
At the turn of the 19th century in England, more than 200 felonies were punishable
by: - Answer-Capital Punishment
All of theses are true of Corporal Punishment: - Answer-Prescribed historically for
slaves
Peasants during deufal era
Utilized in 19th century west
PRacticed in prisons/schools until recently
Common in the east
differs from torture
Payment to the victim's family to "buy off the spear" - Answer-Wergild
England transported many pardoned felons to America and Australia - T or F -
Answer-True
Abandoned and or unusable transport ships anchord in rivers and harbors that
confined offenders: - Answer-Hulks
___________ suggested that criminal laws should be organized so that the
punishment for any act would outweigh the pleasure that would be derived from the
act - Answer-Jeremy Bentham
, The Walnut Street jail was copied in its entirety due to its level of success: T or F -
Answer-False
Responsible for reforms incorporated into the american constitution and napoleonic
code - Answer-Cesare Beccaria
Colonists equated crime with __________, whereas Jacksonians shifted blame to
the ______________ - Answer-Sin; Environment
Method of discipline that was used in the Auburn System included: - Answer-
Complete sensory deprivation
Congregate System
Lockstep Shuffle
CHowtime
Harsh discipline
Solitary confinement at night
hooded when exiting cell
The Pennsylvania System is characterized by: - Answer-Prisoners kept in solitary
confinement
Expected to repent and reform through contemplation of their sins to God
Many developed mental illnesses
Most prisons built during the reformatory era had these characteristics: - Answer-
Silence
Discipline
Labor
Early incarceration (gaols) were mainly used to house: - Answer-People awaiting trial
or those who were committed of major crimes
One housing wing of this existing structure was reserved for convicted prisoners
after the passage of the first american pennitentiary act: - Answer-Walnut Street Jail
The congregate system, which emphasized isolation of inmates in individual cells at
night but permitted working together in silence during the day, was first adopted in
which U.S. state? - Answer-New York
Jacksonians believed that the following factors associated with the penitentiary could
lead its charges out of crime - Answer-Family
CHurch
Community
Most expensive building in the U.S. at the time it was built: - Answer-Pennsylvania
System
Pennsylvania prison system was adopted extinsively across america and eventually
came to replace the Auburn System: T or F - Answer-False
GUIDE TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Who championed alleviating some of the abuses and improving sanitary conditions
in places of detention? - Answer-John Howard
Penns Great Law abolished capital punishment for all crimes except premeditated
murder: T or F - Answer-True
Components of the "Get Tough" era - Answer-Stiffen sentencing penalties
Eliminate plea bargaining
Build more prisons
Lengthen prison terms
Specific sentences are mandatory
Make parol relsease harder
Penns Great Law was founded on religious principles and focuses largely on
religious offenses - T or F - Answer-True
British philosopher who advocated for equality and humane laws: - Answer-Jeremy
Bentham
At the turn of the 19th century in England, more than 200 felonies were punishable
by: - Answer-Capital Punishment
All of theses are true of Corporal Punishment: - Answer-Prescribed historically for
slaves
Peasants during deufal era
Utilized in 19th century west
PRacticed in prisons/schools until recently
Common in the east
differs from torture
Payment to the victim's family to "buy off the spear" - Answer-Wergild
England transported many pardoned felons to America and Australia - T or F -
Answer-True
Abandoned and or unusable transport ships anchord in rivers and harbors that
confined offenders: - Answer-Hulks
___________ suggested that criminal laws should be organized so that the
punishment for any act would outweigh the pleasure that would be derived from the
act - Answer-Jeremy Bentham
, The Walnut Street jail was copied in its entirety due to its level of success: T or F -
Answer-False
Responsible for reforms incorporated into the american constitution and napoleonic
code - Answer-Cesare Beccaria
Colonists equated crime with __________, whereas Jacksonians shifted blame to
the ______________ - Answer-Sin; Environment
Method of discipline that was used in the Auburn System included: - Answer-
Complete sensory deprivation
Congregate System
Lockstep Shuffle
CHowtime
Harsh discipline
Solitary confinement at night
hooded when exiting cell
The Pennsylvania System is characterized by: - Answer-Prisoners kept in solitary
confinement
Expected to repent and reform through contemplation of their sins to God
Many developed mental illnesses
Most prisons built during the reformatory era had these characteristics: - Answer-
Silence
Discipline
Labor
Early incarceration (gaols) were mainly used to house: - Answer-People awaiting trial
or those who were committed of major crimes
One housing wing of this existing structure was reserved for convicted prisoners
after the passage of the first american pennitentiary act: - Answer-Walnut Street Jail
The congregate system, which emphasized isolation of inmates in individual cells at
night but permitted working together in silence during the day, was first adopted in
which U.S. state? - Answer-New York
Jacksonians believed that the following factors associated with the penitentiary could
lead its charges out of crime - Answer-Family
CHurch
Community
Most expensive building in the U.S. at the time it was built: - Answer-Pennsylvania
System
Pennsylvania prison system was adopted extinsively across america and eventually
came to replace the Auburn System: T or F - Answer-False
