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History of Correction and Punishment MCQ

William Penn was held in prison because of his religious beliefs.

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Correct Answer: True

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Gallery slavery was used as a mechanism to remove the poor from the streets.

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Correct Answer: True

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Men and women were punished in public for minor offenses.

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Correct Answer: True

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Men and women were punished in public for minor offenses.

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Correct Answer: True

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John Howard was an advocate of separate and sanitary prison facilities.

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Correct Answer: True

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The goal of punishment in earlier times was penitence.

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Correct Answer: True

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Which racial group represents a small number of the U.S. correctional population?

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Correct Answer: Asian

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The first official jail was built in Virgini

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Correct Answer: True

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Politics played a significant role in correctional policies.

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Correct Answer: True

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All offenders were harshly punished in colonial jails.

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Correct Answer: True

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William Penn advocated for better treatment of inmates in prison.

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Correct Answer: True

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The Tower of London was located in Englan

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Correct Answer: True

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Technology replaced slave labor on ships.

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Correct Answer: True

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Jeremy Bentham is known for the creation of the panopticon design.

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Correct Answer: True

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Historically, male and female offenders were housed in separate correctional facilities.

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Correct Answer: True

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A large percentage of the correctional population is comprised of men.

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Correct Answer: True

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Transportation refers to a sentence exiling convicts and transporting them to

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Correct Answer: Penal colony

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Panopticon is a ______ design in which multitiered cells are built around a hub so that correctional staff can view all inmates without being observed

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Correct Answer: Prison

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Norfolk Island is an English penal colony, ______ miles off the Australian coast

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Correct Answer: 1000

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Newgate Prison in Simsbury, Connecticut is an early colonial prison (1773–1827) that started as a _____ mine.

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Correct Answer: Copper

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Derelict naval vessels transformed into prisons and jails are termed as

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Correct Answer: Hulks

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Great Law de-emphasized the use of corporal and capital punishment for all crimes

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Correct Answer: False

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Galley Slavery is a sentence forcing the convict to work as a _____ on a ship

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Correct Answer: Rower

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Bridewells are workhouses constructed to hold and whip or otherwise punish _______ and later to serve as places of detention

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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