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The term that refers to the various inconveniences and deprivations that occur as a result of incarceration is ______.
a. pains of imprisonment
b. importation theory
c. blood in–blood out
d. prisonization
When focusing specifically on detention facilities, it is important to remember that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) owns and operates only ______ detention facilities, called Service Processing Centers (SPCs).
a. 8
b. 22
c. 144
d. 53
The ______ Division coordinates the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) personnel matters, including pay and leave administration, incentive awards, retirement, work-life programs, background investigations, adverse and disciplinary actions, and performance evaluations.
a. Executive Management
b. Human Resource Management
c. Occupational Review Board
d. Examination Management
This Supreme Court decision indicated that the state must provide inmates with adequate medical care.
a. Cooper v. Pate (1964)
b. Estelle v. Gamble (1976)
c. LeMaire v. Maass (1993)
d. Hutto v. Finney (1978)
______ can be defined as the early release of an offender from a secure facility on completion of a certain portion of their sentence; the remainder of their sentence is served in the community.
a. Parole
b. Incarceration
c. Probation
d. Intermediate Sanctions
This agency oversees the supervision of offenders who leave federal confinement early due to credit for good behavior.
a. the Federal Bureau of Prisons
b. the U.S. Attorney General’s Office
c. the U.S. Board of Parole
d. the U.S. Sentencing Commission
Cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited by the ______ Amendment to the Constitution.
a. Eighth
b. First
c. Fourteenth
d. Fifth
Which state does not have one of the largest death row populations?
a. Texas
b. Florida
c. California
d. Virginia
Which of the following is not considered a pain of imprisonment?
a. loss of liberty
b. loss of personal security
c. loss of autonomy
d. loss of wages
Which state has the most Service Processing Centers (SPCs)?
a. California
b. Arizona
c. Texas
d. New Mexico
Who is the head administrator in a prison?
a. major
b. warden
c. captain
d. lieutenant
According to the author, of all the prison programs available for inmates, ______ is the most important.
a. drug and alcohol treatment
b. education
c. health care
d. food service
The United States Parole Commission Extension Act of ______ was passed to provide for the continued performance of the Parole Commission.
a. 1993
b. 2000
c. 2008
d. 1932
The key concern when granting parole is ______.
a. the probability of recidivism
b. prison populations
c. cost of incarceration
d. public perception
In ______ case, it was determined that the death penalty had been administered in an arbitrary and capricious manner.
a. Hall
b. Furman
c. Atkins
d. Gregg
Who is largely responsible for seeking a death penalty sentence in a court of law?
a. defense counsel
b. prosecutor
c. family of the victim
d. judge
What is the key tenet of importation theory?
a. refers to the standards in behavior attributed to inmates who earn respect by proving themselves worthy of that title
b. refers to the various inconveniences and deprivations that occur as a result of incarceration
c. refers to assertion that certain social group reactions serve to make certain behaviors deviant, regardless of the individual context in which they occur
d. refers to the idea that the subculture within prisons is brought in from outside the walls by offenders who have developed their beliefs and norms while on the streets
______ detainee may not include any detainee with a felony conviction that included an act of physical violence.
a. Level 1
b. Level 2
c. Level 3
d. Level 4
The ______ style of management is when a supervisor seeks to anticipate and correct problems before they develop.
a. holding pattern method
b. bureaucratic method
c. participative method
d. proactive method
The Estelle decision established a test to determine whether treatment given by prison officials was so insufficient as to constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the ______ Amendment.
a. First
b. Fourth
c. Fifth
d. Eighth
Which of the following men is considered the father of parole?
a. Jeremy Bentham
b. Alexander Maconochie
c. William Penn
d. Sam Sanborn
The use of parole was not initially designed to consider ______, but this is now often considered in parole decisions.
a. providing incentives to inmates
b. providing a gradual process of offender reintegration into society
c. prison overcrowding
d. behavior of inmates and their progress in work assignments and programming
The majority of ______, since the reestablishment of the death penalty, have been Caucasian American defendants.
a. executions
b. rapists
c. sexual offenders
d. parolees
______ is aimed at identifying both complications and accomplishments during the early phases of program development to provide helpful feedback to clinical and administrative staff.
a. Implementation evaluation
b. Research evaluation
c. Compliance analysis
d. Process evaluation
Define the convict code.
a. a label given to an inmate who reveals the activity of another inmate to authorities
b. an inmate’s sense of masculine standing within the prison culture
c. a set of standards attributed to the true convict
d. the process of being socialized into the prison culture
The ______ Division is responsible for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) financial and facility management. This division is responsible for budget development and execution, finance, procurement and property, and the inmate trust fund program.
a. Central
b. Administration
c. Headquarter
d. Executive
This style of management includes opinions and feedback offered from both inmates and staff when making decisions regarding the operations and governance of the prison facility.
a. participative method
b. centralized method
c. holding pattern method
d. proactive method
Federal Prison Industries (FPI) was a major contributor to all but which of the following war efforts?
a. World War I
b. World War II
c. Korean War
d. Vietnam War
During the period from 1930 through the 1950s, correctional thought reflected what was referred to as the ______.
a. medical model
b. reintegration model
c. crime control model
d. tough-on-crime model
The majority of state parole board members are appointed by the state’s ______.
a. director of corrections
b. governor
c. Supreme Court
d. attorney general
The ______ ruling first reinstated the death penalty (post Furman) as a possible punishment for federal criminal cases.
a. Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994
b. Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
c. Anti-Organized Crime Act of 1978
d. Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
______ traditionally refers to assessment of the effects of the program on clients while they are in the program, making it possible to assess the institution’s intermediary goals.
a. Implementation evaluation
b. Process evaluation
c. Outcome evaluation
d. Process analysis
Inmates’ adaptation to prison subculture is largely due to their ______.
a. level of participation in the inmate economy
b. offense type for which they were convicted
c. frequency of visitations from friends and family
d. record of institutional misconduct
The most common type of local correction system is a ______.
a. private institution
b. city-based correctional system
c. state-run correctional system
d. county-based correctional system
Which event drew attention to the need to provide inmates with a better standard of care, including recreational options?
a. Attica prison riot
b. New Mexico prison riot
c. Establishment of the National Correctional Recreation Association
d. California State Penitentiary prison riot
In early prisons, it was not unusual for inmates to be required to pay or work for their own ______.
a. clothes
b. food
c. water
d. sheets
Which era of correctional thought advocated for limited use of incarceration, preferring probation for nonviolent offenders?
a. medical model era
b. reintegration era
c. crime control model era
d. tough-on-crime model era
Which Supreme Court case resulted in a moratorium on capital punishment in America?
a. Furman v. Georgia (1972)
b. Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
c. Coker v. Georgia (1977)
d. Wilkerson v. Utah (1879)
The majority of executions, since the reestablishment of the death penalty, have been ______ defendants.
a. Caucasian American
b. Asian
c. African American
d. Hispanic
______ involves quantitative research aimed at assessing the impact of the program on long-term treatment outcomes.
a. Implementation evaluation
b. Process evaluation
c. Outcome evaluation
d. Process analysis