CJUS Test 1 Questions with Correct Answers Latest Version 2025 Graded A+
earliest code of punishment - Answers The Code of Hammurabi
- phrase "eye for an eye" came from this
Beccaria's 3 elements of punishment - Answers certain, swift, and severe
hedonistic calculus - Answers people weigh the costs and benefits of their actions in order to maximize
pleasure and minimize pain
what is the historical form of torture called galley slavery? - Answers - sentence forcing convicts to work
as a rower on a ship (slaves had to row until they collapsed, basically death sentence)
- purpose: alternative to death, removing the poor from the streets, and providing labor needed to
proper ships
- used by ancient greeks and romans
what was the original terminology for jail - Answers gaols (which were things like pits, dungeons, caves,
and being bound to a tree)
what was the first prison - Answers Walnut Street Jail
what is a Panopticon prison design - Answers sort of semi-circle design that have multitiered cells are
built around a hub so that officers can view into all cells (bentham propsed this)
What was Dorothea Dix's beliefs? - Answers - argued against inmate discipline and degradation of
inmates
- argued against long sentences for minor offences
- remarked on quality and availability of food and water
(she essentially wanted to improve the conditions for poor and mentally ill)
what are themes throughout corrections - Answers money and politics
what is the difference between deontological and telelogical ethical systems? - Answers deontological
ethics: whether an act itself is good
telelogical ehtics: whether consequences of an act are good
what is noble cause corruption? - Answers a moral commitment to make the world a better place
- the ends are more important than the means (being bad for the greater good)
what is a subculture? - Answers subset of a larger culture, with its own norms and history
earliest code of punishment - Answers The Code of Hammurabi
- phrase "eye for an eye" came from this
Beccaria's 3 elements of punishment - Answers certain, swift, and severe
hedonistic calculus - Answers people weigh the costs and benefits of their actions in order to maximize
pleasure and minimize pain
what is the historical form of torture called galley slavery? - Answers - sentence forcing convicts to work
as a rower on a ship (slaves had to row until they collapsed, basically death sentence)
- purpose: alternative to death, removing the poor from the streets, and providing labor needed to
proper ships
- used by ancient greeks and romans
what was the original terminology for jail - Answers gaols (which were things like pits, dungeons, caves,
and being bound to a tree)
what was the first prison - Answers Walnut Street Jail
what is a Panopticon prison design - Answers sort of semi-circle design that have multitiered cells are
built around a hub so that officers can view into all cells (bentham propsed this)
What was Dorothea Dix's beliefs? - Answers - argued against inmate discipline and degradation of
inmates
- argued against long sentences for minor offences
- remarked on quality and availability of food and water
(she essentially wanted to improve the conditions for poor and mentally ill)
what are themes throughout corrections - Answers money and politics
what is the difference between deontological and telelogical ethical systems? - Answers deontological
ethics: whether an act itself is good
telelogical ehtics: whether consequences of an act are good
what is noble cause corruption? - Answers a moral commitment to make the world a better place
- the ends are more important than the means (being bad for the greater good)
what is a subculture? - Answers subset of a larger culture, with its own norms and history
