Exam 7: The Clients of Adult Correctional Agencies

According to the 1974 federal court decision in ________ v. Leach, a disparity of programs for female inmates could not be justified just because the smaller number of female inmates made it more costly to provide program parity.

In terms of recidivism, rates for ________ offenders are high, yet are thought to be less than recidivism rates for comparable male offenders.

________ is the placement of offenders in prisons more secure than needed for their level of risk.

Which of the following decreases as prison security level increases?

Prison programs that help inmates improve their parenting skills, even while in prison, are called ________ programs.

Which of the following is a prison security level?

Girl Scouts Beyond ________ have their chapter based in a prison so inmates with children can participate as Scout parents.

Which offenses contributed to the most significant increase in the number of prison inmates?

The disproportionate numbers of minorities under correctional supervision have more to do with racism within the criminal justice system than with social factors influencing crime, race, and social class.

Inmates in prison who do NOT have any specific designation as a special type of offender are known as ________.

Match the female inmate programs with the appropriate category. -Child visitation and parent education

Match the female inmate programs with the appropriate category. -Substance abuse and mental health counseling

Corrections is more a manufacturing operation than about people managing correctional clients.

According to a 2014 study, approximately what percentage of women released in 2005 were returned to prison within three years of release?

Programs that help offenders reduce their likelihood of further abuse of alcohol or drugs are called substance ________ programs.

Prison systems are predominantly planned and administered around the management of male inmates.

Explain the concept of "age-blind" in regard to sentencing.

Objective classification systems developed for male offenders often "'overclassify" female offenders.

In 2015, males represented about what percentage of the violent crime arrests in the United States?

Match the female inmate programs with the appropriate category. -Training and prison industry