Law and Public Safety – Fundamentals: CHAPTER 13 Prisons and Jails Study Guide
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Chapter 13 Multiple Choice
Chose the most appropriate answer to the following questions:
1. The stocks and the pillory are examples of what type of punishment?
a. exile
b. branding
c. public humiliation
d. flogging
2. Lex Talionis is also known as:
a. The law of retaliation
b. The law of exile
c. The law of talent
d. The law of rated capacity
3. Which early prison system was heralded as the one that was humane and provided inmates
with the opportunity for rehabilitation?
a. The Massachusetts system
b. The Pennsylvania system
c. The Irish system
d. The Elmira system
4. Work release is representative of which era in the development of U.S. prisons?
a. The reform era
b. The treatment era
c. The just deserts era
d. The community based era
5. Which of the following is a characteristic of jails?
a. hold inmates who have been sentenced to long periods of incarceration
b. operated by the state police
c. hold 44% female inmates
d. hold suspects following arrest and pending trial
6. _____________ are jails that are built and run using the combine resources of a variety of
local jurisdictions.
a. Regional Jails
b. Privately run jails
c. Direct supervision jails
d. Female jails
7. A private prison:
a. is a prison for terrorists that does not reveal the prisoners' identities.
b. is operated by a private firm on behalf of government.
c. house no more than 50 prisoners.
d. houses military prisoners
8. How many security levels are there in the federal prison system?
a. four
b. two
c. five
d. three
9. The term “stir crazy” grew out of the experiences of many inmates during which prison era?
a. Community based era
b. Just Deserts era
c. The warehousing era
d. The punitive era
10. ADMAX or Administrative maximum is the term used by the federal government to denote:
a. prisons for white collar criminals.
b. maximum security prisons for females.
c. prisons for offenders who have violated administrative law.
d. ultra-high-security prisons.
11. __________ is an imprisonment strategy that is based on the desire to prevent recurrent
crime and that has abandoned all hope of rehabilitation.
a. warehousing
b. nothing works doctrine
c. punitive model
d. just deserts
12. The California Department of Corrections had an unwritten policy of racially segregating
prisoners in order to prevent racial violence. In 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed that
policy and held that it:
a. was acceptable because it was in the prisoner's best interest.
b. violated the 8th Amendment.
c. was acceptable because it served a compelling state interest.
d. was unconstitutional.
13. The Auburn system of imprisonment became popular during which prison era?
a. community-based
b. punitive
c. mass prison
d. penitentiary
14. ___________ is most noted as the originator of what we know as today’s early release
program.
a. Sir Walter Crofton
b. Captain Alexander Maconochie
c. Zebulon Brockway
d. Robert Martinson
15. According to the text the largest growing population of jail inmates is:
a. Women
b. Hispanics
c. African-Americans
d. Asians
Chapter 13 - True-False
Circle the most appropriate answer to the following questions.
1. The Just Deserts philosophy has led to substantial and continued increases in the American
prison population.
a. True
b. False
2. The Warehousing Era is a correctional model intended to capitalize on the labor of convicts
sentenced to confinement.
a. True
b. False
3. Historically, the most widely used of physical punishments was flogging.
a. True
b. False
4. Selective incapacitation is a strategy used by some states to reduce prison populations.
a. True
b. False
5. Physical barriers in direct-supervision jails are far more common than in traditional jails.
a. True
b. False
Chapter 13 - Fill in the Blank
Fill in the blank with the word or phrase that best completes or answers the question.
1. ________ is the movement toward the wider use of private prisons.
2. The _____________ has established a Commission on Accreditation to develop a set of
standards that correctional institutions can use for conducting self-evaluations.
3. A(n) ________ system is used by prison administrators to assign inmates to custody levels
based on offense history, assessed dangerousness, perceived risk of escape, and other factors.
4. The ________________ in New York State is considered the birth place of parole in the
United States and was based on the concept of an earned early release.
5. ________ release is a prison program through which inmates are temporarily released into the
community to meet job responsibilities.