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Jails and Detention Centers MCQ

What percentage of inmates being held in jail have not been convicted of a crime?

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Correct Answer: 60%

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Jails receive a significant amount of fiscal support.

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Correct Answer: False

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Females are to be diagnosed with cancer ______ times more than males.

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Correct Answer: 8

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What percentage of the population has symptoms of mental illness?

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Correct Answer: 10%

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Originally, jails were operated by shire reeves.

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Correct Answer: True

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The Affordable Care Act does not include offenders who are incarcerate

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Correct Answer: False

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What racial group is more likely to commit suicide while incarcerated?

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Correct Answer: Whites

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Native Americans are housed in the same jails and prisons as other offenders.

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Correct Answer: True

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Female correctional officers are more likely to victimize male offenders rather than female offenders.

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Correct Answer: True

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Gangs do not pose a threat to the correctional system.

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Correct Answer: False

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Females experience more health problems than males.

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Correct Answer: True

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Mentally ill offenders are more likely to be victimized in jail.

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Correct Answer: True

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Jails are viewed more punitively than prisons.

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Correct Answer: True

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The process of integrating offenders back into the community after release from jail or prison is known as

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Correct Answer: Reentry

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Prison Rape Elimination Act of ______ mandated that the Bureau of Justice Statistics collect data on sexual assaults in adult and juvenile jails and prisons

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Correct Answer: 2003

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A phenomenon that occurs when the number of inmates exceeds the physical capacity available

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Correct Answer: Overcrowding

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New-Generation or Podular, Direct Supervision Jails Jails that have ____ key components

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Correct Answer: Two

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Jails are local community institutions that hold people except

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Correct Answer: Innocent

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Community Jails are organized so those inmates engaged in __________ in the community will seamlessly receive such services

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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Coequal Staffing are 0rograms that provide ______ pay and benefits for those who work in the jail to that for people who work on the streets as law enforcement in sheriffs’ departments

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Correct Answer: Comparable

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