Question 1

A person who has been convicted of three or more offenses is now considered to be a situational offender.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
-Program criteria

Accepted Answer

A) Apply objective criteria to all prisoners 
B) IQs of less than 70 
C) Person who sees criminality as their life 
D) Mental patient returns to the community 
E) Julie Schenecker is one
F)Confined for life or until cured
G)Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
H)Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
I)Classification based on seriousness of crime
J)Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated 
A) Apply objective criteria to all prisoners 
B) IQs of less than 70 
C) Person who sees criminality as their life 
D) Mental patient returns to the community 
E) Julie Schenecker is one
F)Confined for life or until cured
G)Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
H)Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
I)Classification based on seriousness of crime
J)Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated H

Question 3

One key method shown to prevent AIDS transmission is through:

Accepted Answer

A)  ​education. 
B)  ​passing out condoms. 
C)  ​prohibiting homosexual behavior. 
D)  ​legalizing drugs. 
A)  ​education. 
B)  ​passing out condoms. 
C)  ​prohibiting homosexual behavior. 
D)  ​legalizing drugs. A

Question 4

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
-Career criminal

Accepted Answer

A) Apply objective criteria to all prisoners 
B) IQs of less than 70 
C) Person who sees criminality as their life 
D) Mental patient returns to the community 
E) Julie Schenecker is one
F)Confined for life or until cured
G)Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
H)Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
I)Classification based on seriousness of crime
J)Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated 
A) Apply objective criteria to all prisoners 
B) IQs of less than 70 
C) Person who sees criminality as their life 
D) Mental patient returns to the community 
E) Julie Schenecker is one
F)Confined for life or until cured
G)Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
H)Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
I)Classification based on seriousness of crime
J)Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated

Question 5

The term __________ refers to a person who sees crime as a way of earning a living and has numerous contacts with the law throughout his/her life.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The term __________ refers to a person...

Question 6

produce more disastrous consequences than heroin addicts.

Accepted Answer

The answer of produce more disastrous consequences than heroin addicts....

Question 7

Correctional treatment programs have proven to be most effective with:

Accepted Answer

A)  ​compulsive and habitual drug abusers. 
B)  ​pedophiles. 
C)  ​career criminals. 
D)  ​none of these. 
A)  ​compulsive and habitual drug abusers. 
B)  ​pedophiles. 
C)  ​career criminals. 
D)  ​none of these.

Question 8

Deinstitutionalization allows offenders the ability to also use affect treatment strategies in the community.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

A key way to prevent AIDS both inside and outside of a correctional setting is through knowledge about the virus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In a typical group of 30 or so young adults, it is likely that has been locked up.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​at least five 
B)  ​at least one 
C)  ​at least half 
D)  ​no one 
A)  ​at least five 
B)  ​at least one 
C)  ​at least half 
D)  ​no one

Question 11

One correctional policy decision that may influence who becomes a correctional client is that street crimes warrant more attention from police.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In classifying offenders, correctional administrators put them into groups based on:

Accepted Answer

A)  ​their needs for treatment. 
B)  ​risk. 
C)  ​security issues they pose to the prison. 
D)  ​all of these. 
A)  ​their needs for treatment. 
B)  ​risk. 
C)  ​security issues they pose to the prison. 
D)  ​all of these.

Question 13

It would be safe to say that classification decisions are not, on the whole, subject to sociopolitical pressures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
-Offense criteria

Accepted Answer

A) Apply objective criteria to all prisoners 
B) IQs of less than 70 
C) Person who sees criminality as their life 
D) Mental patient returns to the community 
E) Julie Schenecker is one
F)Confined for life or until cured
G)Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
H)Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
I)Classification based on seriousness of crime
J)Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated 
A) Apply objective criteria to all prisoners 
B) IQs of less than 70 
C) Person who sees criminality as their life 
D) Mental patient returns to the community 
E) Julie Schenecker is one
F)Confined for life or until cured
G)Classification based on possible future criminal conduct
H)Classification based on appropriate correctional treatment
I)Classification based on seriousness of crime
J)Person who spends more than 10 years incarcerated

Question 15

Every offender assigned to correction is unique; no two offenders are exactly alike.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Generally, mentally ill persons represent a greater risk of committing violent crimes than the population as a whole.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The majority of offenses committed by mentally handicapped people are classified as _____________ or public order crimes.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​sex 
B)  ​property 
C)  ​violent 
D)  ​drug 
A)  ​sex 
B)  ​property 
C)  ​violent 
D)  ​drug

Question 18

A person who in a particular set of circumstances has violated the law but is not normally given to criminal behavior and who is unlikely to repeat the offense is the .

Accepted Answer

​situation

Question 19

Once a person is __________________, a range of punishments of escalating severity may be imposed.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Once a person is __________________, a range...

Question 20

One-fourth of those convicted of a crime receive a community sentence such as a fine or probation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: The Correctional Client

A person who has been convicted of three or more offenses is now considered to be a situational offender.

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. -Program criteria

One key method shown to prevent AIDS transmission is through:

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. -Career criminal

The term __________ refers to a person who sees crime as a way of earning a living and has numerous contacts with the law throughout his/her life.

produce more disastrous consequences than heroin addicts.

Correctional treatment programs have proven to be most effective with:

Deinstitutionalization allows offenders the ability to also use affect treatment strategies in the community.

A key way to prevent AIDS both inside and outside of a correctional setting is through knowledge about the virus.

In a typical group of 30 or so young adults, it is likely that has been locked up.

One correctional policy decision that may influence who becomes a correctional client is that street crimes warrant more attention from police.

In classifying offenders, correctional administrators put them into groups based on:

It would be safe to say that classification decisions are not, on the whole, subject to sociopolitical pressures.

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. -Offense criteria

Every offender assigned to correction is unique; no two offenders are exactly alike.

Generally, mentally ill persons represent a greater risk of committing violent crimes than the population as a whole.

The majority of offenses committed by mentally handicapped people are classified as _____________ or public order crimes.

A person who in a particular set of circumstances has violated the law but is not normally given to criminal behavior and who is unlikely to repeat the offense is the .

Once a person is __________________, a range of punishments of escalating severity may be imposed.

One-fourth of those convicted of a crime receive a community sentence such as a fine or probation.

The Corrections System

The Early History of Correctional Thought and Practice

The History of Corrections in America

The Punishment of Offenders

The Law of Corrections

Jails: Detention and Short Term Incarceration

Probation

Intermediate Sanctions and Community Corrections

Incarceration

The Prison Experience

Incarceration of Women

Institutional Management

Institutional Programs

Release from Incarceration

Making It: Supervision in the Community

Corrections for Juveniles

Incarceration Trends

Race Ethnicity and Corrections

The Death Penalty

Community Justice

American Corrections

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