Exam 8: Classification and Custody Levels

As correctional facilities become more crowded, __________ decisions play a more significant role.

Identify the four goals of classification systems.

Offender classification is expected to totally eliminate prison violence.

In the past decade, prison systems have experienced increased pressures to improve their system of classifying inmates according to three areas. Which area is not one of the three?

Discuss the first actual classification system for offenders. Identify who implemented the system, the name of the system, and the specific phases of classification.

Who usually conducts the initial classification of an offender sentenced to prison?

Differential association theory is the premise behind most classification programs that seek to separate low-risk inmates from high-risk inmates?

The custody level of inmates refers to the type of physical barriers that are utilized to prevent their escape.

Which commission called for improved classification systems as a means of creating better treatment programs to reshape inmate behavior?

The first stage of this classification system placed the convict in segregated confinement with work and training being provided to the offender.

Sexual harassment from other inmates is a reason why an inmate may be placed into ___________.