CRJ 104 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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Rational Choice Theory - (answers)When the offender outways the pros and cons.
Weights the risks before they attempt to do a crime.
Positivist - (answers)positivist sees the root causes of crime in factors outside the
control of the offender.
Such as biology
Psychology
Sociology
If Rational Choice Theory is Correct, What is the Primary Way We Reduce Crime
and Recidivism? - (answers)Deterrence. Making harsher punishments for certain
types of crime
and the reason that they choose to commit crime is that they think it will be more
rewarding and less costly for them than noncriminal behavior.
RCT argues that people voluntarily, willfully choose to commit criminal acts such
as burglary, car theft, and assault just like they willfully choose to do other things,
such as work in a grocery store, go to college, or use recreational drugs.
Numbers/Mass Incarceration - (answers)Highest imprison rate in the world.
Extraordinary high incarceration rate.
Huge incarceration of racial minority groups. High percentage of blacks.
, Hard time finding jobs, for the rest of their lives, they can be denied the right to
vote, automatically excluded form jurors, and legally discriminated against in
employment, housing, and access to education and public benefits.
Mass incarceration cripples families (causing home instability and food insecurity)
We have an over inflated system of incarceration that is excessively punitive,
disproportionate in its impact on the poor and minorities, exceedingly expensive,
and largely irrelevant to reducing predatory crime.
Federal/State Prisons - (answers)A correctional facility that houses convicted
felons.
Provide a safe and secure environment for staff and inmates, as well as programs
for offenders that assist them after release.
Minimum Security- have dormitory housing, a relatively low staff-to-inmate ratio,
and limited or no perimeter fencing. Work and program oriented.
Low Security- mostly dormitory and cubicle housing, strong work and program
components.
Medium Security- mostly cell-type housing, wide variety of work and treatment
programs.
High Security- US penitentiaries, have highly secured perimeters, highest staff-to-
inmate ratio, and close control of inmate movement.
Private Prisons - (answers)A private prison or for-profit prison is a place in which
individuals are physically confined or incarcerated by a third party that is
contracted by a government agency. ... Such contracts may be for the operation
only of a facility, or for design, construction and operation.
VERIFIED 100% CORRECT/NEWEST UPDATE
Rational Choice Theory - (answers)When the offender outways the pros and cons.
Weights the risks before they attempt to do a crime.
Positivist - (answers)positivist sees the root causes of crime in factors outside the
control of the offender.
Such as biology
Psychology
Sociology
If Rational Choice Theory is Correct, What is the Primary Way We Reduce Crime
and Recidivism? - (answers)Deterrence. Making harsher punishments for certain
types of crime
and the reason that they choose to commit crime is that they think it will be more
rewarding and less costly for them than noncriminal behavior.
RCT argues that people voluntarily, willfully choose to commit criminal acts such
as burglary, car theft, and assault just like they willfully choose to do other things,
such as work in a grocery store, go to college, or use recreational drugs.
Numbers/Mass Incarceration - (answers)Highest imprison rate in the world.
Extraordinary high incarceration rate.
Huge incarceration of racial minority groups. High percentage of blacks.
, Hard time finding jobs, for the rest of their lives, they can be denied the right to
vote, automatically excluded form jurors, and legally discriminated against in
employment, housing, and access to education and public benefits.
Mass incarceration cripples families (causing home instability and food insecurity)
We have an over inflated system of incarceration that is excessively punitive,
disproportionate in its impact on the poor and minorities, exceedingly expensive,
and largely irrelevant to reducing predatory crime.
Federal/State Prisons - (answers)A correctional facility that houses convicted
felons.
Provide a safe and secure environment for staff and inmates, as well as programs
for offenders that assist them after release.
Minimum Security- have dormitory housing, a relatively low staff-to-inmate ratio,
and limited or no perimeter fencing. Work and program oriented.
Low Security- mostly dormitory and cubicle housing, strong work and program
components.
Medium Security- mostly cell-type housing, wide variety of work and treatment
programs.
High Security- US penitentiaries, have highly secured perimeters, highest staff-to-
inmate ratio, and close control of inmate movement.
Private Prisons - (answers)A private prison or for-profit prison is a place in which
individuals are physically confined or incarcerated by a third party that is
contracted by a government agency. ... Such contracts may be for the operation
only of a facility, or for design, construction and operation.
