Exam 1: Early History of Punishment and the Development of Prisons in the United States

The first reformatory was named __________ Reformatory.

Which states are the "Big Four" in corrections?

Banishment was the punishment most often used in lieu of capital punishment.

Corporal punishment was a common form of state punishment. Provide a definition of corporal punishment. Name at least three forms of corporal punishment and describe their purpose.

The _______________ system was an early prison system requiring inmate silence, individual cells, and inmate labor within those cells.

What was the Church's early equivalent to a legal proceeding?

Who is recognized as the founder of the classical school of criminology?

Maconochie's principles are often referred to as the __________ system.

Ultimately, the Auburn system was the model that states adopted due to economic advantages over the Pennsylvania system.

Which of the following philosophers developed the hedonistic calculus?

The legal basis for lex talionis is the desire for revenge.