Questions -
Chapter_01_The_Corrections_System
1. Conservatives and liberals tend to share the same ideas about how to deal
with which of the following?
A. crime
B. money
C. schools
D. none of these
Answer: A
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2. Is the rate of incarceration in the United States one of the lowest in the
world?
A. Yes.
B. No; it is actually one of the highest in the world.
C. No, but it is not very high.
D. None of these.
Answer: B
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3. Which type of education do nonprofessional staff who work within the
prison system normally possess?
A. college education
B. high-school education
C. doctoral degree
D. eighth-grade education
Answer: B
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4. Which term refers to probation officers in the corrections system?
A. police officers
,B. judges
C. staff
D. wardens
Answer: C
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5. Which entity operates the correctional organizations that punish
individuals convicted of breaking federal laws?
A. state governments
B. parole boards
C. legislators
D. the federal government
Answer: D
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6. The corrections system consists of subunits that vary in their functions
and responsibilities. What are some examples?
A. probation offices
B. halfway houses
C. prisons
D. all of these
Answer: D
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7. Which of the following determines the guilt of a person charged with a
criminal offense?
A. the police, prosecutors, and courts
B. postconviction
C. pretrial
D. parole
Answer: A
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,8. Which two groups argue that most people who are convicted of nonviolent
crimes do not belong in prison?
A. Cut50 and the ACLU
B. Right on Crime and the ACLU
C. Smart on Crime and Proposition 47
D. Right on Crime and Federalism
Answer: B
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9. By which percentage has the number of incarcerated people dropped each
year since 2008?
A. 10 percent
B. 15 percent
C. 2 percent
D. 1 percent
Answer: D
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10. Which is one of the “Big 3” states in corrections?
A. Florida
B. North Carolina
C. California
D. Maine
Answer: C
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11. For which purpose has punishment been used from the earliest accounts
of humankind?
A. social control
B. socialization
C. a separate society
D. a free society
, Answer: A
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12. What is the central purpose of corrections?
A. to punish the offender
B. to rehabilitate the offender
C. to reward the victim
D. to reward the state
Answer: B
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13. Which of the following entities has a reciprocal relationship with its
environment?
A. citizens
B. law enforcement
C. corrections
D. politics
Answer: C
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14. Where do most of the correctional sentences carried out in the United
States happen?
A. at the federal level
B. none of these
C. at the state and federal level
D. at the state and local level
Answer: D
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15. Since about 1970, which type of crime control policies have most
influenced corrections?
A. conservative “get tough” policies
B. humanitarian “treatment” policies
Chapter_01_The_Corrections_System
1. Conservatives and liberals tend to share the same ideas about how to deal
with which of the following?
A. crime
B. money
C. schools
D. none of these
Answer: A
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2. Is the rate of incarceration in the United States one of the lowest in the
world?
A. Yes.
B. No; it is actually one of the highest in the world.
C. No, but it is not very high.
D. None of these.
Answer: B
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3. Which type of education do nonprofessional staff who work within the
prison system normally possess?
A. college education
B. high-school education
C. doctoral degree
D. eighth-grade education
Answer: B
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4. Which term refers to probation officers in the corrections system?
A. police officers
,B. judges
C. staff
D. wardens
Answer: C
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5. Which entity operates the correctional organizations that punish
individuals convicted of breaking federal laws?
A. state governments
B. parole boards
C. legislators
D. the federal government
Answer: D
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6. The corrections system consists of subunits that vary in their functions
and responsibilities. What are some examples?
A. probation offices
B. halfway houses
C. prisons
D. all of these
Answer: D
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7. Which of the following determines the guilt of a person charged with a
criminal offense?
A. the police, prosecutors, and courts
B. postconviction
C. pretrial
D. parole
Answer: A
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,8. Which two groups argue that most people who are convicted of nonviolent
crimes do not belong in prison?
A. Cut50 and the ACLU
B. Right on Crime and the ACLU
C. Smart on Crime and Proposition 47
D. Right on Crime and Federalism
Answer: B
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9. By which percentage has the number of incarcerated people dropped each
year since 2008?
A. 10 percent
B. 15 percent
C. 2 percent
D. 1 percent
Answer: D
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10. Which is one of the “Big 3” states in corrections?
A. Florida
B. North Carolina
C. California
D. Maine
Answer: C
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11. For which purpose has punishment been used from the earliest accounts
of humankind?
A. social control
B. socialization
C. a separate society
D. a free society
, Answer: A
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12. What is the central purpose of corrections?
A. to punish the offender
B. to rehabilitate the offender
C. to reward the victim
D. to reward the state
Answer: B
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13. Which of the following entities has a reciprocal relationship with its
environment?
A. citizens
B. law enforcement
C. corrections
D. politics
Answer: C
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14. Where do most of the correctional sentences carried out in the United
States happen?
A. at the federal level
B. none of these
C. at the state and federal level
D. at the state and local level
Answer: D
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15. Since about 1970, which type of crime control policies have most
influenced corrections?
A. conservative “get tough” policies
B. humanitarian “treatment” policies
