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Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Early Germanic law mandated that homicides be dealt with by the use of:
A)imprisonment.
B)rehabilitation.
C)blood feuds.
D)spiritual penances.
2
Monetary compensation for the unlawful killing of a person during the Middle Ages is referred to as:
A)a wergeld.
B)a tuchthuis.
C)bridewells.
D)a galley.
3
Which of the following punishment philosophies was not an instrumental part of Penn's law?
A)solitary confinement
B)death penalties
C)whippings
D)penitence and labor
4
Which of the following early prisons was designed as a round building to allow control of all the cells from a central location?
A)Walnut St. Jail
B)Auburn system
C)Western Penitentiary
D)Elmira Reformatory
5
Which academic discipline paved the way for the adoption of the medical treatment model of corrections following World War I?
A)sociology
B)psychology
C)philosophy
D)ecology
6
Which of the following events signaled the beginning of the prisoner's rights movement?
A)the ending of World War II
B)the assassination of John F. Kennedy
C)the Attica State Prison riot of 1971
D)the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980
7
Which of the following legal cases established the early "hands-off" doctrine, which held that courts do not have the right to enter the domain of penology?
A)Gore v. United States (1958)
B)Cooper v. Pate (1964)
C)Cruz v. Beto (1972)
D)Estelle v. Gamble (1976)
8
In which of the following U.S. prisons were eight correctional officers indicted for shooting 50 prisoners during gladiator-styled altercations between 1988 and 1998?
A)Attica
B)Leavenworth
C)Rikers Island
D)Corcoran State Prison
9
Which of the following incarceration facilities are commonly characterized as having the most inferior living conditions?
A)minimum security prisons
B)medium security prisons
C)jails
D)penitentiaries
10
Which of the following statements is correct concerning the correctional enterprise?
A)The number of women incarcerated has risen since 1981.
B)The incarceration rate for Whites is higher than for Blacks.
C)There are currently more persons in prison than those placed on probation in the U.S.
D)U.S. Jails house more prisoners than state and federal prisons.
11
What was the concern of a New York Times article written by Fox Butterfield concerning prisons?
A)the reduction of educational programs in correctional centers
B)America having more prisoners than college students
C)the notion that most prisoners have low levels of education
D)the privatization of prisons to reduce costs
12
Which of the following countries leads the world in imprisonment rates?
A)Russia
B)Japan
C)United States
D)Sweden
13
What is the average cost per year to house a prisoner in the United States, according to reports from prison officials?
A)$50,000
B)$40,000
C)$20,000
D)$10,000
14
Which of the following factors has not contributed to problem of prison overcrowding?
A)the number of inmates serving drug sentences tripled between 1990 and 1996
B)"three strikes and you're out" legislation
C)increasing media attention toward crime
D)the ageing of society
15
Many correctional systems having to deal with the psychological problems associated with deprivation of heterosexual relations have enacted:
A)conjugal visits.
B)"no tolerance" segregation policies.
C)inmate codes.
D)prisonization processes.
16
Where does the importation model suggest that inmates learn the values about prison subculture?
A)within the prison
B)values found on the streets outside the prison
C)from lost emotional relationships
D)from the deprivation of goods and services
17
Which type of correctional officer is characterized as having positive attitudes toward both inmates and other officers?
A)pollyannas
B)functionaries
C)hard asses
D)white hats
18
Which of the following prison rehabilitation programs has research suggested is the most successful in reducing recidivism?
A)biomedical treatment
B)work programs
C)counseling programs
D)college educational programs
19
Which of the following percentages reflect the number of female inmates that are mothers?
A)76 percent
B)53 percent
C)39 percent
D)18 percent
20
Which of the following persons is credited with developing the concept of probation?
A)Sheldon Glueck
B)John Augustus
C)Zebulon Brockway
D)Don Gottfredson





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