Exam 14: Behind Bars: The Life of an Inmate

The practice of separating inmates based on a certain characteristic, such as age, gender, type of crime committed, or race is called __________.

Many of the procedures and issues of parole supervision are similar to those of probation supervision.

In Whitley v. Albers, the Supreme Court held that the use of force by prison officials violates an inmate's Eighth Amendment protections only if the force amounts to "the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain."

In most localities, the correctional agent assigned the responsibility of supervising parolees is called a:

The deprivation model can be used to explain the high level of prison violence, because the stressful and oppressive conditions of prison life lead to aggressive behavior on the part of inmates.

The majority of parolees successfully complete their parole.

A ______________ program allows for the temporary release of convicted offeners from prison for purposes of employment.

_______________ is the practice of separating inmates based on certain characteristics, such as age, gender, race, gang affiliation, or type of crime committed.

Which of the following is true regarding the concept of the total institution?

According to Irwin, which of the following is NOT one of the patterns of inmate behavior that driven by the inmate's personality and values?