What is the most common form of criminal sentencing in the U.S.? 60% of offenders are on this
Probation
100
A state or federal confinement facility that has custodial authority over adults sentenced to confinement for 1 year or more:
Prison
100
Who is eligible for probation?
Anyone, even convicted murderers and rapists
100
My child is a boy or girl?
Boy
100
Is probation more or less expensive than imprisonment?
Probation is less expensive that imprisonment.
200
Probation, parole, home confinement, and electronic monitoring are examples of this
Community-based corrections
200
The majority of offenders housed in federal institutions have been convicted of this type of offense:
Drug offenses
200
All death row inmates are in what type of facility?
Maximum security prison
200
What kind of pet do I own?
Dog
200
ADMAX or Administrative maximum is the term used by the government to denote what?
Ultra high security prisons
300
What is the most common method of release from prison?
Mandatory release
300
The majority of offenders housed in state institutions have been convicted of this type of offense:
Violent offenses
300
The current era of imprisonment is called the ______, built around the need to employ cost effective solutions to correctional issues
Evidence based era
300
What is my pet's name?
Johnny
300
A dormitory-like setting, private rooms, and unarmed correctional officers are characteristic of ________ security institutions. These inmate sometimes even get to wear their street clothes.
Minimum
400
What sentence is a prisoner re-entry strategy (early release)?
Parole
400
Rhodes v. Chapman held that overcrowding in prisons is not by itself:
Cruel and unusual punishment
400
Which sentencing practice gives the offender a fixed term?
Determinate sentences
400
I briefly attended the police academy for what organization?
The NYSP academy
400
How are federal judges selected?
Nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate
500
What kind of parole hearing determines whether the parolee has violated the conditions of his/her parole? They may be sentenced back to prison if found guilty of the violation.
A revocation hearing.
500
What type of inmates do jails hold?
Suspects following arrest and pending trial
500
Cookies or ice cream?
COOKIES!!
500
_____________________ IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE TWO-SIDED STRUCTURE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT PITS THE PROSECUTION AGAINST THE DEFENSE.