Chapter 1: CRIJ 2313 Correctional Systems &
Practices Exam With Complete Solutions
1. When all forms of correctional supervision are taken into account, what percent of all
adults in the United States are under some form of correctional control? - ANSWER
More than 3%
2. Counting jails and prisons, approximately how many citizens are incarcerated? -
ANSWER 2.3 million
3. What percent of African American fathers are now incarcerated? - ANSWER 12
4. One out of____ African American children has a parent who has been to prison? -
ANSWER 6
5. Systems learn, grow and improve according to what? - ANSWER Feedback
6. Probation and parole officers state that their original decision to become involved in
this particular career field is based on their desire to: - ANSWER Help people
7. Now more than ever correctional systems are in a new era of correctional policy in
what areas? - ANSWER Financial and social change
8. Which of the following is the central purpose of punishment? - ANSWER To carry out
the criminal sentence
9. Corrections ideally serves which goal(s)? - ANSWER Both protection and punishment
10. Corrections can be seen as a series of: - ANSWER Both processes and agencies
11. According to the author, Corrections has a(n) __________ relationship with its
environment - ANSWER Reciprocal
12. Which of the following countries has the highest incarceration rate in the world? -
ANSWER The united States
13. The period known as the Enlightenment had what effect(s) on society? - ANSWER
Emile Durkheim
As systems grow and mature, they become: - ANSWER More complex
According to the author, Which system of government divides power between federal
and state governments? - ANSWER Federalism
Approximately _______ of all people under correctional supervision are living in the
community on probation or parole. - ANSWER Two-third
Practices Exam With Complete Solutions
1. When all forms of correctional supervision are taken into account, what percent of all
adults in the United States are under some form of correctional control? - ANSWER
More than 3%
2. Counting jails and prisons, approximately how many citizens are incarcerated? -
ANSWER 2.3 million
3. What percent of African American fathers are now incarcerated? - ANSWER 12
4. One out of____ African American children has a parent who has been to prison? -
ANSWER 6
5. Systems learn, grow and improve according to what? - ANSWER Feedback
6. Probation and parole officers state that their original decision to become involved in
this particular career field is based on their desire to: - ANSWER Help people
7. Now more than ever correctional systems are in a new era of correctional policy in
what areas? - ANSWER Financial and social change
8. Which of the following is the central purpose of punishment? - ANSWER To carry out
the criminal sentence
9. Corrections ideally serves which goal(s)? - ANSWER Both protection and punishment
10. Corrections can be seen as a series of: - ANSWER Both processes and agencies
11. According to the author, Corrections has a(n) __________ relationship with its
environment - ANSWER Reciprocal
12. Which of the following countries has the highest incarceration rate in the world? -
ANSWER The united States
13. The period known as the Enlightenment had what effect(s) on society? - ANSWER
Emile Durkheim
As systems grow and mature, they become: - ANSWER More complex
According to the author, Which system of government divides power between federal
and state governments? - ANSWER Federalism
Approximately _______ of all people under correctional supervision are living in the
community on probation or parole. - ANSWER Two-third
