Criminal Justice chapter 11
(a)The enhancement and stricter enforcement of the nation's drug laws
(b)increased probability of incarceration
(c)inmates serving more time for each crime
(d)federal prison growth
(e)rising incarceration rates for women. - answer-List the factors that have caused
the prison population to grow dramatically in the last several decades.
Basically, the Pennsylvania system imposed total silence on its prisoners. Based on
the concept of separate confinement, penitentiaries were constructed with back-to-
back cells facing both outward and inward. Prisoners worked, slept, and ate alone in
their cells. In contrast, New York used the congregate system: silence was imposed,
but inmates worked and ate together. - answer-Contrast the Pennsylvania and New
York penitentiary theories of the 1800s
Classification - answer-Using a process called _____, prison administrators determine
which correctional facility provides the best "fit" for the offender, based mostly on
security concerns.
Decarceration - answer-Many states are adopting strategies of _____designed to
reduce their inmate populations and the costs associated with their corrections
systems.
Drug - answer-Double the number of ______offenders are in federal prisons today
than was the case two decades ago, due in large part to increased federal
prosecution and incarceration of drug offenders.
Generally, a prison is for those convicted of felonies who will serve lengthy periods
of incarceration, whereas a jail is for those who have been convicted of
misdemeanors and will serve less than a year of incarceration. Jails also hold
individuals awaiting trial, juveniles awaiting transfer to juvenile authorities,
probation and parole violators, and the mentally ill. In any given year,
approximately 11.7 million people are admitted to jails, and therefore jails often
provide the best chance for treatment or counseling that may deter future criminal
behavior by these low-level offenders. - answer-Summarize the distinction between
jails and prisons, and indicate the importance of jails in the American corrections
system.
Maximum-security - answer-Offenders who have been convicted of violent crimes
and repeat offenders are likely to be sent to _____prisons.
Maximum-security prisons - answer-designed mainly with security and surveillance
in mind. Such prisons are usually large and consist of cell blocks, each of which is
set off by a series of gates and bars.
Medical - answer-In the second half of the 1800s, the Progressive movement
introduced the _____model of prison management, which focused on rehabilitation
rather than punishment.
(a)The enhancement and stricter enforcement of the nation's drug laws
(b)increased probability of incarceration
(c)inmates serving more time for each crime
(d)federal prison growth
(e)rising incarceration rates for women. - answer-List the factors that have caused
the prison population to grow dramatically in the last several decades.
Basically, the Pennsylvania system imposed total silence on its prisoners. Based on
the concept of separate confinement, penitentiaries were constructed with back-to-
back cells facing both outward and inward. Prisoners worked, slept, and ate alone in
their cells. In contrast, New York used the congregate system: silence was imposed,
but inmates worked and ate together. - answer-Contrast the Pennsylvania and New
York penitentiary theories of the 1800s
Classification - answer-Using a process called _____, prison administrators determine
which correctional facility provides the best "fit" for the offender, based mostly on
security concerns.
Decarceration - answer-Many states are adopting strategies of _____designed to
reduce their inmate populations and the costs associated with their corrections
systems.
Drug - answer-Double the number of ______offenders are in federal prisons today
than was the case two decades ago, due in large part to increased federal
prosecution and incarceration of drug offenders.
Generally, a prison is for those convicted of felonies who will serve lengthy periods
of incarceration, whereas a jail is for those who have been convicted of
misdemeanors and will serve less than a year of incarceration. Jails also hold
individuals awaiting trial, juveniles awaiting transfer to juvenile authorities,
probation and parole violators, and the mentally ill. In any given year,
approximately 11.7 million people are admitted to jails, and therefore jails often
provide the best chance for treatment or counseling that may deter future criminal
behavior by these low-level offenders. - answer-Summarize the distinction between
jails and prisons, and indicate the importance of jails in the American corrections
system.
Maximum-security - answer-Offenders who have been convicted of violent crimes
and repeat offenders are likely to be sent to _____prisons.
Maximum-security prisons - answer-designed mainly with security and surveillance
in mind. Such prisons are usually large and consist of cell blocks, each of which is
set off by a series of gates and bars.
Medical - answer-In the second half of the 1800s, the Progressive movement
introduced the _____model of prison management, which focused on rehabilitation
rather than punishment.
