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Correctional History (17th–20th Century) MCQ

Correctional History (17th–20th Century) MCQ

 

 

1. Industrial prisons were an evolution of ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: The contract and lease model

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2. The Declaration of Principles was drafted by ______.

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Correct Answer: The American Prison Congress

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3. Which system was commonly used in the southern states?

Answer

Correct Answer: Lease

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4. Zebulon Brockway was appointed head of which institution?

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Correct Answer: Elmira Reformatory

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5. What is a fortress of stone or concrete, usually maximum security, whose attributes include isolation, routine, and monotony?

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Correct Answer: Big house prison

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6. Prisons were seldom used before the Civil War in the northern states.

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Correct Answer: False

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7. Pentonville Prison was modelled after Sing Sing Prison.

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Correct Answer: False

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8. Dorothea Dix believed that, although the prisons were overcrowded, they had good leadership.

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Correct Answer: False

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9. Beaumont and Tocqueville supported the practice of maintaining the solitude of inmates at night and silence during the day.

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Correct Answer: True

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10. The American Prison Congress convened in 1901.

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Correct Answer: False

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11. The practice of solitary confinement in prison cells was abandoned in the New York model because it hampered the efficient production of goods.

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Correct Answer: True

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12. Eastern Pennsylvania Prison was the first prison to incorporate hot water and flush toilets into the individual cells.

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Correct Answer: True

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13. Auburn Prison was built to hold inmates in complete solitary confinement, with no labor, for the full span of their sentence.

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Correct Answer: False

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14. Penitence was the main philosophy of Walnut Street Jail.

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Correct Answer: True

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15. The New York system was known as the separate system.

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Correct Answer: False

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