Criminal Justice Studies
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Course Introduction
Criminal Justice Studies explores the structure, functions, and processes of criminal justice systems, focusing on law enforcement, the courts, and corrections. The course examines the sociological, legal, and ethical foundations of criminal justice, as well as contemporary issues such as crime prevention, juvenile justice, victimology, and restorative justice. Students will gain an understanding of how various agencies operate individually and collaboratively to uphold law and order, and address the challenges of crime and public safety in diverse and evolving societies.
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Corrections Today 2nd Edition by Larry J. Siege
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Chapter 1: The Correctional System
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Q1) The first large prisons to hold convicted criminals can be traced back to European dungeons of the Middle Ages.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) List and define the four elements of the correctional system.
Answer: -Probation:court-ordered community supervision of convicted offenders by a probation agency.
-Parole:community supervision after a period of incarceration.
-Jail:a county correctional facility that holds persons awaiting trial or a sentence, or serving a sentence of less than a year or awaiting transfer to another facility.
-Prison:a state or federal facility that houses convicted criminals sentenced to confinement of a year or more.
Q3) Houses of corrections run by local authorities to teach habits of industry to vagrants and idlers are known as __________________________.
Answer: bridewells
Q4) ______________________ was the first English prison reformer.
Answer: John Howard
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Chapter 2: Sentencing and the Correctional Process
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Q1) Many states have enacted ________________________________ laws that requires offenders to serve a substantial portion of their sentence.
Answer: truth in sentencing
Q2) In recent years, _______________ have gained greater leverage to extract guilty pleas from defendants.
Answer: prosecutors
Q3) Before sentencing takes place in felony cases, it is common for the prosecutor to conduct a presentence investigation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Which act created the U.S. Sentencing Commission?
A)The Anti-Drug Abuse Act
B)The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
C)The Firearm Owner's Protection Act
D)The Sentencing Reform Act
Answer: D
Q5) ____________________ sentencing imposes a sentence for a definite term.
Answer: Determinate
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Chapter 3: Community Corrections: Diversion and Probation
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Q1) What jurisdiction was the first to implement probation as a form of criminal sanction?
A)Georgia
B)California
C)Massachusetts
D)Texas
Answer: C
Q2) What is the practice that permitted convicted offenders to remain free if they agreed to take care of their debt obligation with the state?
A)banishment
B)judicial reprieve
C)probation
D)recognizance
Answer: D
Q3) Mediation programs designed to keep minor conflicts between criminals out of court are called ____________________programs.
Answer: dispute resolution
Q4) There are more than 4,000,000 ________________ on probation in the U.S.
Answer: adults
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Chapter 4: Intermediate Sanctions
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Q1) Judge Ortiz thinks that the random phone call to the offender where the offender must respond is not effective in that many offenders can find ways around this. He feels it is more effective to monitor offenders through a microprocessor and an ankle transmitter device. With this the offender must remain in within 100 feet of the portable receiver. The transmitter will then make continuous calls to a reporting station that updates the offender's location. What is this type of electronic monitoring?
A)Active phone line systems
B)Passive phone line systems
C)Remote location monitoring
D) Global positioning systems
Q2) The Bureau of Prisons uses the house arrest sanction for inmates:
A)before confinement
B)before release
C)who exhibit good behavior
D)who request conjugal privileges
Q3) Intermediate sanctions are typically administered by jails.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Identify the elements of drug courts and their effectiveness.
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Chapter 5: The Jail: Detention and Short-Term Confinement
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Q1) At his bail hearing, the court assigns Gary to the custody of his attorney who promises to ensure that he will return for his court appearances. What is this type of pretrial release?
A)Release on own Recognizance
B)Unsecured Bail
C)Percentage Bail
D)Third-Party Custody
Q2) During the past decade, the number of inmates in most jails in the U.S. :
A)decreased
B)remained static
C)increased
D)doubled
Q3) The jail system originated in:
A)France
B)Germany
C)Russia
D)England
Q4) An arrangement when a jurisdiction with an adequate jail is willing to contract with neighboring cities and counties to house prisoners on a per diem basis is known as
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Chapter 6: Correctional Institutions
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Q1) State departments of corrections have underdeveloped programming, insufficient prison industries for inmates and lack of resources for anything other than prison construction.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss how proactive wardens are different from other wardens.
Q3) Maximum security prisons are usually built using the ________ design.
A)telephone pole
B)radial
C)circular
D)courtyard
Q4) What are the advantages and disadvantages of supermax prisons?
Q5) Isolation is also known as:
A)the silent system
B)ignoring the convicts
C)segregation
D)a training program
Q6) _____________________ is a punishment unit in which inmates are separated from other inmates and are fed in their cells.
Q7) What are the three security level prisons? Define each.
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Chapter 7: The Prison Experience: Males
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Q1) No Frills Policies mean that there can be no alterations to a prisoner's uniform.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A ___________________ is a collective response of inmates that is violent, in which they strike out against what they consider unfair prison conditions.
Q3) Some aspects of the ______________________include never "ratting on a con" and "doing your own time."
Q4) Internal classification determines the level of security and control needed for the incoming prison population.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The belief that collective violence occurs when prison officials go too far in asserting authority is:
A)administrative-control theory
B)inmate balance theory
C)dispute mechanism theory
D)prison mismanagement theory
Q6) What is contraband and how does it get into prisons?
