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Females are more likely to be incarceration for violent crimes.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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The lowest level of prisons at the federal level are referred to as ______.

Minimum security

Low security

Medium security

Maximum security

Answer

Correct Answer: Minimum security

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A disproportionate number of the prison population is ______.

Young

Hispanic

Over the age of 40

Educated

Answer

Correct Answer: Young

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The Presentence Investigative Report (PSIR) is compiled by a ______.

Judge

Probation officer

Prosecutor

Arresting officer

Answer

Correct Answer: Probation officer

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Sociologists often describe prisons as total institutions.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The United States has the highest rate of prisoners per capita in the world as well as the most prisoners overall.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Prisoners do not have the same freedom of speech as free people have.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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______ refers to the slow eroding of the prisoner’s ability to function outside of the context of the prison.

Recidivism

Classification

Industrialization

Institutionalization

Answer

Correct Answer: Institutionalization

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The number of female prisoners has been steadily increasing at the ______ level.

Local

State

Federal

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: State

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High-security facilities handle the most dangerous prisoners.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Testimony from a victim provided at sentencing, where she explains the effect that the crime had on her is called ___________ .

Total Institutions

Stanford Prison Experiment

Victim Impact Statement

Supermax

Answer

Correct Answer: Victim Impact Statement

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Institutions like prisons, mental hospitals, and the military where virtually every aspect of an individual’s life is controlled is known as:

Total Institutions

Stanford Prison Experiment

Victim Impact Statement

Supermax

Answer

Correct Answer: Total Institutions

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Supermax is the highest security level of incarceration.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A psychological study conducted on college students that examined how the prison structure of guards and inmates affects human behavior is called __________ .

Total Institutions

Stanford Prison Experiment

Victim Impact Statement

Supermax

Answer

Correct Answer: Stanford Prison Experiment

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Slaves of the State is the legal status of prisoners until the _________ .

1960s

1980s

1985s

1860s

Answer

Correct Answer: 1960s

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Reception Center ia a location where newly incarcerated offenders are processed.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A section of a prison where offenders who need to be separated from other inmates are held is known as:

Reception Center

Institutionalization

Protective Custody Unit

Presentence Investigation Report

Answer

Correct Answer: Presentence Investigation Report

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An analysis of a convicted offender provided to the court by a probation officer that examines the background of the offender is called _____________ .

Reception Center

Institutionalization

Protective Custody Unit

Presentence Investigation Report

Answer

Correct Answer: Presentence Investigation Report

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__________ is the effect of long-term incarceration that leaves inmates unable to function outside of the prison’s structure.

Reception Center

Institutionalization

Protective Custody Unit

Presentence Investigation Report

Answer

Correct Answer: Institutionalization

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Inmate Code is the informal social rules governing prisoner conduct.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The (now abandoned) legal doctrine that believed that courts should let prison officials run prisons in whatever way these officials deemed appropriate is known as:

General Population

Hands-off Doctrine

Inmate Code

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Hands-off Doctrine

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The main part of the prison where most offenders are kept is called ____________ .

General Population

Hands-off Doctrine

Inmate Code

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: General Population

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Conjugal Visits are unsupervised visits between prisoners and their spouses.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A group of experts who evaluate newly incarcerated prisoners is known as:

Classification Team

Administrative Segregation

General Population

Conjugal Visits

Answer

Correct Answer: Classification Team

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Separating offenders from the general population of the prison. Often solitary confinement is called ___________ .

Classification Team

Administrative Segregation

General Population

Conjugal Visits

Answer

Correct Answer: Administrative Segregation

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