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Chapter 5 Self-Check
Institutional Corrections
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Both styles of penitentiary, Auburn and Pennsylvania, allowed inmates to talk to each other.
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The confinement response was the major stage in women's institutions.
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The National Prison Association is known currently as the American Correctional Association.
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Rehabilitation was a new philosophy of corrections that was promoted by the Wickersham Commission.
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Restorative justice is the philosophy of bringing both the offender and victim to a court-enforced solution to their problems.
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An initial classification review assesses the needs and risk of the offenders and evaluates the best placement of individuals within the prison system.
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Another name for solitary confinement is custodial isolation.
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Most inmates with substance abuse problems participate in alcohol or drug treatment program while incarcerated.
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The Prison Litigation Reform Act established that inmates must exhaust the internal prison grievance procedures before accessing the federal courts.
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Personal visits are preferred by inmates and visitors.
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What is a common element across human history and societies for violations of group norms, rules, and laws?
Reform.
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Rehabilitation.
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Confinement.
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Punishment.
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Which of the following was NOT an historical response to female offending?
Differential response.
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Equalization response.
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Punishment response.
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Neglect response.
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All of the following characterize the Penitentiary Era except?
Heavy reliance on incarceration.
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Formal penal system.
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Deterrence.
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Corporal punishment.
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This era of corrections is characterized as being more punitive toward individuals in correctional facilities.
Reform Era.
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Retributive Era.
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Rehabilitation Era.
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Industrial Era.
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Jails generally hold individuals for a period of?
Up to six months.
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Up to a year.
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More than a year.
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Life.
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_____________ prisons are primarily found in the larger jurisdictions and represent the most restrictive and secure prisons in the country.
Maximum security.
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Close security.
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Supermax.
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Community.
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Female prisoners comprise approximately what percentage of the prisoner population?
Less than 10%.
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15% to 20%.
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25%.
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Over 30%.
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The loss of liberty, depravation of goods and services, and individual autonomy is known as?
The pains of prison.
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The pains of imprisonment.
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The paint of confinement.
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The pains of corrections.
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The _________ and ___________ Amendments to the U.S. Constitution grant all individuals, including inmates, access to the courts.
Second and Eleventh Amendment.
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Third and Twelfth Amendment.
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Fourth and thirteenth Amendment.
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Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment.
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The passage and implementation of community mental health acts by states resulted in the ________________ of those who were no longer considered to be a threat to themselves or others.
Trans-incarceration.
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Deinstitutionalization.
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Diversion.
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Due process.
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The majority of non-violent offenders have ________ related crimes/offenses.
Firearm.
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Drug.
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Criminal.
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Violence.
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12. Which of the following best exemplifies a front-door mechanism to deal with prison crowding?
Parole.
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Transitional placement in a community-based correctional facility.
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Probation.
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Release from prison.
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