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52 Cards in this Set
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Pretrial diversion targetsmostly what type of offenses? |
petty drug offenses |
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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 |
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Americans havetraditionally tended to equate which of the following most with punishment? |
prison |
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Widespreadadoption of intermediate sanctions may further exacerbate ______ in prisonpopulations? |
racial disparities |
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More than two-thirds ofpeople under correctional authority are |
under community supervison |
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Over ______ dollars in fines iscollected annually in the United States.
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one billion |
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_______ develop supervision and services based onstudies of “what works” to reduce recidivism. |
evidence based practices |
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_____ 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 |
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93 percent of the adultprison population________ |
made up of male adults |
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The ______ model was dominant in the 1960s and early 1970s. |
rehabilitation |
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Most prisons employ a ____ model |
custodial |
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The cost ofmaintaining a(n) _____ inmate is much higher than costs associated with otherincarcerated populations. |
elderly |
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Historically, the _____ has been an innovator inthe field of corrections |
federal system |
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A prison designed andorganized to permit inmates and visitors as much freedom as is consistent withthe concept of incarceration is a ______ prison. |
minimum security |
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______ appoints the Bureau of Prisons director. |
the president |
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The process by which a newinmate absorbs the customs of the prison society and learns to adapt to theenvironment is known as _____ |
prisonization |
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Because inmates are notallowed to carry any currency, the primary method of exchange in prison is______ |
cigarettes |
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The sociological theoryknown as the “subculture of violence” argues that violence is primarily foundin the ____ subculture |
lower class |
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Each year approximately ____ correctional staff members are assaulted by inmates. |
18,000 |
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Correctional leaders havefound the best way to weaken prison gangs is to |
segregate, use specialized housing, and restricting visits |
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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 |
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Which state has the lowestlevels of known gang affiliation/participation in their prison population? |
Montana |
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The term ____ refers to programs which educate gang membersand eventually encourage them to renounce their gang membership |
deganging |
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A ___ in the prisoninmate culture considered to an aggressive inmate who pursues his own interestsat others’ expenses. |
gorilla or wolf |
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A ___ is someone whosqueals or sells out to the authorities |
rat |
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Approximately what percentof women released from incarceration have nowhere to go and must find a placeto live? |
60 -70 % |
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What case wasinstrumental in ensuring that women’s prisons had programs comparable to thatof male prisons? |
Glover v. Johnson (1979). |
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In 1844, the _____ was created with the goalof improving the treatment of female prisoners and separating them from maleprisoners |
women's prison association |
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Approximately ___of female inmates are currently incarceratedfor violent offenses. |
35.4% or 1/3 |
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The Human Rights Watchreport noted that the majority of correctional officers in women’s prison are ___ |
men |
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____ was the first person to advocate for changes in the treatment ofsentenced women and children. |
Elizabeth Gurney Fry |
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Incarcerated women accountfor approximately _____ percentof the federal and state prison population. |
7 |
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A structure established forthe purpose of influencing behavior in order to achieve particular ends isknown as a/an: ___ |
formal organization |
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A form of power that stressesthe application or threat of physical force is known as____ |
coercive power |
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Most inmaterule violations are handled by an ____ |
institutional disciplinary committee |
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What is the primaryincentive for being a corrections officer? |
security of a civil service job |
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___are central to prisoner control because correctional officers cannothave total control over the inmates |
negotiations |
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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 |
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An___is anything thatenhances the inmates’ creature comforts such as food, bedding, and recreational opportunities. |
amenity |
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Like women in othercriminal justice fields, women who work in corrections deal with ___ |
discrimination |
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___ is the idea that it is most efficient fora subordinate to report only to one superior. |
unity of command |
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The idea thatprison disorder results from unstable, divided, or otherwise weak management isknown as the___ |
administrative control theory |
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the term psychotherapy refers to |
treatment of the mind |
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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 |
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____ frequently take the form of group orindividual counseling sessions rather than intensive therapy. |
psychological program services |
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The mostpowerful new studies of correctional rehabilitation programs try to expresstheir effectiveness in which of thefollowing ways: ____ |
cost benefit ratios |
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Recreationalprograms have two primary purposes. They include socialization and ____ |
self image enhancement (rehabilitation) |
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The general public is often___to creative programming forinmates |
hostile |
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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 |
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Interest in ____ waned when the philosophy of corrections swungtoward crime control. |
rehabilitation |
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Prisonadministrators use institutional programs to help manage ___ |
time |
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_____ was the first to implement the classification system at ElmiraReformatory in the 1800’s. |
zebulon brockway |