Exam 1: The Corrections System

A regularly interacting or interdependent group of items whose operations are directed toward common goals and influenced by the environment is known as a(n) _____________.

Which of the following are not street-level bureaucrats?

determine the objectives of the criminal law system.

Factors of Western criminal law are all of the following EXCEPT _____________.

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. a. Houses people convicted of serious crimes b. A facility authorized to hold pretrial detainees c. Mutual transfer of resources d. Workers who provide programs and services e. Power shared between national and state government f. Method of applying scientific knowledge g. One of the goals of corrections h. Common goals influenced by the environment i. Conforms to the rules of society j. Manages accused or convicted offenders -Federalism

In 1973, the prison incarceration rate was _____________.

The number of people in local jails has dropped about 1 percent each year since 2007.

The term usually refers to any action applied to offenders after they have been convicted of a crime, and implies that action is meant to change offenders according to society's requirements.

In which year did the U.S. government announce that for the first time in more than 30 years, the corrections system, including prisons, held fewer people than the year before?

Define and discuss what is meant by the "great experiment" in social control. What, if anything, have we learned from this "great experiment"?

Define federalism and discuss how it impacts the various correctional systems throughout our nation.

The states of and have the largest prison populations in the United States.

is central to corrections.

Most of the correctional sentences carried out in the United States happen at the state and local level.

According to the text, which of the following is NOT one of the key issues facing corrections today?

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. a. Houses people convicted of serious crimes b. A facility authorized to hold pretrial detainees c. Mutual transfer of resources d. Workers who provide programs and services e. Power shared between national and state government f. Method of applying scientific knowledge g. One of the goals of corrections h. Common goals influenced by the environment i. Conforms to the rules of society j. Manages accused or convicted offenders -Jails

As a probation officer, you are, at any given time, responsible for dozens of people at various stages of the corrections system. How important is "people work" in your day-to-day duties? What role does it play and how do you "do it"?

Since about 1970, conservative, "get-tough" crime control policies have most influenced corrections.

A more-liberal coalition of 40 organizations has released a report called .

Corrections has a nonreciprocal relationship with its environment (i.e., society).