Exam 7: Prisons and the Correctional Client

The number of sexual assault allegations in prisons has ______ from 2011 to 2015.

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the Western world.

The most common basis for prison gang structure and membership is ______.

Jails and prisons consider gang membership when making decisions about ______.

The value of imprisonment is dependent on its ability to achieve retribution.

Research on prison subcultures focuses on ______.

Imprisoning someone achieves the correctional goal of ______.

A group of inmates begin destroying property and causing fights in a prison in order to protest the poor living conditions and overcrowding. These inmates are engaging in ______ violence.

Research suggests that the first prison gang may have been in the New Jersey State Prison in the ______.

An inmate is incarcerated in a state prison. Which type of crime has he most likely been convicted of?

Which of the following individuals is most likely to be the victim of sexual violence in prison?

Which type of inmate is likely to be the costliest for a state?

What factor has made the United States reconsider how it uses prisons?

Elderly inmates comprise a shrinking minority of the prison population.

According to Sykes, prison inmates are motivated to deviate from prison rules in order to ______.