Question 1

The first reformatory was named __________ Reformatory.

Accepted Answer

A)  Elmira 
B)  Brockway 
C)  Walnut Street 
D)  Auburn

Question 2

Which states are the "Big Four" in corrections?

Accepted Answer

A)  California, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ohio 
B)  California, New York, Texas, and Florida 
C)  Pennsylvania, Colorado, Ohio, and Florida 
D)  Texas, Virginia, Colorado, and California

Question 3

Banishment was the punishment most often used in lieu of capital punishment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Corporal punishment was a common form of state punishment. Provide a definition of corporal punishment. Name at least three forms of corporal punishment and describe their purpose.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Corporal punishment was a common form of...

Question 5

The _______________ system was an early prison system requiring inmate silence, individual cells, and inmate labor within those cells.

Accepted Answer

A)  New York 
B)  Philadelphia 
C)  Auburn 
D)  Pennsylvania

Question 6

What was the Church's early equivalent to a legal proceeding?

Accepted Answer

A)  Secular trial 
B)  Trial by redemption 
C)  Trial by intervention 
D)  Trial by ordeal

Question 7

Who is recognized as the founder of the classical school of criminology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jeremy Bentham 
B)  Cesare Beccaria 
C)  William Penn 
D)  Francois Voltaire

Question 8

Maconochie's principles are often referred to as the __________ system.

Accepted Answer

A)  mark 
B)  determinate 
C)  check 
D)  reformatory

Question 9

Ultimately, the Auburn system was the model that states adopted due to economic advantages over the Pennsylvania system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following philosophers developed the hedonistic calculus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cesare Beccaria 
B)  John Howard 
C)  Jeremy Bentham 
D)  Francois Voltaire

Question 11

The legal basis for lex talionis is the desire for revenge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: Early History of Punishment and the Development of Prisons in the United States

The first reformatory was named __________ Reformatory.

Which states are the "Big Four" in corrections?

Banishment was the punishment most often used in lieu of capital punishment.

Corporal punishment was a common form of state punishment. Provide a definition of corporal punishment. Name at least three forms of corporal punishment and describe their purpose.

The _______________ system was an early prison system requiring inmate silence, individual cells, and inmate labor within those cells.

What was the Church's early equivalent to a legal proceeding?

Who is recognized as the founder of the classical school of criminology?

Maconochie's principles are often referred to as the __________ system.

Ultimately, the Auburn system was the model that states adopted due to economic advantages over the Pennsylvania system.

Which of the following philosophers developed the hedonistic calculus?

The legal basis for lex talionis is the desire for revenge.