- What are mentally ill inmates more likely than other types of offenders to do?
Your answer:
recidivate
rehabilitate
use illicit drugs
all of the above
- Which is a measure to control prison gangs?
Your answer:
transfering gang members to medium security prisons
recruiting informers
ignoring the daily activities of gang members
placing the most violence-prone gang members in the general population
- Which is most true of gang members in prison?
Your answer:
They behave relatively well in prison
They have a less extensive history of crime than non-gang members
They are more likely to have substance abuse problems
They participate in more prison programs
- How do male inmates adjust to incarceration?
Your answer:
by seeking support from their families outside the prison
by isolating themselves and trying to do their time independently
by forming close relationships with other inmates
none of the above
- A major step forward in the treatment of female offenders happened in 1863 when this superintendent of the Detroit House of Correction opened a separate unit for women.
Your answer:
Joseph Ragen
Jeremy Bentham
Zebulon Brockway
Walter Crofton
- Who is responsible for an area of the prison, such as recreation or SHU?
Your answer:
majors
non-ranked staff
lieutenants
captains
- What dual problem do mentally ill inmates represent in jails and prisons?
Your answer:
control and treatment
programs and parole
housing and feeding
clothing and visitation
- Which circumstance requires correctional officials to create special methods of managing, handling, or treating certain offenders?
Your answer:
infectious disease
age
mental disorder
all of the above
- When treating a sex offender under civil commitment, what is expected?
Your answer:
other facility residents can be a mix of civil commitments and criminals
treatment need not be geared toward release of the resident
confinement is in a non-punitive setting
all of the above
- For disciplinary processes, the inmate appeal cannot dispute a finding of fact, but is limited to procedural and due process rights.
Your answer:
True
False
- All prisons have a rule against any type of sexual behavior between inmates.
Your answer:
True
False
- A high proportion of inmates have a history of drug or alcohol abuse.
Your answer:
True
False
- The most important action that prison staff can take to control gangs is to let gang activity develop until it can be easily observed.
Your answer:
True
False
- Inmates stay at the prison to which they were originally assigned throughout their entire term of incarceration.
Your answer:
True
False
- Correctional officials encourage the housing of juvenile offenders in prisons with older adult felons.
Your answer:
True
False
- HIV/AIDS is relatively inexpensive and easy for correctional agencies to deal with.
Your answer:
True
False
- All drug treatment programs are effective with all types of abusers.
Your answer:
True
False
- ____________________occurs between two or more individual inmates, with the reason being a personal issue between the individuals.
Your answer:
- Family organizations formed by female inmates who take the roles of parents and children and other relatives are called_________________.
Your answer:
- The expected rules and behaviors represented by the model prisoner that reflect the values and norms of prison society is_______________
Your answer:
- The functions within a prison that come under security, including all uniformed employees, are called_____________.
Your answer:
- A(n) _______is a review to determine whether broad agency policy is in place at a prison.
Your answer:
- Instruments used to assign inmates to housing or programs after they are placed in a particular prison are______________.
Your answer:
- The staff person who is in charge of the unit, including housing, security, and treatment issues is the __________________.
Your answer:
- The process required to find that an inmate committed a prohibited act is the _______________system.
Your answer:
- The _____________is responsible for developing the program of work and rehabilitation for inmates.
Your answer:
- An informal process for inmates to appeal a disciplinary sanction or to seek remedy of any injustice they feel they have received from the correctional officials is called the ________________process.
Your answer:
- The 1985 federal court decision in _________________set forth that the lockdown of inmates at the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, did not violate the Constitution.
Your answer:
- The _______is an approach to managing sex offenders that includes treatment to develop internal control over deviant thoughts, supervision, and surveillance to control external behaviors.
Your answer:
- ______________is carried in the dried residue of drops left from sneezes, coughs, laughing, or spitting.
Your answer: