Exam 1: What Is Corrections

One of the major issues that has plagued corrections has been goal conflict. This conflict centers on the different and conflicting views of how and why correctional functions should be carried out.

_________ budgets are by far the most expensive part of the penal system.

Which of the following events was instrumental in the move toward the community corrections movement in the United States?

The United States has such a huge prison system, compared with other countries, because it has much more crime.

The ________ model of corrections is based on the assumption that criminal behavior can be decreased by greater use of incarceration and other forms of strict supervision.

Based on the scenario about Eva, what corrections model was used when her sentence was imposed?

In the system, penalties would be graded according to the severity of the crime and offenders would be released from incarceration according to their performance.

Until the early 1800s in the United States, correctional officials followed the European practice of corporal punishment to reprimand criminal behavior.

Probation is the most frequently used form of correctional punishment in the United States.

Your authors refer to corrections as a(n) _________, a complex whole consisting of interdependent parts whose operations are directed toward common goals and is directly influenced by its environment.

The model of corrections is based on the assumption that criminal behavior is caused by social, psychological, or biological deficiencies that require treatment.

Most jails are administered by ________ governments.

Which of the following is NOT a principle of the Penitentiary Act of 1779?

Explain what the "great experiment of social control" refers to and discuss what we can learn from the "great experiment of social control."

The twin goals of corrections are punishment and _______.

Communism is a system of government in which power and responsibilities are split between individual state governments and one national government.

Corrections can be viewed as a series of ____________________.

Most criminal justice and correctional activity takes place at the ________level.

The New York system of corrections, implemented first in the Auburn State Prison, was founded upon the idea of complete solitary confinement of inmates.

Which of the following is NOT a corrections subunit?