Deck 9: Special Offenders

Question 1

For which of the following types of offenders has the BOP developed supermax prisons?

A) violent offenders
B) juvenile offenders
C) sex offenders
D) aging offenders

Answer 1

violent offenders

Question 2

Which of the following is one of the three variations of the legal process of transferring juvenile offenders to adult court?

A) civil commitment
B) containment
C) statutory exclusion
D) plea bargain

Answer 2

statutory exclusion

Question 3

Which of the following is a form of incarceration in which juveniles handled by adult courts are placed in adult prisons with no separate housing or differentiation in programming or job assignments?

A) straight adult incarceration
B) graduated incarceration
C) juvenile incarceration
D) segregated incarceration

Answer 3

straight adult incarceration

Question 4

What dual problem do mentally ill inmates represent in jails and prisons?

A) clothing and visitation
B) control and treatment
C) programs and parole
D) housing and feeding

Question 5

What are mentally ill inmates more likely to have than other inmates?

A) infectious diseases
B) disciplinary problems
C) general health issues
D) visitors

Question 6

Compared to other offenders, what are mentally ill inmates more likely to do?

A) use illicit drugs
B) recidivate
C) rehabilitate
D) discontinue medication

Question 7

Which of the following provide for the management and secure control of inmates designated as violent or seriously disruptive in other prisons?

A) private prisons
B) mental institutions
C) punishment cells
D) supermax prisons

Question 8

The triangle of supervision used in the containment model to manage sex offenders includes ________.

A) treatment to teach sex offenders to develop internal control over deviant thoughts
B) castration of those convicted of pedophilia
C) increasing public awareness and providing the public with accurate information about sex offenders
D) mandatory drug treatment to reduce the sex drive

Question 9

Which was the first supermax prison in the United States?

A) Pelican Bay
B) Leavenworth
C) Alcatraz
D) USP Marion

Question 10

What is the dominant feature of the supermax prison?

A) drug and alcohol abuse programs
B) work programs
C) security
D) rehabilitative programs

Question 11

Why do some states use supermax prisons for inmates who have not committed a violent act in prison?

A) to control overcrowding in regular prisons
B) to better control mentally ill inmates
C) to protect elderly and juvenile inmates
D) to reduce gang activity

Question 12

What is one of the functions that supermax prisons serve in regard to prison violence?

A) the control of very violent inmates
B) the discouraging of violence in regular society
C) the control of violence specifically among drug offenders
D) the punishment of even marginally violent inmates

Question 13

Which of the following is included in the "comprehensive approach" toward sex offenders?

A) victim centeredness
B) castration
C) incarceration
D) polygraph examinations

Question 14

Who are the primary victims of sexual assaults?

A) the mentally ill
B) females
C) juveniles
D) the elderly

Question 15

In order to protect the public, state legislatures have been passing laws defining a new type of mental disorder that allows diagnosis of sex offenders as ________.

A) serial predators
B) sexually violent predators
C) schizophrenic
D) mentally ill

Question 16

Which of the following is the first U.S. Supreme Court case to support the civil commitment of sexually violent predators as long as specific requirements were followed?

A) Selling v. Young
B) Kansas v. Crane
C) Selling v. Hendricks
D) Kansas v. Hendricks

Question 17

For the purpose of treating a sex offender, how long can a state commit an offender to an institution?

A) six months
B) two years
C) indefinitely
D) three months

Question 18

When treating a sex offender under civil commitment, which of the following is expected?

A) Other facility residents can be a mix of civil commitments and criminals.
B) Treatment need not be geared toward release of the resident.
C) Confinement is in a nonpunitive setting.
D) Comprehensive treatment programs are not essential.

Question 19

Which condition has declined over the past few years, from 2.3 percent of the prison population in 1995 to 1.3 percent in 2015?

A) drug abuse
B) HIV/AIDS
C) Hepatitis C
D) tuberculosis

Question 20

The state and federal prison systems screen inmates for tuberculosis ________.

