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Punishment and Social Structure MCQ

A sentence primarily used in the 17th and 18th centuries in which the convict was exiled and trans- ported, usually by ship, to a penal colony Is called ____________ .

Pennsylvania system

Penal systems

Penology

Transportation

Answer

Correct Answer: Transportation

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A 19th-century penal system advocated by some Quakers, in which prisoners were kept in solitary confinement and expected to repent and reform through contemplation of their sins and God is known as:

Pennsylvania system

Penal systems

Penology

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Pennsylvania system

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Penology is the study of the punishment of crime and the management of incarceration facilities.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Methods or approaches relating to, used for, or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system is known as:

Pennsylvania system

Penal systems

Penology

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Penal systems

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The theory or philosophy of law is Jurisprudence.

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Indeterminate sentencing is a method of sentencing whereby judges fix maximum and minimum limits to the offender’s period of supervision, with the actual release date controlled later by a board of parole.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Facilities established in the late 16th century for the punishment and reform of the poor convicted of petty offenses through hard labor is known as:

Houses of correction

Global positioning systems

Galley slavery

Jurisprudence

Answer

Correct Answer: Houses of correction

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_________ is a technology used to electronically track the whereabouts of persons under supervision, generally probation or parole, and usually in the form of an ankle bracelet.

Global positioning systems

Galley slavery

Houses of correction

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Global positioning systems

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A sentence forcing the convict to work as a rower on a ship. At times, this sentence replaced the death penalty and was used to provide a labor pool for military and merchant ships

Global positioning systems

Galley slavery

Houses of correction

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Galley slavery

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Enlightenment refers to a movement that took place primarily in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries that impacted the, and other intellectual fields.

Arts

Sciences

Philosophy

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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___________ is the grouping of corrections- involved individuals according to their risk of further behavioral problems.

Classification System

Boot Camp

Both

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Classification System

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A program for juvenile offenders characterized by strict discipline, hard physical exercise, and com- munity labor is called ___________ .

Classification System

Boot Camp

Both

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Boot Camp

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A 19th-century penal system in which prisoners would perform silent labor in groups by day and be placed in solitary confinement by night is known as:

Auburn System

Abolitionists

Enlightenment

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Auburn System

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A person who favors the abolition of any law or practice they deem harmful to society is called ________ .

Auburn System

Abolitionists

Enlightenment

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Abolitionists

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Right-on-Crime advocates argued that expanding community corrections were warranted.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The FBI was created in 1928.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following are considered progressive reforms?

The bar was created by states

Professional organizations were created

Professionalization of police

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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The Enlightenment thinkers advocated for which of the following?

Protection against false imprisonment

Public jury trials

Choice of lawyers

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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Houses of corrections usually held

Landowners

Prostitutes

Royal family members

Shop owners

Answer

Correct Answer: Prostitutes

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Which of the following was considered an exile punishment for the upper class offenders?

Fines

Death

Excuse for Travel

Imprisonment

Answer

Correct Answer: Excuse for Travel

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Which of the following is an example of a punishment that was advocated for by the urban bourgeoisie?

Execution

Whipping

Mutilation

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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Immigration increases led to lower wages.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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All of the following are conditions that increased in the 15th century except?

Urban population

Employment

Destitution

Land ownership

Answer

Correct Answer: Employment

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Punishment used to be a very private matter.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Landowners were responsible for imposing fines on offenders in the early Middle Ages.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Which of the following was considered to be a method of compensation for an offense in the early Middle Ages.

Forced labor

Death

Fines

Imprisonment

Answer

Correct Answer: Fines

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Penal colonies used transported convicts to fill the need for cheap labor.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Penal systems are methods that are used to prescribe punishments to offenders.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Slavery and the Penal System (1976) illustrated the relationship between punishment systems with transformations in social, political, and economic conditions.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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According to various scholars, the primary objective of the penal system is to secure obedience.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Angola Prison was known for its leniency towards offenders.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following factors exert influence on the punishment system?

Race

Class

Ideology

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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Slavery is an extreme form of social control.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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