Question 1

In 2010, approximately what percentage of all state prisons did private contractors operate?

Accepted Answer

A)  5% 
B)  10% 
C)  20% 
D)  30% 
A)  5% 
B)  10% 
C)  20% 
D)  30% B

Question 2

Approximately what percentage of the state prison population is black?

Accepted Answer

A)  12% 
B)  29% 
C)  43% 
D)  72% 
A)  12% 
B)  29% 
C)  43% 
D)  72% C

Question 3

Research shows that private prison executives are paid 100 to 200 times more per year than the heads of state departments of correction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

What was the approximate total amount spent on state and federal prisons in the United States in 2010?

Accepted Answer

A)  $10 billion 
B)  $50 billion 
C)  $100 billion 
D)  $500 billion 
A)  $10 billion 
B)  $50 billion 
C)  $100 billion 
D)  $500 billion

Question 5

During which of the following decades was the medical model a popular theory of institutional corrections?

Accepted Answer

A)  1920s and 1930s 
B)  1940s and 1950s 
C)  1960s and 1970s 
D)  1980s and 1990s 
A)  1920s and 1930s 
B)  1940s and 1950s 
C)  1960s and 1970s 
D)  1980s and 1990s

Question 6

According to information in your textbook, many communities, desperate for economic development, offered to help fund private-prison companies through tax breaks, infrastructure subsidies, and other benefits. Research has shown that taxpayers subsidized 78% of Corrections Corporation of America's and 69% of Wackenhut's (now GEO's) prisons.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following has NOT been found about private correctional facilities?

Accepted Answer

A)  They can be constructed and opened more quickly than public correctional facilities. 
B)  The quality of services and programs is frequently superior to those in public correctional facilities. 
C)  Privatization can substantially increase legal liability costs of operating prisons and jails. 
D)  Prisoners in private facilities have a broader array of legal remedies when challenging conditions of confinement than prisoners in public facilities. 
A)  They can be constructed and opened more quickly than public correctional facilities. 
B)  The quality of services and programs is frequently superior to those in public correctional facilities. 
C)  Privatization can substantially increase legal liability costs of operating prisons and jails. 
D)  Prisoners in private facilities have a broader array of legal remedies when challenging conditions of confinement than prisoners in public facilities.

Question 8

Fewer than half of state prison inmates were employed in the month preceding their arrests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In the convict lease system, counties and states leased thousands of mostly black prisoners to private individuals and companies to work and die in cotton fields, mines, and forests of the Deep South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

At the end of 2012, the BOP operated more than 100 institutions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What was the approximate average annual cost of incarceration per prison inmate in 2010?

Accepted Answer

A)  $14,000 
B)  $29,000 
C)  $38,000 
D)  $52,000 
A)  $14,000 
B)  $29,000 
C)  $38,000 
D)  $52,000

Question 12

According to recent Justice Department research, more than half of all prison and jail inmates have a mental health problem-that is, symptoms of mania, major depression, or a psychotic disorder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following jurisdictions had the largest average daily jail population at mid-year 2010?

Accepted Answer

A)  Los Angeles County, CA 
B)  New York City, NY 
C)  Harris County, TX 
D)  Cook County, IL 
A)  Los Angeles County, CA 
B)  New York City, NY 
C)  Harris County, TX 
D)  Cook County, IL

Question 14

In 2010, what percentage of all state adult prisons were for both men and women?

Accepted Answer

A)  5% 
B)  10% 
C)  15% 
D)  20% 
A)  5% 
B)  10% 
C)  15% 
D)  20%

Question 15

At the end of 2010, what type of facility held the largest percentage of state prison inmates?

Accepted Answer

A)  maximum security 
B)  medium security 
C)  minimum security 
D)  "high/close" 
A)  maximum security 
B)  medium security 
C)  minimum security 
D)  "high/close"

Question 16

At year-end 2010, more than half of state prison inmates were serving sentences for violent offenses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Department of Homeland Security's Office of the Inspector General reported in its "Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Performance Plan"
that approximately 300,000 to 450,000 criminal aliens are incarcerated in federal, state, county, and local correctional facilities at an estimated cost of at least $18.6 million a day or nearly $7 billion a year.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What was the approximate number of people under the supervision of local jails at mid-year 2011?

