Question 1

According to Hepburn (1985), which type of power is based on inmate perceptions that prison officers have the capacity to punish prisoner disobedience?

Accepted Answer

A)  Legitimate 
B)  Coercive 
C)  Reward 
D)  Expert

Question 2

The number of state and federal prison inmates on December 31, 2014 totaled:

Accepted Answer

A)  1,462,589 
B)  1,561,500 
C)  1,685,978 
D)  2,854,635

Question 3

prisons adopt many of the practices found in maximum security, such as head counts and a high level of supervision and guarding.

Accepted Answer

A)  Maximum security 
B)  Supermax 
C)  Medium security 
D)  Minimum security

Question 4

According to Hepburn (1985), which type of power involves officers who are invested with authority to command as a result of their position as a guard of prisoners?

Accepted Answer

A)  Legitimate 
B)  Coercive 
C)  Reward 
D)  Expert

Question 5

Recruits unable to adapt to prison values and compete the process of socialization were subject to ostracism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

When prison guard recruits as a whole were asked to respond to hypothetical dilemmas involving inmates, most approved of a guard acting in a manner toward inmates.

Accepted Answer

A)  Retributive 
B)  Sympathetic 
C)  Callous 
D)  Empathetic

Question 7

The most common occasion for such violence was within an inmate's cell block at a time when he was about to be removed from segregation.

Accepted Answer

A)  Power 
B)  Provoked 
C)  Compliant 
D)  Rewarded

Question 8

The notion that an inmate subculture exists was first proposed by:

Accepted Answer

The answer of The notion that an inmate subculture exists...

Question 9

Warden Joe Ragen sought to make Stateville the world's most prison.

Accepted Answer

A)  Controlling 
B)  Orderly 
C)  Clean 
D)  Punitive

Question 10

Which of the following is not one of Kauffman's (1988) five types of guard attitudes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Polyannas 
B)  Black hats 
C)  Hard asses 
D)  Burnouts

Question 11

As a result of activism and the social activism of the late 1960s, many inmates, especially minorities, were provided with a political rhetoric and ideology that radicalized prisons.

Accepted Answer

A)  Judicial 
B)  Prosecutorial 
C)  Inmate 
D)  Celebrity

Question 12

What is a major argument in favor of the supermax model?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is a major argument in favor...

Question 13

Lombardo (1989) developed a typography of prison officer authority comprising personal authority and authority.

Accepted Answer

A)  Referent 
B)  Legalistic 
C)  Compliance 
D)  Rewards

Question 14

Minimum security inmates are generally:

Accepted Answer

A)  Nonviolent 
B)  First time offenders 
C)  White-collar criminals 
D)  All of the above

Question 15

Those professing a belief in authority as well as those favoring legalistic authority agreed that full enforcement of institutional regulations would effectively cause the institution to cease operating because all inmates would be forever locked down for rule violations.

Accepted Answer

A)  Personal 
B)  Legalistic 
C)  Compliance 
D)  Rewards

Exam 7: Ethics in Corrections: the Nature of Corrections the Prison Explosion

According to Hepburn (1985) , which type of power is based on inmate perceptions that prison officers have the capacity to punish prisoner disobedience?