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100

When people try to predict recidivism they are predicting the likelihood that an offender will repeat his or her criminal behavior. 

T/F

True

100

The purpose of prison risk assessment is to determine the level of risk the offender poses to the public; for example, is the person likely to continue to engage in criminal conduct? 

T/F

False

100

One reason for the continued use of solitary confinement in prisons is traced to research showing that exposure to short-term solitary confinement serves to provide a safer environment and effectively deter misbehavior. 

T/F

False

100

The terms supermax prison, control unit, and secured housing unit all refer to facilities at the highest security level, with prisoners isolated from the general population and from each other. 

T/F

True

100

What fast food restaurant is credited with introducing the first modern-day drive-thru window?

Wendys

200

In 1930, the _______ was established to run as part of the Department of Justice. 

Federal Accounting Office / Federal Bureau of Inv / Federal Bureau of Prisons / Federal Criminal Unit

BOP

200

Prisoners serving time in federal prisons are most likely to have been sentenced for which crime category? 

homicide / drug offenses / robbery / immigration

drug offenses

200

Federal prisons operate under five security levels.  Which one is described by facilities with double-fenced perimeters with electronic detection systems and the use of mostly cell-type housing? 

minimum / low / medium / high / admin 

medium

200

Most state prisons are run by an agency that is usually called the _________. 

Dept of Corrections / Dept of Crime / Bureau of Justice / Bureau of Penology

DOC

200

What fast-food restaurants was founded first?

In-N-Out Burger in 1948

300

What is the principle wherein risk and need is linked to treatment intervention? 

reactive / responsivity / reclassification / restorative

responsivity

300

Of the factors that research has identified as effective in predicting recidivism, which of the following is a dynamic factor? 

age at first arrest / substance abuse history / gender / criminal thinking paterns

criminal thinking patterns

300

A gang leader thought to be coordinating gang activities within the prison might be placed under this arrangement even without violating any prison rules. 

protective custody / disciplinary segregation / admin segregation / advisory classification

admin segregation

300

A small number of prisons at the highest security level are frequently called _________. 

big house prisons / supermax prisons / correctional complex facilities / mini pens

supermax

300

What did McDonald’s restaurants first introduce in 1968?

The Big Mac

400

Which occupational category comprises the majority of prison employees? 

administrators / correctional officers / treatment staff / teachers

correctional officers

400

Of the factors that research has identified as effective in predicting recidivism, which of the following is a static factor. 

number of prior arrests / antisocial attitudes / poor self-control / criminal peers


number of prior arrests

400

Which of the following is NOT a distinguishing feature of an objective classification system? 

concealed / reliable / discretion / professionalism

concealed

400

Inmates who are believed to pose a threat to other prisoners and/or correctional officers based on gang membership or who have incited or threatened to incite a disturbance are likely to be transferred to this type of facility. 

big house / mega jail / penitentiary / a control

control

400

Which of these chicken restaurants pressure-cook its chicken in peanut oil? KFC, El Pollo Loco, Chick-fil-A, or Church’s Chicken?

Chick-fil-A

500

Staff members who maintain order in the institution and enforce rule and regulations are called ________ officers.

correctional

500

Criminogenic factors that are unchangeable are called _______ factors.

static

500

Prison _______ assessment attempts to determine the risk an offender poses to escape or to be a management problem for prison officials.

risk

500

The ______ level of a federal prison is determined by such features as the prison's design, perimeter, and staff-to-inmate ratio.

security

500

How many herbs and spices make up the secret blend used on Colonel Harland Sanders’ fried chicken recipe?

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