Deck 9: After Conviction: The Problem of Prison

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a crime that one can be put into administrative detention for in China?

A)Murder
B)Theft
C)Rape
D)White collar crime

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which is the most commonly used sanctions for crimes in Japan?

A)Incarceration
B)Community Service
C)Fines
D)Shaming

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is the name of the agency in England that coordinates in 10 geographic regions the services of both the prison system and the probation service so inmates who are leaving prison are supervised and provided with the best release plan possible?

A)Independent monitoring boards
B)National Offender Management Service
C)Act on Penal Detention Facilities and Treatment of Inmates and Detainees
D)Volunteer Probation and Parole Offices

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the three features that strongly support the heavy use of rehabilitative philosophy in Germany?

A)Unique environmental conditions
B)Extensive work and training opportunities
C)Community integration programs
D)Isolation and meditation programs

Question 5

Which of the following is not one of the three key issues of concern within the Japanese prison system?

A)Lengthy incarceration terms
B)Cruel and inhumane reports of treatment of prisoners
C)Growing number of inmates who are member of gangs or organized crime groups
D)Growing number of inmates coming into prisons with drug abuse and mental health issues.

Question 6

History tells us that in 621 B.C a Greek magistrate and politician named __________ was known for his law setting that included the extensive use of the death sentence and other harsh punishments such as starvation, poisoning, and death by exposure.

Question 7

The use of arbitrary arrest and incarceration, torture, and corporal and capital punishment have been said to be common in both criminal and political cases in which of our model countries?

A)France
B)Germany
C)Japan
D)Saudi Arabia

Question 8

Which German legislation sets forth all of the principles and methods to be practiced in German correctional facilities.

A)The Prison Act of 1976
B)The Prison Act of 1776
C)The Post-Unification penal code of 1871
D)The Bavarian Code of 1813

Question 9

The goals of sentencing that prisons seem to achieve are:

A)Deterrence and incapacitation
B)Deterrence and rehabilitation
C)Retribution and incapacitation
D)Retribution and rehabilitation

Question 10

________________________ represent a way to bring outsiders into the prisons to help with problems of administration and discipline.

Question 11

One of the hallmarks of the American ___________________ of the early twentieth century was the interest in a new approach to corrections: rehabilitation of the individual offender by specialists in corrections.

Question 12

The crime control model assumes that criminal behavior can be controlled by:

A)Introspective therapy
B)More incarceration and strict supervision in the community
C)Implementation of more noncustodial sanctions
D)A regime of solitude

Question 13

In England, secular houses of correction that housed prostitutes, vagrants, debtors, and other minor criminals in the 1500's were called:

A)Bridewells
B)Gaol's
C)Maritime prison
D)Prisons

Question 14

Which of the following is not a noncustodial sanction available in France?

A)House arrest
B)Probation
C)Fines
D)Community service

Question 15

Dutch courts were believed to be the first to regularly substitute imprisonment for corporal punishments.The term used to describe this sentence was_______________, which included all forms of incarceration.

Question 16

In Germany ________________ allows inmates to receive private visits from their spouses and children for four hours every two months.

Question 17

In what federal case was it decided that prisoners could sue state officials over prison conditions, poor treatment, or the denial of basic rights in the United States?

A)Cooper v.Pate
B)Miranda v.Arizona
C)Roper v.Simmons
D)Minnenci v.Pollard

Question 18

Which of the following is not one of the issues that the Home Secretary Michael Howard addressed in England relative to the "Prison Works" slogan?

A)The rise in the use of custodial sanctions by courts
B)The increase in the length of sentences
C)The increase in the time served by those in remand prisons
D)The increase use of the death penalty as a deterrent

Question 19

Which one of our model countries may be the real leader in incarceration rates, but because of incomplete and questionable data we are unable to accurately assess or judge its imprisonment status?

A)France
B)Germany
C)China
D)Saudi Arabia

Question 20

An individual has been held in a correctional facility for the past three years for disturbing the public order.He has never had a trial.What country is this individual probably in?

A)France
B)China
C)Japan
D)Germany

Question 21

In the Middle Ages, prisons remained largely for minor offense and for those in debt, but the purpose of some prisons become expanded to include longer incarceration terms as punishment rather than awaiting punishment.

Question 22

In 1955 the ________________ developed what has become the most well-known of prison guidelines, the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners.

Question 23

Prison is not the conventional sentencing recourse in Saudi Arabia that it is in our other model countries, primarily because of the tendency to use other methods, such as __________________.

Question 24

Faced with high crime rates and high recidivism rates, criminal justice officials throughout the world, except for in the United States have turned to a crime control model.

Question 25

The American prison system developed in response to the arbitrary and cruel corporal punishments that were inflicted on offenders in previous eras in the hope that they would deter others from crime.

Question 26

Early European prisons were rarely called prisons; instead they were called dungeons, towers, or gaols.

Question 27

If we compare the use of noncustodial sanctions in England, France, and Germany, we can see that _________________ is clearly the leader in the use of such sanctions.

Question 28

Influenced by the progressive movement in the United States, some reformers in England are calling for more reliance on prison as a way of punishing offenders.

Question 29

_________________________ is a form of punishment in the People's Republic of China that allows authorities to impose fines and incarcerate people without the benefit of a trial and formal adjudication as criminals.

Question 30

__________________ is the single most pressing problem faced by prison systems across the world today.

Question 31

________________________ is both a policy and the name of the kind of correctional facility that incarcerates those who have administrative detention status in China.

Question 32

Prisons in China usually house the less dangerous inmates, including those with a sentence of a year or less.

Question 33

It is difficult to clearly understand the reasons for crowded prisons throughout the world because the problem is complicated by a combination of ____________________, ________________, and _________________ factors.

Question 34

One example of a unique rehabilitative program that is practiced in many Japanese correctional facilities is ____________, which is a method of therapy in which individuals use introspection to understand the impact of their behavior on others and that of others on themselves.

Question 35

Among the most controversial of the educational and reform methods used in Chinese correctional facilities are programs that promote _________________.

Question 36

One way in which the construction strategy has been advanced in the United States and,, more recently in other countries has been through the development of _________________, which are correctional institutions operated by private firms on behalf of governments.

Question 37

England and Wales have the highest number of inmates in Western and Northern Europe.

Question 38

The French have tried to deal with the problem of increasing incarceration rates through the office of juges de l' application des peines (corrections judges)

Question 39

German prisons are always located in extremely rural locations.

Question 40

In the postwar years, France moved from an emphasis on prison reform to a generally harsher philosophy on punishment.

Question 41

Discuss the three key issues of concern of the Japanese penal system.

Question 42

Discuss the two distinguishing features of the French penal system: proportion of pretrial detainees and the office of the correction judge.

Question 43

The United States is clearly the leader in incarceration rates.

Question 44

Discuss the placement of supranational criminals.

Question 45

The population reduction strategy calls for the use of prisons only for violent offenders who have not been deterred by other punishments.

Question 46

Discuss the three features that strongly support the rehabilitative philosophy of Germany.

Question 47

Proponents of the null strategy say that nothing should be done about prison overcrowding, in hopes that the conditions will become so deplorable that offenders will be deterred from committing crimes in order to stay away from prisons.

Question 48

Probation is called public surveillance in China, and it can be imposed from three months to two years and requires that the offender report regularly to the local public security agency.

Question 49

List the seven kinds of formal social control mechanisms in China.

Question 50

Discuss America's experience with incarceration.Be sure to include information regarding the progressive movement and the crime control model.

Question 51

In Japan, much like the Chinese system, offenders progress through a system that allows them more privileges and freedoms as they successfully serve their sentence.