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Pretrial diversion targetsmostly what type of offenses?

petty drug offenses

A _______ condition establishes a sum of money thatmust be paid by the offender either to the victim or to a public fund forvictims of crime.


restitution

Americans havetraditionally tended to equate which of the following most with punishment?


prison

Widespreadadoption of intermediate sanctions may further exacerbate ______ in prisonpopulations?

racial disparities

More than two-thirds ofpeople under correctional authority are

under community supervison

Over ______ dollars in fines iscollected annually in the United States.

one billion

_______ develop supervision and services based onstudies of “what works” to reduce recidivism.

evidence based practices

_____ is when a client struggles undercommunity-based alternatives can instead be monitored through other sanctionssuch as house arrest rather than return to prison.


Administrative sanctions

93 percent of the adultprison population________

made up of male adults

The ______ model was dominant in the 1960s and early 1970s.


rehabilitation

Most prisons employ a ____ model

custodial

The cost ofmaintaining a(n) _____ inmate is much higher than costs associated with otherincarcerated populations.

elderly

Historically, the _____ has been an innovator inthe field of corrections

federal system

A prison designed andorganized to permit inmates and visitors as much freedom as is consistent withthe concept of incarceration is a ______ prison.

minimum security

______ appoints the Bureau of Prisons director.

the president

The process by which a newinmate absorbs the customs of the prison society and learns to adapt to theenvironment is known as _____

prisonization

Because inmates are notallowed to carry any currency, the primary method of exchange in prison is______

cigarettes

The sociological theoryknown as the “subculture of violence” argues that violence is primarily foundin the ____ subculture

lower class

Each year approximately ____ correctional staff members are assaulted by inmates.

18,000

Correctional leaders havefound the best way to weaken prison gangs is to


segregate, use specialized housing, and restricting visits

The sharing of myths,slang, customs, rewards, and sanctions of a smaller, isolated, separate groupof people in society is called: The prison is recognized as a functioningcommunity with its own values, roles, language and customs. This is also knownas a prison ____

subculture

Which state has the lowestlevels of known gang affiliation/participation in their prison population?


Montana

The term ____ refers to programs which educate gang membersand eventually encourage them to renounce their gang membership


deganging

A ___ in the prisoninmate culture considered to an aggressive inmate who pursues his own interestsat others’ expenses.


gorilla or wolf

A ___ is someone whosqueals or sells out to the authorities

rat

Approximately what percentof women released from incarceration have nowhere to go and must find a placeto live?

60 -70 %

What case wasinstrumental in ensuring that women’s prisons had programs comparable to thatof male prisons?

Glover v. Johnson (1979).

In 1844, the _____ was created with the goalof improving the treatment of female prisoners and separating them from maleprisoners


women's prison association

Approximately ___of female inmates are currently incarceratedfor violent offenses.

35.4% or 1/3

The Human Rights Watchreport noted that the majority of correctional officers in women’s prison are ___

men

____ was the first person to advocate for changes in the treatment ofsentenced women and children.

Elizabeth Gurney Fry

Incarcerated women accountfor approximately _____ percentof the federal and state prison population.

7

A structure established forthe purpose of influencing behavior in order to achieve particular ends isknown as a/an: ___

formal organization

A form of power that stressesthe application or threat of physical force is known as____

coercive power

Most inmaterule violations are handled by an ____

institutional disciplinary committee

What is the primaryincentive for being a corrections officer?

security of a civil service job

___are central to prisoner control because correctional officers cannothave total control over the inmates

negotiations

A series oforganizational positions in order of authority, with each person receivingorders from the one immediatelyabove and issuing orders to the one immediately below is known as ____


chain of command

An___is anything thatenhances the inmates’ creature comforts such as food, bedding, and recreational opportunities.


amenity

Like women in othercriminal justice fields, women who work in corrections deal with ___

discrimination

___ is the idea that it is most efficient fora subordinate to report only to one superior.

unity of command

The idea thatprison disorder results from unstable, divided, or otherwise weak management isknown as the___

administrative control theory

the term psychotherapy refers to

treatment of the mind

The doctrinethat persons having been convicted of wrongful behavior should not be eligiblefor social benefits beyondthe bare minimum required by law is known as the ___

principle of least eligibility

____ frequently take the form of group orindividual counseling sessions rather than intensive therapy.

psychological program services

The mostpowerful new studies of correctional rehabilitation programs try to expresstheir effectiveness in which of thefollowing ways: ____

cost benefit ratios

Recreationalprograms have two primary purposes. They include socialization and ____

self image enhancement (rehabilitation)

The general public is often___to creative programming forinmates


hostile

A system inwhich the contractor provided prisoners with food and clothing as well as rawmaterials and in some southernstates prisoners were bonded to agricultural producers to perform field laboris a ____

lease system

Interest in ____ waned when the philosophy of corrections swungtoward crime control.

rehabilitation

Prisonadministrators use institutional programs to help manage ___

time

_____ was the first to implement the classification system at ElmiraReformatory in the 1800’s.

zebulon brockway