Deck 14: The Corrections Experience for Staff

Question 1

From 1980s to 2008, there was almost what percentage increase in direct expenditures for corrections agencies?

A) 100%
B) 303%
C) 567%
D) 600%

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Police officers at both the state and local level are paid almost ______ more per year than correctional officers.

A) US$2,500
B) US$7,000
C) US$16,000
D) US$40,000

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The human service role of corrections workers is exemplified by which of the following activities?

A) Providing goods and services and advocating for offenders
B) Not becoming involved in offender rehabilitation and adjustment
C) Being a cynical and alienated keeper of inmates
D) Using brute force to control inmates

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The gender differences by level and type of facility very closely align with

A) pay differences.
B) benefit differences.
C) religious differences.
D) cultural differences.

Question 5

Which incident was stopped after only a few days due to unethical issues arising?

A) San Diego correctional experiment
B) Abu Ghraib scandal
C) Stanford prison experiment
D) Sadul Grabi scandal

Question 6

The typical correctional job ______ requirements for formal training or structured experience than other professions.

A) has more
B) has lesser
C) has equal
D) none of these

Question 7

Which of the following were identified as concerns regarding unionization for corrections personnel?

A) It limits the ability to fire incompetent people.
B) The contracts are too restrictive.
C) Incarceration rates go up to create jobs.
D) all of these

Question 8

By far most employees of state and local governments are employed in ______.

A) education
B) hospitals
C) police
D) all of these

Question 9

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the difference in pay for state and local unionized and nonunionized workers can go to a high of

A) $2
B) $4
C) $8
D) $12

Question 10

The majority of correctional officers work in

A) state and local facilities
B) federal and state facilities
C) federal and local facilities
D) local, state, and federal facilities

Question 11

_____, who are almost as likely to be female, are paid the least.

A) Federal correctional officers
B) Private-facility correctional officers
C) State correctional officers
D) Local-facility correctional officers

Question 12

The Stanford prison experiment took place in:

A) 1970
B) 1971
C) 1972
D) 1973

Question 13

Which of the following groups took place in the Stanford prison experiment?

A) Students
B) Police Officers
C) Corrections Officers
D) Average citizens

Question 14

The Abu Ghraib military prison is located in which of the following countries?

A) Turkey
B) Iraq
C) Egypt
D) Saudi Arabia

Question 15

Which of the following areindividual-level factor that can affect the correctional workplace?

A) Race
B) Age
C) Prior military service
D) all of these

Question 16

The Abu Ghraib scandal took place in:

A) 2000
B) 2004
C) 2008
D) 2012

Question 17

Which of the following was identified as one of the reasons cited why people who work in corrections might find it gratifying?

A) It is a booming industry.
B) People might want to make a difference in others' lives.
C) Those attracted to the work are curious about the human psyche.
D) all of these

Question 18

In 2005, what percentage of women worked in federal facilities?

A) 5%
B) 13%
C) 15%
D) 18%

Question 19

In 2005, what percentage of men worked in federal facilities?

A) 13%
B) 75%
C) 87%
D) 95%

Question 20

What term is used when referring to security staff in correctional facilities?

A) shire reeves
B) sheriffs
C) guards
D) correctional officers

Question 21

A profession is typified by which of the following characteristics?

A) prior educational attainment involving college
B) informal training
C) freelance and contract work
D) work that is guided on personal judgement

Question 22

Which of the following are more likely to earn a higher salary?

A) correctional officers and jailers
B) probation officers
C) treatment specialists
D) police and sheriffs

Question 23

Which of the following individuals is more likely to earn less than the others?

A) Christopher a sheriff
B) Fred a probation officer
C) Susan a jailer
D) Christine a police officer

Question 24

Which of the following are components of professionalization?

A) more education
B) more pay
C) more training
D) all of these

Question 25

The push to privative correctional and law enforcement work began in the

A) 1970s
B) 1980s
C) 1990s
D) 2000s

Question 26

Which of the following types of institutions generally has less cause for use of force?

A) minimum-security
B) medium-security
C) maximum-security
D) supermax

Question 27

A profession is typified by two characteristics.

Question 28

Many probation and parole officers must have a college degree or at least some college to qualify for the job.

Question 29

In the Abu Ghraib scandal of 2004, prisoners were tortured by mostly untrained "correctional officers."

Question 30

The typical correctional job has lesser requirements for formal training or structured experience.

Question 31

Police departments usually train new recruits from an average of 19 weeks.

Question 32

When a college degree is required for a job in corrections, it is specifically a criminal justice degree.

Question 33

As a means of preventing such abuses, correctional agencies will often adopt an ethics code

Question 34

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed and modified in 1976 to include gender.

Question 35

Correctional agencies do not typically have an upper age limit for hiring.

Question 36

Prior military experience is considered favorably by correctional agencies seeking to hire.

Question 37

Correctional officers working in a living unit in a medium security prison have similar role as probation officers working with lower level offenders in the community.

Question 38

Probation officers are in constant contact with court actors, prosecutors, police officers, and jail workers.

Question 39

Street-level bureaucrats are entry-level public sector workers with not enough work.

Question 40

Subcultural values in the correctional setting are likely to have an effect on what staff do.

Question 41

Correctional staff moved to unionize as a means of gaining power vis-à-vis administrators.

Question 42

The abuse of power is more likely to occur in environments where staff behavior is not supervised closely enough by administrators.

Question 43

Aiding your coworker and doing your work is an example of a positive subcultural value.

Question 44

What was the Stanford Prison Experiment?

Question 45

What was the Abu Ghraib scandal?

Question 46

Name four individual level factors that influence the correctional work place.

Question 47

Name the two main roles that staff can take when working in a correctional institution.

Question 48

Provide an example of a subcultural value that is likely to be expressed by an inmate.

Question 49

What is a street-level bureaucrat?

Question 50

Discuss and explain the ethical issues that arose during the Abu Ghraib scandal of 2004.

Question 51

What are the perceived benefits of correctional work?