A) in the event of the inmate's showing symptoms of the disease
B) after a year into incarceration
C) at the time of the individual's admission to the prison
D) every month at regular intervals

Question 21

Which of the following diseases is most commonly spread through the bloodstream as a result of drug users sharing needles?

A) AIDS
B) tuberculosis
C) pneumonia
D) Hepatitis C

Question 22

What is the most commonly detected drug for individuals who are booked into jail and test positive for drugs?

A) heroin
B) methamphetamine
C) cocaine
D) marijuana

Question 23

Approximately what percent of state prisoners who met the criteria for drug dependence or abuse received some type of drug treatment while in prison?

A) 6%
B) 18%
C) 29%
D) 77%

Question 24

What is the most critical, expensive, and difficult issue related to the aging prisoner population?

A) increased health care needs of elderly inmates
B) building housing units for elderly inmates
C) the movement of elderly inmates around the prison
D) violence against elderly inmates

Question 25

________ inmates are one of the most vulnerable populations in a correctional facility, and are likely to be marginalized if the many issues around their management are not identified and dealt with proactively

A) Drug abusing
B) Elderly
C) Transgender
D) Violent

Question 26

The legal process for transferring juveniles to the adult court system varies from state to state, primarily focusing on who has the discretion to make the transfer or waiver decision.

Question 27

Correctional officials encourage the housing of juvenile offenders in prisons with older adult felons.

Question 28

Not all drug offenders are drug addicts, or even drug users.

Question 29

According to U.S. government statistics, illegal drug use has been in general decline between 1979 and 2015.

Question 30

Drug abuse programs are not particularly important in prisons.

Question 31

It is important to provide drug treatment to offenders on probation.

Question 32

All drug treatment programs are effective with all types of abusers.

Question 33

Antipsychotic drugs provided a humane alternative to the deleterious placement of patients in the old state mental hospitals, where patients often had little to do and received minimal treatment.

Question 34

Mentally ill offenders are more likely to recidivate than other offenders.

Question 35

Mentally ill offenders are generally deterred by typical punishment.

Question 36

Prisons are designed and operational processes created specifically to hold young and physically active inmates.

Question 37

A small percentage of inmates are truly violent and predatory and continue violent acts while in prison.

Question 38

Offenders convicted of rape and sexual assaults have lower recidivism rates than other violent offenders.

Question 39

States have practiced the civil commitment of sexually violent predators to mental institutions since the early 1900s.

Question 40

Civil commitment statutes are designed to keep sexual predators in the community after they have completed their maximum criminal sentence.

Question 41

Since there is usually little likelihood of individuals contracting HIV/AIDS through casual or chance contact, the disease is not a serious concern for correctional agencies.

Question 42

HIV/AIDS is not distributed evenly throughout the prison population.

Question 43

All state and federal prison systems screen inmates for tuberculosis at intake.

Question 44

________ offenders are those whose circumstances, conditions, or behaviors require management or treatment outside the normal approach to supervision.

Question 45

________ sentencing is a middle ground between juvenile and adult sentences that allows judges to choose from a broad array of both juvenile and adult sanctions.

Question 46

A form of incarceration in which juveniles handled by adult courts are placed in adult prisons without separate housing or differentiation in programming or job assignments is called ________ adult incarceration.

Question 47

________ incarceration is a system in which juveniles handled by adult courts are placed in juvenile facilities until they reach age eighteen, and then are transferred to an adult prison to complete the sentence.

Question 48

In ________ incarceration, juveniles handled by adult courts are assigned to an adult prison, yet are housed separately and placed in special programs that match their age level and needs.

Question 49

The gathering of data within forty-eight hours of arrest from individuals regarding their substance abuse is called ________ drug abuse monitoring.

Question 50

________ drugs are given to mentally ill individuals to counteract the symptoms of their mental illness, allowing them to live successfully in the community.

Question 51

________ psychologists do all the things associated with clinical psychology, only they do them in a correctional setting.

