Exam 11: Prisons and Jails

Which of the following is true of a maximum-security prison?

Unlike the Pennsylvania system of prison, _____.

Identify a true statement about maximum-security prisons.

Identify a true statement about the prisons of eighteenth-century England.

Which of the following is true of supermax prisons?

Decreasing the rate of imprisonment for probation violators leads to an increase in _____.

Which of the following is a reason for the privatization of American prisons?

In the context of the models of prison organization, which of the following is true of the custodial model?

In the Elmira model, a grade 3 inmate:

Prisons reserved for the "worst of the worst" of America's corrections population are known as _____.

Identify a true statement about New York's Elmira Reformatory.

Compared to maximum-security prisons, medium-security prisons:

Which of the following is true of the classification process of inmates?

In the context of decarceration, which of the following strategies has California been implementing since the early 2000s to reduce the state's prison inmate population?

According to political scientist John DiIulio, order can be defined as:

In comparison with federal prisons, state prisons hold relatively few violent felons, because relatively few state laws involve violent crime.

Identify a true statement about pretrial detainees.

In the context of political scientist John DiIulio's beliefs about prison management, which of the following is an advantage of the services offered in correctional facilities?

Which of the following is true of the Pennsylvania system of prison?

Which of the following is a negative consequence of America's high rates of incarceration?