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1. Placing an inmate in a separate cell for the purposes of punishment and discipline following an incident, a rule infraction, or other disruption is called______ .

Disciplinary segregation

Undisciplinary segregation

Segregation

None

Answer

Correct Answer: Disciplinary segregation

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2. A holistic rehabilitative treatment model emphasizing personal growth and lifestyle change through self-help, positive behavior reinforcement, and group decision making is known as :

Supermax

Secure confinement

Therapeutic community

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Therapeutic community

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3. Super-maximum-security prisons,” which are the most extremely fortified form of incarceration in the United States is called _________ .

Supermax

Secure confinement

Therapeutic community

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Supermax

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4. ___________ is custody or detention that involves locked spaces that are controlled by agency authorities

Supermax

Secure confinement

Therapeutic community

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Secure confinement

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5. In custody situations, this is a means of shielding prisoners from a threat originating outside or inside the prison is known as:

Lockdown

Halfway house

Habeas corpus

Protective custody

Answer

Correct Answer: Protective custody

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6. Confining inmates to their cells to regain or maintain facility security in response to a fight, a riot, an escape, or other serious disturbance is called ________ .

Lockdown

Halfway house

Habeas corpus

Protective custody

Answer

Correct Answer: Lockdown

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7. A residence for newly released prisoners where they can live and gradually reintegrate into their home community while still benefiting from support and supervision is known as:

Lockdown

Halfway house

Habeas corpus

Protective custody

Answer

Correct Answer: Halfway house

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8. A court summons demands that the custodian present to the prisoner or a representative of the prisoner proof of lawful authority to detain the prisoner

Lockdown

Halfway house

Habeas corpus

Protective custody

Answer

Correct Answer: Habeas corpus

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9. Time reduction of a sentence length based on the prisoner’s problem-free behavior in custody is called __________ .

Good-time credits

Cruel and unusual

Disenfranchisement

Disciplinary segregation

Answer

Correct Answer: Good-time credits

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10. Depriving an individual of the right to vote or, more generally, of full participation in civic life is known as:

Good-time credits

Cruel and unusual

Disenfranchisement

Disciplinary segregation

Answer

Correct Answer: Disenfranchisement

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11. Unusual punishments—those that are unacceptable because they subject a person to undue pain, suffering, or humiliation is known as:

Good-time credits

Cruel and unusual

Disenfranchisement

Disciplinary segregation

Answer

Correct Answer: Cruel and unusual

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12. Criminogenic is tending to give rise to crime or criminality. The factors that generate an individual or group’s tendency to commit crime.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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13. Any item that is prohibited. In prison, this could include cell phones or cigarettes as well as drugs or weapons is called _________ .

Contraband

Criminogenic

Consent decree

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Contraband

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14. A binding agreement between parties in a lawsuit for the withdrawal of a criminal charge or civil litigation

Contraband

Criminogenic

Consent decree

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Consent decree

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15. Prisoners have low rates of infectious diseases.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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16. California was the first state to help create a classification system that would improve consistency.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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17. Which of the following are characteristics of a medium security prison?

Gun towers are present

Dormitory style housing

Razor wire perimeters

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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18. Individuals convicted of felonies fall under the state jurisdiction.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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19. Which of the following are examples public order offenses?

Drunk driving

Liquor law violations

Commercialized vice

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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20. The incarceration rate for states is higher than the federal incarceration rate.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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21. There are no state and regional differences when it comes to prison populations.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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22. In 2009 the state prison population decreased slightly.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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23. 1 out of every ____ individuals were incarcerated in prisons at the end of 2012.

100

200

300

400

Answer

Correct Answer: 200

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24. Panopticon means “all seeing.”

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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25. Which of the following are examples of what prison architects plan for?

Location

Climate

Cost

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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26. Which of the following are examples of common structural elements of prisons?

Armed guard towers

Surveillance cameras

External and internal patrols

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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27. On average, a 1,000 prison jail turns over ______ inmates in a year.

300

530

750

920

Answer

Correct Answer: 750

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28. Which of the following is not a function of a prison?

Retribution

Deterrence

Incapacitation

Rehabilitation

Answer

Correct Answer: Rehabilitation

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29. Which of the following amendments protects against cruel and unusual punishment.

1st

4th

5th

8th

Answer

Correct Answer: 8th

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30. Prison overcrowding in California amounted to cruel and unusual punishment according to the U.S.S.C.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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31. Texas has the largest prison population in the nation.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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