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CPSS 210 Week 4 Concept Check

CPSS 210 Week 4 Concept Check

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Depending on the jurisdiction, convicted felons lose a variety of civil rights. Which of the following is NOT a civil right commonly forfeited by convicted felons?

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the right to vote

the right to hold public office

the right to serve on a grand or petit jury

the right to get married

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  1. Question 2

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Which of the following is a reason for the problems that plague jails?

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the limited and unstable nature of local taxes to fund and staff jail

a general lack of public support for jail reform

rapid rates of inmate turnover, which make it difficult to coordinate programs

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  1. Question 3

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Which of the following principles states that prisoners should receive no service or program superior to the services and programs available to free citizens without charge?

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the convict-program principle

the prison-is-for-punishment principle

the less-eligibility principle

the no pay, no play principle

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  1. Question 4

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Which of the following has research shown to be an advantage of podular or direct-supervision jails?

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They provide a less stressful, more positive, and safer environment for inmates and staff.

They enhance supervision by reducing the number of unsupervised areas.

They reduce inmate violations for contraband possession, destruction of property, escapes, disrespecting officers and staff, suicides, and violence.

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Identify the purpose of federal presentence investigations.

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to assess the risk to the community of future criminal behavior

to assess the harm caused by the offense

to assess the need for restitution

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Which of the following statements is true about correctional officers?

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They have considerable discretion in discharging their duties within the constraints of rules, regulations, and policies.

They represent a minor percentage of staff members in prisons.

They have clear and specific guidelines on how to exercise their discretion.

They exist in isolation from the prison bureaucracy.

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  1. Question 7

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A key to successful community adjustment for inmates leaving prison is ________, which means rebuilding former prosocial ties to the community and establishing new ties.

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recidivism

restoration

communication

reintegration

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A ________ is a very short-term (for instance, 24- to 48-hour) holding facility that is frequently located in or very near an urban police agency so that suspects can be held pending further inquiry into their cases by the police or the court.

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minimum-security prison

lockup

jail

classification facility

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  1. Question 9

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Which of the following statements best describes the term parole?

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a way of being released from prison before the entire sentence has been served

a type of sentence in which the offender must submit to intensive supervision in lieu of imprisonment

a way of being released from prison before the entire sentence has been served and a type of sentence in which the offender must submit to intensive supervision in lieu of imprisonment

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________ refers to organized and systematic efforts to remove people from the criminal justice process by placing them in programs that offer alternatives to the next, more restrictive stage of processing.

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Probation

Diversion

Parole

Shock incarceration

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When offenders are sentenced to the custody of the department of corrections in most states, they are transported initially to a ________.

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medium-security prison

jail

classification facility

minimum-security prison

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  1. Question 12

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Structured fines are presumed to be fairer than tariff fines because tariff fines are

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frequently too low to be meaningful to wealthier offenders and too high for poorer offenders to pay.

relatively inexpensive to administer compared with other types of intermediate sanctions.

known to provide an economic disincentive for criminal behavior.

more effective than other types of intermediate sanctions in generating revenue.

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Which of the following is usually not a characteristic of women’s prisons?

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anti-staff mentality

interracial tension

levels of violence

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The ________ is a theory that states that the inmate society arises as a response to the prison environment and the painful conditions of confinement.

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deprivation model

tribunal model

importation model

crime control model

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Identify the type of probation in which an offender is initially sentenced to prison but is soon (perhaps after 120 days) recalled to court and placed on probation.

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straight probation

shock probation

split-sentence probation

residential probation

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A ________ is a facility that holds convicted offenders and unconvicted persons for relatively short periods.

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lockup

jail

classification facility

minimum-security prison

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Over the last 200 years, Americans have developed a tradition of strong reliance on the prison to control crime. The result is that ________.

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it has never done very well

it has generally met people’s expectations

it has generally exceeded people’s expectations

it makes the public less concerned about crime

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One study on recidivism demonstrated that the inmates who adjusted most successfully to prison life ________ to life in the free community upon release.

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had the least difficulty adjusting

adjusted slowly but most thoroughly

adjusted better than others

had the most difficulty adjusting

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  1. Question 19

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Intensive-supervision probation and parole (ISP) usually lasts ________.

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6 to 8 months

5 years

6 months to 2 years

5 to 9 years

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  1. Question 20

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Which of the following has NOT been found about private correctional facilities?

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They can be constructed and opened more quickly than public correctional facilities.

Their quality of services and programs is frequently superior to those in public correctional facilities.

Privatization can substantially increase legal liability costs of operating prisons and jails.

Prisoners in private facilities have a broader array of legal remedies when challenging conditions of confinement than prisoners in public facilities.

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