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Prison Subculture and Prison Gang Influence MCQ

Is symbiotic Prison Relationship when correctional staff and inmates develop negotiation behavior that is acceptable for institutional security and also meets inmates’ basic human needs?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as term for an inmate who reveals the activity of another inmate to authorities.

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Correct Answer: Snitch

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_____ is defined as a high-functioning, organized gang that uses an illegal industry to fund their objectives.

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Correct Answer: Security Threat Group (STG)

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_____ is an inmate’s sense of standing within the prison culture.

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Correct Answer: Respect

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Is punk a derogatory term for an inmate who engages in homosexual activity; implies that the inmate is feminine, weak, and subservient to masculine inmates?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the process of being socialized into the prison culture.

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Correct Answer: Prisonization

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_____ is defined as the various inconveniences and deprivations that occur as a result of incarceration.

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Correct Answer: Pains of Imprisonment

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_____ is a person who smuggles drugs into prison for another inmate.

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Correct Answer: Mule

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Is importation Theory subculture within prisons is brought in from outside by offenders who have developed their beliefs and norms while on the streets?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as any action that is designed to deceive, manipulate, or take advantage of another person.

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Correct Answer: Hustle

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_____ is defined as a term used to imply that a person is using others for some type of gain or benefit.

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Correct Answer: Hogging

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_____ is occurs when a gang has developed such power and influence as to be equally effective regardless of whether its leadership is inside or outside of prison walls.

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Correct Answer: Gang Cross-Pollination

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Is convict Code an inmate-driven set of beliefs that inmates aspired to live by?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a correctional officer with a keen understanding of convict logic and socialization.

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Correct Answer: Convict Boss/Officer

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_____ is defined as an inmate who is respected for being self-reliant and independent of other inmates or the system.

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Correct Answer: Convict

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_____ is the idea that for inmates to be accepted within a prison gang they must draw blood from an enemy of the gang.

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Correct Answer: Blood In—Blood Out

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If an inmate is disrespected, he is honor-bound to avenge that disrespect or he is considered weak by other inmates.

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Correct Answer: True

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In which state did prison gangs, such as the Mexican Mafia and the Aryan Brotherhood, begin?

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Correct Answer: California

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The pains of imprisonment are associated with which model?

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Correct Answer: Exportation model

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Snitches receive a high level of respect within the prison inmate population.

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Correct Answer: False

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According to the author, there is no evidence of a symbiotic prison relationship between inmates and correctional staff.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following is not a tenet of the correctional officer subculture?

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Correct Answer: It is important to stand up for what is right, even if that means going against a fellow correctional officer in a dispute.

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An inmate who befriends another inmate to deceive him would be an example of ______.

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Correct Answer: Hogging

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What term is used to denote a correctional officer who has developed a keen understanding of convict logic and socialization and uses that knowledge to maximize control over his or her assigned post?

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Correct Answer: Convict boss

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According to research conducted by Hochstellar and DeLisa (2005), which factor is critical for adaption to the prison subculture?

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Correct Answer: Level of participation in the prison economy

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All of the following are accurate statements about prisonization except this.

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Correct Answer: According to research, institutional level variables are better predictors of prisonization than individual variables.

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There are more snitches in modern prisons than in previous time periods.

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Correct Answer: True

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Gang cross-pollination refers to ______.

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Correct Answer: A gang maintaining its power despite the incarceration of its leaders

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Sex offenders receive a low level of respect within the prison inmate population.

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Correct Answer: True

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In a hypothetical study, researchers note that inmate drug use increases when drug offenders are incarcerated. Which finding would be consistent with this model?

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Correct Answer: Importation model

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The notion that prison subculture is largely the product of socialization that occurs inside prison is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Exportation theory

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