Chapter 11 Homework Quiz- Intro to Criminal Justice – Flashcards

Women account for about what percentage of the country's jail population?

Which Supreme Court case held that overcrowding in prisons is not by itself cruel and unusual punishment?

________ capacity refers to the inmate population the institution was originally built to handle.

What is the jail strategy that joined "podular/unit architecture with a participative, proactive management philosophy"?

Inmates are generally housed in dormitory-like settings and are free to walk the yard in ________-security institutions.

Which of the following statistics accurately describes today's prison population?

________ capacity is the number of inmates that a facility can effectively accommodate based on an appraisal of the institution's staff, programs, and services.

________ incapacitation seeks to identify the most dangerous criminals.

Most people sentenced to federal prisons have been convicted of ________ crimes.

All death-row inmates are held in ________ prisons.

Today, a typical American prison is ____________.

How many security levels are there in the federal prison system according to the Bureau of Prisons classification?

The largest growth group in jails nationwide is ________.

The majority of this country's jail inmates are ________.

Jails that are built and run using the combined resources of a variety of local jurisdictions are called ________.

Which term refers to the size of the inmate population a facility can handle according to the judgment of experts?

Which Supreme Court case held that correctional officers employed by a private firm are not entitled to qualified immunity from suits by prisoners?

Most states use a(n) ________ system to assign inmates to custody levels based on offense history, assessed dangerousness, perceived risk of escape, and other factors.

The ________ is the most secure prison ever built by the federal government.

Which level of prison security often has chain-link fences topped with barbed wire?

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, an African American male living in America today has approximately a ________ lifetime chance of going to prison.

________ and ________ are nearly tied as the second most common type of offenses for which inmates were sentenced to state prisons.

Operational capacity is ________.

Medium- and low-security facilities in the federal prison system are called ________.

High-security facilities in the federal prison system are called ________.