INTRO TO CORRECTIONS CH. 1-12
STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL QUIZ
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which of the following is a formal process that highlights the quality of a facility in an
effort to ensure that it meets health, safety, and other correctional standards? -
Answer-Accreditation
The National Institute of Corrections says that evidence-based practice is defined
according to immeasurable moral or value-oriented standards or beliefs. - Answer-
False
The major Code of Ethics governing the field of corrections was created by the
_____. - Answer-American Correctional Association
The word "evidence" refers to criminal evidence, not to scientific evidence. - Answer-
False
_____ is a hallmark of contemporary corrections and is regarded as the gold
standard by which correctional programs and services are evaluated today. -
Answer-Evidence-based corrections
Which of the following traits was identified by Mark S. Fleisher of Illinois State
University as essential to effective work in corrections? - Answer-Strong writing skill
Community service cannot be scaled to the seriousness of the crime. - Answer-False
In comparison with the aims of other types of courts, those of the drug court are
much less punitive and more healing and restorative in nature. - Answer-True
For the criminal justice system, a residential reentry center offers a high-cost housing
alternative to incarceration of nonviolent offenders. - Answer-False
Which of the following statements is true of community corrections? - Answer-It
redefines the offender population for whom incarceration is most appropriate
A major benefit of remote-location monitoring is that it costs significantly less than
incarceration. - Answer-True
An intermediate sanction that involves regular payments to crime victims or to the
courts is called a: - Answer-Restitution
, A financial penalty scaled both to the defendant's ability to pay and the seriousness
of the offense is called a: - Answer-Day fine
A sentence to serve a specified number of hours working in unpaid positions with
nonprofit or tax-supported agencies is called: - Answer-Community service
Residential reentry centers achieve community protection by: - Answer-
Administering drug or polygraph tests to offenders
The primary purpose of intensive supervision probation is: - Answer-To protect the
community
Identify a correct statement about intermediate sanctions. - Answer-They promote
rehabilitation of offenders in society
Which of the following statements is true about a residential reentry center? -
Answer-It offers a low-cost housing alternative to incarceration of nonviolent
offenders
The majority of jail inmate suicides typically occur within _____ of incarceration. -
Answer-one week
The housing unit design of a third-generation jail is _____. - Answer-podular
The release of an inmate under specific conditions is known as a(n) _____. -
Answer-conditional release
A release option that requires the payment of the full bail amount in order to avoid jail
pretrial is known as a _____ bond. - Answer-cash
According to the report released by the National Institute of Correction, the _____
theory describes the different ways women and men develop. - Answer-relational
Which of the following is a release option that requires money to get out of a jail
pretrial? - Answer-Deposit bond
A jail where inmates are housed in small groups, or pods, staffed 24 hours a day by
specially trained officers who interact with the inmates is called a _____ jail. -
Answer-third-generation
A jail where inmates are housed in small groups, or pods, staffed 24 hours a day by
specially trained officers who interact with the inmates is called a second-generation
jail. - Answer-False
It is believed that _____ of England ordered the first jail built in 1166. - Answer-King
Henry II
Second-generation jails are also known as _____. - Answer-podular remote-
supervision facilities
STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL QUIZ
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which of the following is a formal process that highlights the quality of a facility in an
effort to ensure that it meets health, safety, and other correctional standards? -
Answer-Accreditation
The National Institute of Corrections says that evidence-based practice is defined
according to immeasurable moral or value-oriented standards or beliefs. - Answer-
False
The major Code of Ethics governing the field of corrections was created by the
_____. - Answer-American Correctional Association
The word "evidence" refers to criminal evidence, not to scientific evidence. - Answer-
False
_____ is a hallmark of contemporary corrections and is regarded as the gold
standard by which correctional programs and services are evaluated today. -
Answer-Evidence-based corrections
Which of the following traits was identified by Mark S. Fleisher of Illinois State
University as essential to effective work in corrections? - Answer-Strong writing skill
Community service cannot be scaled to the seriousness of the crime. - Answer-False
In comparison with the aims of other types of courts, those of the drug court are
much less punitive and more healing and restorative in nature. - Answer-True
For the criminal justice system, a residential reentry center offers a high-cost housing
alternative to incarceration of nonviolent offenders. - Answer-False
Which of the following statements is true of community corrections? - Answer-It
redefines the offender population for whom incarceration is most appropriate
A major benefit of remote-location monitoring is that it costs significantly less than
incarceration. - Answer-True
An intermediate sanction that involves regular payments to crime victims or to the
courts is called a: - Answer-Restitution
, A financial penalty scaled both to the defendant's ability to pay and the seriousness
of the offense is called a: - Answer-Day fine
A sentence to serve a specified number of hours working in unpaid positions with
nonprofit or tax-supported agencies is called: - Answer-Community service
Residential reentry centers achieve community protection by: - Answer-
Administering drug or polygraph tests to offenders
The primary purpose of intensive supervision probation is: - Answer-To protect the
community
Identify a correct statement about intermediate sanctions. - Answer-They promote
rehabilitation of offenders in society
Which of the following statements is true about a residential reentry center? -
Answer-It offers a low-cost housing alternative to incarceration of nonviolent
offenders
The majority of jail inmate suicides typically occur within _____ of incarceration. -
Answer-one week
The housing unit design of a third-generation jail is _____. - Answer-podular
The release of an inmate under specific conditions is known as a(n) _____. -
Answer-conditional release
A release option that requires the payment of the full bail amount in order to avoid jail
pretrial is known as a _____ bond. - Answer-cash
According to the report released by the National Institute of Correction, the _____
theory describes the different ways women and men develop. - Answer-relational
Which of the following is a release option that requires money to get out of a jail
pretrial? - Answer-Deposit bond
A jail where inmates are housed in small groups, or pods, staffed 24 hours a day by
specially trained officers who interact with the inmates is called a _____ jail. -
Answer-third-generation
A jail where inmates are housed in small groups, or pods, staffed 24 hours a day by
specially trained officers who interact with the inmates is called a second-generation
jail. - Answer-False
It is believed that _____ of England ordered the first jail built in 1166. - Answer-King
Henry II
Second-generation jails are also known as _____. - Answer-podular remote-
supervision facilities