Question 52

________ prisons are freestanding prisons or distinct units within other prisons that manage and securely control inmates who have been designated as violent or seriously disruptive in other prisons.

Question 53

The 1985 federal court decision in the case of Bruscino v. Carlson set forth that the ________ of inmates at the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, did not violate the Constitution.

Question 54

________ offenders are those who have committed a legally prohibited sexual act or any crime that is statutorily defined as sexually motivated.

Question 55

Someone who is sexually attracted to and molests children is a(n) ________.

Question 56

The ________ model is an approach to managing sex offenders that includes treatment to develop internal control over deviant thoughts, supervision and surveillance to control external behaviors, and polygraph exams to monitor conformance.

Question 57

Human ________ virus attacks the body's immune system, increasing the chance of infection and other disease.

Question 58

________ is carried in the dried residue of drops left from sneezes, coughs, laughing, or spitting.

Question 59

________ C is the most common blood-borne illness in the United States and is a serious problem among criminal offenders.

Question 60

Match the term with the description of the appropriate .

-Blended sentence

A) A middle ground between juvenile and adult sentences that allows judges to choose from a broad array of both juvenile and adult sanctions
B) A form of incarceration in which juveniles handled by adult courts are assigned to an adult prison, yet they are housed separately and placed in specialized educational, vocational, life skills training, and substance abuse programs that meet their age and needs
C) A system in which juveniles handled by adult courts are placed in juvenile facilities until they reach the age of eighteen; they are then transferred to an adult prison to complete the sentence
D) A form of incarceration in which juveniles handled by adult courts are placed in adult prisons with no separate housing or differentiation in programming or job assignments

Question 61

Match the term with the description of the appropriate .

-Straight adult incarceration

A) A middle ground between juvenile and adult sentences that allows judges to choose from a broad array of both juvenile and adult sanctions
B) A form of incarceration in which juveniles handled by adult courts are assigned to an adult prison, yet they are housed separately and placed in specialized educational, vocational, life skills training, and substance abuse programs that meet their age and needs
C) A system in which juveniles handled by adult courts are placed in juvenile facilities until they reach the age of eighteen; they are then transferred to an adult prison to complete the sentence
D) A form of incarceration in which juveniles handled by adult courts are placed in adult prisons with no separate housing or differentiation in programming or job assignments

Question 62

Match the term with the description of the appropriate .

-Graduated incarceration

A) A middle ground between juvenile and adult sentences that allows judges to choose from a broad array of both juvenile and adult sanctions
B) A form of incarceration in which juveniles handled by adult courts are assigned to an adult prison, yet they are housed separately and placed in specialized educational, vocational, life skills training, and substance abuse programs that meet their age and needs
C) A system in which juveniles handled by adult courts are placed in juvenile facilities until they reach the age of eighteen; they are then transferred to an adult prison to complete the sentence
D) A form of incarceration in which juveniles handled by adult courts are placed in adult prisons with no separate housing or differentiation in programming or job assignments

Question 63

Match the term with the description of the appropriate .

-Segregated incarceration

A) A middle ground between juvenile and adult sentences that allows judges to choose from a broad array of both juvenile and adult sanctions
B) A form of incarceration in which juveniles handled by adult courts are assigned to an adult prison, yet they are housed separately and placed in specialized educational, vocational, life skills training, and substance abuse programs that meet their age and needs
C) A system in which juveniles handled by adult courts are placed in juvenile facilities until they reach the age of eighteen; they are then transferred to an adult prison to complete the sentence
D) A form of incarceration in which juveniles handled by adult courts are placed in adult prisons with no separate housing or differentiation in programming or job assignments

Question 64

Explain why the American prison population is getting older.

Question 65

Discuss the type and prevalence of treatment for mentally ill prisoners.

Question 66

Why are punitive measures ineffective in preventing recidivism of sex offenders?

Question 67

Explain how infectious diseases are a prominent issue in the corrections system.