Corrections Quiz 4 (Ch 8-11)

Front 1

T/F: Good oral and written interpersonal skills are not really necessary for a successful career as a correctional officer.

Back 1

False

Front 2

Which of the following types of sanction used for inmate discipline by most correctional systems is the least severe?

Back 2

Warning

Front 3

Which of the following is not a type of issue dealt with by correctional agency legal offices?

Back 3

Prosecuting inmates who commit crimes while in prison

Front 4

T/F: Unit management enhances staff and inmate communication

Back 4

True

Front 5

T/F: Inmates stay at the prison to which they were originally assigned throughout their entire term of incarceration

Back 5

False

Front 6

What is the relationship that exists when two inmates become jealous and fight over another inmate?

Back 6

Sexual triangle

Front 7

Which of the following accurately describes square johns?

Back 7

Square johns are first-time offenders in prison who have more identification with noncriminals.

Front 8

Which category of violent inmate is predatory, calculating, and usually acts violently for no good reason?

Back 8

Psychopathic offenders

Front 9

T/F: Federal bureau of Prisons policy requires that validated gang members (not associates or suspects) be assigned to a maximum-security prison.

Back 9

True

Front 10

Which of the following steps was NOT taken by Zebulon Brockway while introducing reforms for female prisoners?

Back 10

Getting electronic detection devices installed to reduce escape attempts.

Front 11

Which of the following provide for the management and secure control of inmates designated as violent or seriously disruptive in other prisons?

Back 11

Supermax prisons

Front 12

T/F: Antipsychotic drugs provided a humane alternative to the deleterious placement of patients in the old state mental hospitals, where patients often had little to do and received minimal treatment

Back 12

True

Front 13

What is the dominant feature of the supermax prison?

Back 13

Security

Front 14

Who are the primary victims of sexual assaults?

Back 14

Females

Front 15

T/F: According to US government statistics, illegal drug use has been in general decline since 1979.

Back 15

True

Front 16

In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court set forth that juveniles must have "the essentials of due process?"

Back 16

Kent v. United States

Front 17

T/F: Gangs have no organizational structure.

Back 17

False

Front 18

T/F: Neither rehabilitation nor juvenile accountability alone has been effective in dealing with juvenile drug crime.

Back 18

True

Front 19

In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court uphold the use of preventive detention pending trial for juveniles?

Back 19

Schall v. Martin

Front 20

Which of the following is the process during which officials determine whether a juvenile case should be dismissed, handled informally, or referred to the juvenile court?

Back 20

Intake