Accepted Answer

A)  200,000 
B)  400,000 
C)  800,000 
D)  1,500,000 
A)  200,000 
B)  400,000 
C)  800,000 
D)  1,500,000

Question 19

The state and federal prison population declined for the second consecutive year in 2011.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

At the beginning of 2012, how many states held prison inmates in privately operated facilities?

Accepted Answer

A)  6 
B)  13 
C)  22 
D)  31 
A)  6 
B)  13 
C)  22 
D)  31

In 2010, approximately what percentage of all state prisons did private contractors operate?

Approximately what percentage of the state prison population is black?

Research shows that private prison executives are paid 100 to 200 times more per year than the heads of state departments of correction.

What was the approximate total amount spent on state and federal prisons in the United States in 2010?

During which of the following decades was the medical model a popular theory of institutional corrections?

Which of the following has NOT been found about private correctional facilities?

Fewer than half of state prison inmates were employed in the month preceding their arrests.

In the convict lease system, counties and states leased thousands of mostly black prisoners to private individuals and companies to work and die in cotton fields, mines, and forests of the Deep South.

At the end of 2012, the BOP operated more than 100 institutions.

What was the approximate average annual cost of incarceration per prison inmate in 2010?

According to recent Justice Department research, more than half of all prison and jail inmates have a mental health problem-that is, symptoms of mania, major depression, or a psychotic disorder.

Which of the following jurisdictions had the largest average daily jail population at mid-year 2010?

In 2010, what percentage of all state adult prisons were for both men and women?

At the end of 2010, what type of facility held the largest percentage of state prison inmates?

At year-end 2010, more than half of state prison inmates were serving sentences for violent offenses.

What was the approximate number of people under the supervision of local jails at mid-year 2011?

The state and federal prison population declined for the second consecutive year in 2011.

At the beginning of 2012, how many states held prison inmates in privately operated facilities?

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Exam 10: Institutional Corrections

In 2010, approximately what percentage of all state prisons did private contractors operate?

Approximately what percentage of the state prison population is black?

Research shows that private prison executives are paid 100 to 200 times more per year than the heads of state departments of correction.

What was the approximate total amount spent on state and federal prisons in the United States in 2010?

During which of the following decades was the medical model a popular theory of institutional corrections?

Which of the following has NOT been found about private correctional facilities?

Fewer than half of state prison inmates were employed in the month preceding their arrests.

In the convict lease system, counties and states leased thousands of mostly black prisoners to private individuals and companies to work and die in cotton fields, mines, and forests of the Deep South.

At the end of 2012, the BOP operated more than 100 institutions.

What was the approximate average annual cost of incarceration per prison inmate in 2010?

According to recent Justice Department research, more than half of all prison and jail inmates have a mental health problem-that is, symptoms of mania, major depression, or a psychotic disorder.

Which of the following jurisdictions had the largest average daily jail population at mid-year 2010?

In 2010, what percentage of all state adult prisons were for both men and women?

At the end of 2010, what type of facility held the largest percentage of state prison inmates?

At year-end 2010, more than half of state prison inmates were serving sentences for violent offenses.

What was the approximate number of people under the supervision of local jails at mid-year 2011?

The state and federal prison population declined for the second consecutive year in 2011.

At the beginning of 2012, how many states held prison inmates in privately operated facilities?

Crime and Justice in the United States

Crime and Its Consequences

Explaining Crime

The Rule of Law

History and Structure of American Law Enforcement

Policing: Roles, Styles, and Functions

Policing America: Issues and Ethics

The Administration of Justice

Sentencing, Appeals, and the Death Penalty

Prison Life, Inmate Rights, Release, and Recidivism

Community Corrections

Juvenile Justice

The Future of Criminal Justice in the United States

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