Psych 401 Final UW Madison Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
custodial model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-prisoners are incarcerated for
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incapacitation, deterrence, and retribution | | |
rehabilitation model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-stresses individual treatment
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reintregration model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-correctional institutions are
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training ground for the inmate to prepare for existence in the community
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federal prison offenses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-51% drug offenses
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state prison offenses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-54% violent offenses
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why do we punish? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-resolve conflict, maintain
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values/social borders, get people to stop doing things, make ourselves feel better,
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hold people accountable, protect society, rehabilitate/treat the offender
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individually oriented punishment philosophies
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(past tense orientation) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-retribution
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revenge
,society-wide oriented punishment philosophies
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(present tense orientation) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-control/order maintenance
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recividism rates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-For the 2004 cohort of young men
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released from prison, 75 per cent of 18 to 20 year-olds had re-offended within
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two years.
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overuse of incarceration problems - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--expensive
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-biased/ discriminatory
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-unconstitutational conditions of confinement | | |
-overcrowding logistics |
-aggravates the crime problem | | |
what happens when inmates misbehave? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--transfer from
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one prison to another that is extremely restrictive
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-little human contact
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-prison staff: countertransference reaction to violent & other untoward behaviors
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-looping
definition of jails - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Operated by county and city
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governments |
-Hold mostly inmates from the local community
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-House those who are awaiting trial or have recently been arrested, in addition to
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|convicts
, -Generally hold inmates who have been found guilty of minor crimes and are
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serving sentences of less than a year
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-Due to smaller budgets, tend to focus only on the necessities of safety, food, and
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|clothing
definition of prisons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Operated by the federal and state
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governments
-Hold inmates who may have lived quite far away before being arrested
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-House only those who have been convicted of a crime
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-Generally hold inmates who have been found guilty of serious crimes and
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received sentences of longer than one year
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-Often offer a wide variety of rehabilitation and educational programs for long-
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term prisoners
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supermax prisons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--prisons reserved for the worst of the
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worst
-controlled environment |
-relatively rare |
maximum-security prisons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--violent and repeat offenders | | | | | | | |
-conduct disorders |
-has fortresses, watchtowers, and armed guards
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medium-security prisons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--house less dangerous inmates
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than maximum security
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Questions With Correct Answers
custodial model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-prisoners are incarcerated for
| | | | | | | |
incapacitation, deterrence, and retribution | | |
rehabilitation model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-stresses individual treatment
| | | | | |
reintregration model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-correctional institutions are
| | | | | | |
training ground for the inmate to prepare for existence in the community
| | | | | | | | | | |
federal prison offenses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-51% drug offenses
| | | | | | |
state prison offenses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-54% violent offenses
| | | | | | |
why do we punish? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-resolve conflict, maintain
| | | | | | | |
values/social borders, get people to stop doing things, make ourselves feel better,
| | | | | | | | | | | |
hold people accountable, protect society, rehabilitate/treat the offender
| | | | | | | |
individually oriented punishment philosophies
| | |
(past tense orientation) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-retribution
| | | | |
revenge
,society-wide oriented punishment philosophies
| | | |
(present tense orientation) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-control/order maintenance
| | | | | |
recividism rates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-For the 2004 cohort of young men
| | | | | | | | | | |
released from prison, 75 per cent of 18 to 20 year-olds had re-offended within
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
two years.
|
overuse of incarceration problems - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--expensive
| | | | | |
-biased/ discriminatory
|
-unconstitutational conditions of confinement | | |
-overcrowding logistics |
-aggravates the crime problem | | |
what happens when inmates misbehave? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--transfer from
| | | | | | | | |
one prison to another that is extremely restrictive
| | | | | | |
-little human contact
| |
-prison staff: countertransference reaction to violent & other untoward behaviors
| | | | | | | | |
-looping
definition of jails - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Operated by county and city
| | | | | | | | | |
governments |
-Hold mostly inmates from the local community
| | | | | |
-House those who are awaiting trial or have recently been arrested, in addition to
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|convicts
, -Generally hold inmates who have been found guilty of minor crimes and are
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
serving sentences of less than a year
| | | | | |
-Due to smaller budgets, tend to focus only on the necessities of safety, food, and
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|clothing
definition of prisons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Operated by the federal and state
| | | | | | | | | | |
governments
-Hold inmates who may have lived quite far away before being arrested
| | | | | | | | | | |
-House only those who have been convicted of a crime
| | | | | | | | |
-Generally hold inmates who have been found guilty of serious crimes and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
received sentences of longer than one year
| | | | | |
-Often offer a wide variety of rehabilitation and educational programs for long-
| | | | | | | | | | |
term prisoners
|
supermax prisons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--prisons reserved for the worst of the
| | | | | | | | | | |
worst
-controlled environment |
-relatively rare |
maximum-security prisons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--violent and repeat offenders | | | | | | | |
-conduct disorders |
-has fortresses, watchtowers, and armed guards
| | | | |
medium-security prisons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--house less dangerous inmates
| | | | | | | |
than maximum security
| |
