Exam 12: Corrections Issues and Practices

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In the past,most prison systems never used a highly subjective system of classifying inmates.

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When founded in the early 1980s,the goal of shock incarceration was to reduce:

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Security needs of inmates are classified in terms of:

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The two types of intensive supervision in probation and parole are those that stress:

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To date,the Vermont Department of Corrections is the only state making ___________ available throughout its prison system.

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It is extremely important for therapeutic community drug-abusing inmates to obtain aftercare upon release.

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Wolff and Shi also found that inmate-on-inmate physical and sexual assault incidents most often involved attackers with a _________ _______and with whom the victim was acquainted.

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"Three-strikes" laws refer to:

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The U.S.Supreme Court decided _____________________,which held that the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits juveniles who commit non-homicide crimes from being sentenced to life without parole (LWOP).

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Discuss several issues involving the incarceration of mentally ill inmates.

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Day Reporting Centers in Waukesha County,Wisconsin?

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Which of the following demands by hostage takers is nonnegotiable?

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Arguments against issuing condoms to prison inmates do not include which one of the following?

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In 2012 the Court,combining two cases,ruled that the ___________ ___________also prohibits sentencing any juvenile offender who commits a murder to serve a term of LWOP sentence.

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A critical element of emergency planning in corrections is a use-of-force policy,which should cover which of the following?

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Housing needs of inmates can involve the grouping of inmates into three broad categories:

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The second level of response is the traditional CRT,which is composed of staff from all job specialties who train in riot control formations and use of defensive equipment.

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The most recent development in classification is unit management,in which a large prison population is subdivided into several mini-institutions analogous to a city and its neighborhoods.

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