Exam 13: Corrections

A ____ is an institution intended to punish criminals by isolating them from society and from one another so they can reflect on their past misdeeds, repent, and reform.

The states in the northeast part of the United States have shown the largest increase in prison populations.

The period of history when philosophers and reformers challenged the prison tradition with new ideas about the individual, limits of government, and rationalism was called the

The _____ model of corrections is based on the assumption that criminal behavior is caused by biological influences.

Discuss two landmark cases in which constitutional rights were extended to prisoners? Do you think that prisoners have too many rights (after all, once incarcerated, you lose many rights along with your freedom)?

Correctional programs are operated by which level of government?

Which would be a reason for  the growth in the prison population?

The Declaration of Principles urged that prisons should operate according to a philosophy of inmate punishment.

There is no "real difference" between jails and prisons.

State correctional facilities are classified according to the

About half  of incarcerated persons are men.

Jodi is serving a 5-year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.  She is incarcerated in the only institution for females in the state.  Jodi feels as though her constitutional rights have been trampled on several times, especially when they search her cell.  Jodi feels that the correctional officers do not treat the inmates properly, and she has had enough.  She plans to attempt to file a lawsuit. Jodi is most likely serving her sentence in which of the following facilities?

A model that was based on the assumption that the goal of corrections should be to reintegrate the offender into the community is referred to as the ________ model.

Parolees have a limited right to an attorney than do probationers.

Which of the following signaled a new round of reform in prisons by focusing on the goal of punishment as the moral regeneration of criminals?

Jodi is serving a 5-year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.  She is incarcerated in the only institution for females in the state.  Jodi feels as though her constitutional rights have been trampled on several times, especially when they search her cell.  Jodi feels that the correctional officers do not treat the inmates properly, and she has had enough.  She plans to attempt to file a lawsuit. Jodi feels that her Fourth Amendment rights have been violated due to the searches of her cell.  According to ____, Jodi does not have a case.

Describe the direction of community corrections.

 ______ is a model of corrections based on the goal of reintegrating the offender into the community.

Throughout the history of the United States, ideas about punishment have remained roughly the same.

In 1982, President Ronald Reagan's declaration against drugs was referred to as the