Exam 2: PART A: Correctional History

Bentham believed that his creation, the panopticon, would greatly enhance the management of inmates by melding which two ideas?

William the Conqueror founded ______.

______ was a Quaker who sought to reform English prisons, advocating improved conditions for women inmates.

A relatively constant theme in corrections over the past few centuries has been ______.

Discuss the main themes underlying correctional practice.

Discuss the differences and similarities between colonial jails/prisons and those in Europe.

During the Colonial era, England ______.

In 1831, which pair came to America, intending to study the newly minted prison system?

The practice of using privatized sentences exiling convicts and sending them to a penal colony was called ______.

Discuss the history of galley slavery from its first uses to its end, as well as the rationale behind it.

The Tower of London was used as a prison as far back as ______.

Which is a form of punishment in which those convicted were forced to work as rowers on ships?

The Protestant Church had its greatest influence on punishment in the Middle Ages.

The Black Act ______.

One of the earliest American makeshift prisons--Newgate prison in Simsbury, Connecticut--started as a ______.

In ancient Rome, capitis diminutio maxima involved the ______.

Jeremy Bentham ______.

One early purpose of the correctional system was to remove the "riffraff" from the streets.

The Progressive period spelled out major changes in correctional reform and gave rise to such great thinkers as Cesare Beccaria.

What are bridewells and what was the rationale behind their creation?