Exam 13: Corrections: History, Institutions, and Populations

CASE 13.2 Three brothers are arrested over a seven-year period for three different crimes. The oldest brother, James, was arrested for second-degree murder and was sentenced to twenty years in prison. John, the second brother, was arrested for drug possession and was sentenced to thirteen months in prison. Jason, the youngest, was arrested for grand larceny and is currently serving four to seven years in prison. Given this information, answer the following questions. -John would most likely serve his time in a:

Under which of the following systems did officials sell the labor of inmates to private organizations for use inside or outside the prison

About 80% of the U.S. noncriminal population have their high school diploma, as compared with only _________________ percent of the correctional population.

A type of prison in which cells are located along corridors in the multiple layers or levels was called the ___________________.

Explain what is meant by "new-generation jails."

Overcrowding of English prisons forced inmates onto floating barges, called _______________

The concept of incarcerating convicted offenders for long periods of time as a punishment became norm in corrections during which century

The first American jail was built in which city in the early seventeenth century

Jail conditions vary greatly across counties, as there are currently no unified national policies dictating the terms under which jails must be run.

Discuss the early history of corrections in England and how this helped shape the American correctional system currently in place today.

New-generation jails offer both _____________ and __________________ supervision.

Zebulon Brockway is most known for his work at the Elmira Reformatory.

By 1927, only three U.S. states did not have some kind of parole option.

After the 1770s, which country became the destination for "transported" English prisoners

The birthplace of the modern prison system and the Pennsylvania system of confinement was at:

The use of modern designs to improve effectiveness in jails has led to the creation of _________________ jails.

Which state created the first parole agency in 1884

In terms of jail, the current rate of incarceration is about 500 inmates for every 100,000 U.S. citizens.

Research has found a correlation between increases in the prison population and decreases in the crime rate.

__________________________ was a key originator of the American correctional system in Pennsylvania in the seventeenth century.