Corrections test 2 – Flashcards
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What doe intermediate sanctions aid in?
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cost, overcrowding, meeting the needs of offenders, and parole/probation violaters
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What is at the lowest end of the continuum of intermediate sanctions?
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fines
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Restitution allows for what?
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compensate victims and teach offenders responsibilities
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What is community service?
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To work for a private nonprofit or government group. viewed as rehabilitative. allow to "payback" the community
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In order to ensure the effectiveness of house arrest, use what?
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electronic monitoring
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Which court would frequently test for alcohol?
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drug court
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What is split sentencing?
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Offender serves part of his or her sentence in one sanction and the remainder in another
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What's the most controversial intermediate sanction for teens?
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boot camps
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Jails hold a lot of misdemeanants, they also hold what?
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pre-trial detainees
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Know what ROR stands for.
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released on own recognizance
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Where did the jail system originate?
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began in medieval england
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The contemporary jail is usually under the authority of whom?
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sheriff's office
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Despite the increase of incarcerated females, how many out of 10 are males?
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9
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Know what the characteristic of a 1st generation jail is.
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a linear/intermittent surveillance of inmates
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Know what the characteristic is of a new generation jail.
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a podular design to emphasize interactions between inmates and staff
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Jails have fewer alternatives in dealing with what? (compared to prisons)
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overcrowding
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One of the major issues for jail administrators that involve both inmates and staff is?
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violence
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What kind of technology is used to keep track of inmates visually in the prison using biological and physiological characteristics of a inmate?
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Biometric technology
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The biggest factor in training for the Bureau of Prisons is what?
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communication
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One of the major tragedies of correctional institution is that many former inmates will?
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recidivate soon after reentering society
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How many dollars does the prison system cost US tax payers annually?
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40 billion dollars
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Know what Donald Clemmers study was about.
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study of prison community. notes the existence of numerous parallels between the prison and the larger society
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What percentage of the prison populations does the Federal system hold?
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12 %
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State prisons now focus on research, evaluations, and what?
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training
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A prison with a zonal security system is what kind of prison?
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medium security prison
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If an inmate is isolated for any particular reason it is called what?
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segregation. happens in a super max prison
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Maximum security prisons are usually built using what design?
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telephone pole design
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A good correctional administrator must encompass the establishment of?
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policy, planning, civil suits, institutional monitoring, staff development, and fiscal management
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An open-prison design that allows some freedom of movement is what?
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campus style design
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The most important process for the male inmate entering prison includes?
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initial orientation, classification, adjustment
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Know what classification means and how it can be done.
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assessing the inmate and putting him into specific categories that will affect where in the prison he will be staying. assess risk, crime, safety
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What would a fortress like prison, emphasizing security and control, be known as?
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the Big House
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Know what prisonization means.
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The process by which inmates learn and internalize the customs and culture of prison
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Know what model suggests the influences that prisoners bring into the prison.
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importation model
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What is Argot?
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a form of slang inmates use in prison settings to express how they feel
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What year did prison gangs originate in?
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late 1960's and early 1970s
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Prison gangs are also called what?
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STG's (security threat groups)
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What do prison gangs do to victimize other inmates? (what is their specialty)
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economic victimization
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What kind of activities do they run?
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illegal sex trade, illicit food business, loan sharking scams, gambling scams, extortion rackets, and drug trafficking
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The prison gangs generally control prisons largely through what mechanisms?
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fear and intimidation
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Correction officers have dual role. 1 is to maintain order and security, what is the other?
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advocate treatment and rehabilitation
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"Lock psychosis" is an attitude of many what?
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correctional officers
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Women prisoners make up what percentage of inmate population?
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7 %
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There are many women who are incarcerated who have received welfare, what percentage?
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over half
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According to the text, in some female prisons the dominating/male role in a same sex relationship is known as?
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butch
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Compared to male inmates, females have a lower, higher, or same rate of illness?
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higher
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Sentencing laws fail to consider that the reasons the compel women to remain quiet is what?
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domestic violence, economic dependence, or dependent immigration status
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Know what a fictive family offers? (in women prisons)
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a way to replicate the family relationships that they have on the outside.
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Prison love affairs appear to be what? (in women prisons)
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increasing. short lived, unstable, explosive
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Female inmates are more likely, than males, to cope with their issues how?
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internally, self-destructive