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Chapter 8: The Prison Experience: Females
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Q1) Professionalism in a women's prison is defined as:
A)a commitment to develop programming for inmates
B)a desire to treat inmates with dignity and respect
C)a commitment to engage staff in prison management and operations
D)all of these choices
Q2) Make- believe families are known as____________________.
Q3) California created the ______________________________ program which allows 100 women with infants to live in a community based facility instead of a prison where they can take parenting classes.
Q4) Warden Jones has been observing how some women cope with prison. She is most concerned with the inmate who adopts the ___________ style because they are highly likely to have difficulty dealing with correctional officers.
A)adopted style
B)convict style
C)isolate style
D)integrated style
Q5) What is being done to curtail the sexual assault of female prisoners?
Q6) Describe what is currently being done to make staff in women's prisons more competent and professional.
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Chapter 9: Prisoners Rights
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Q1) Discuss the use of deadly force in correctional settings and when it can be used.
Q2) Civil rights are rights that have been guaranteed and protected by the government.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which case ruled that as long as force is used in a good faith effort to maintain control there is no liability?
A)Estelle v. Gamble
B)Madrid v. Gomez
C)Hudson v. McMillian
D)Newman v. Alabama
Q4) Explain the three views on inmates' rights.
Q5) The view that suggests that if inmates are given the same rights and privileges as any citizen, their anger and resentment toward society will diminish, thereby aiding the rehabilitation process is:
A)the legalistic/due process view
B)the crime control view
C)the humanistic view
D)none of these choices
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Chapter 10: Correctional Programs and Services
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Q1) The basic purpose for vocational training is to:
A)keep inmates busy in prison
B)earn money for the state
C)prepare inmates for jobs in the community
D)make inmates happy
Q2) The system that provides staff with access to critical inmate information such as assignments, program completions, and inmate movement is known as:
A)spyware
B)monitoring
C)Sentry
D)security
Q3) The contract system, piece-price system, lease system and public account system are all examples of ____________________________.
Q4) Prisoners have been denied access to higher education and Pell Grants..
A)True
B)False
Q5) Self-help programs are primarily run by ____________________.
Q6) Discuss the different assessments of classifications for treatment.
Q7) Discuss a variety of self-help programs offered in prisons.
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Chapter 11: Parole and Release to the Community
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Q1) The most at-risk parolees are placed:
A)in half-way houses
B)back in prison
C)on intensive supervision
D)all of these choices
Q2) What are the characteristics of those on parole?
Q3) What are the duties of a parole officer?
Q4) The salient factor score used by parole boards to predict the risk of recidivism is based on:
A)the number of previous convictions
B)the age at current offense
C)drug dependency
D)all of these choices
Q5) Parole is:
A)only offered to an offender prior to serving time in prison
B)only offered to non-violent offenders
C)the conditional release from confinement of an offender serving an indeterminate sentence
D)all of these choices
Q6) Describe the two types of parole.
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Chapter 12: Special Prison Populations
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Q1) Treatment of sex offenders is likely to be successful if offenders:
A)are able to recognize and understand the factors that contributed to their offense
B)monitor themselves and their environment to detect changes indicating that their risk to reoffend is increasing
C)remain willing and able to apply monitoring and intervention skills in a timely and effective manner, including seeking outside assistance when necessary D)all of these choices
Q2) Why will Greg have a difficult time adjusting to prison?
A)He is likely to be sexually assaulted.
B)He is likely to be killed.
C)both of these
D)none of these
Q3) Which terrorist group is capable of attacking anyone at any time with great destructive force?
A)Nationalist terrorism
B)Political terrorism
C)Retributive terrorism
D)Revolutionary terrorism
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Chapter 13: Capital Punishment and the Death Row Inmate
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Q1) Abolitionist make the argument that the death penalty is several times more expensive than confining an inmate for the duration of his or her life.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not a retentionist argument of the death penalty?
A)deterrence
B)fairness
C)pragmatic issues
D)threat of recidivism
Q3) Which country maintains its secrecy over its use of the death penalty?
A)China
B) Russia
C)Saudi Arabia
D)Yemen
Q4) The number of prisoners on death row nationwide is:
A)approximately 3,000
B)approximately 50,000
C)approximately 15,000
D)approximately 100,00
Q5) The 24-48 hours before the execution is known as ______________________.
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Chapter 14: The Juvenile Offender
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Q1) Which of the following of Jessica's behavior is considered a status offense?
A)truancy
B)running away
C)unmanageable
D)all of these
Q2) Research shows that public opinion on community corrections for juveniles remains positive.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An underage minor who engages in antisocial activities that are defined as criminal behavior by the state's legal code are known as:
A)status offenders
B)juvenile delinquents
C)convicts
D)bad kids
Q4) Which of Jessica's behavior is considered a delinquent act?
A)stealing a car
B)skipping school
C)running away
D)talking back to her parents
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Chapter 15: Todays Correctional Professional
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Q1) Some of the officers do not have the mandatory hours for in-service training. Each officer must complete ____________ hours for annual in-service training to meet ACA requirements.
A)40
B)80
C)100
D)20
Q2) What can be done to attain greater professionalism in corrections?
A)Inform offenders of their rights
B)Abolish the death penalty in the U.S.
C)Commit to a culture that sanctions abuse and mistreatment of prisoners.
D)Nothing. Everything has been done to increase professionalism in corrections.
Q3) New methods of ___________________ are being explored to provide probation and parole officers with tools to better manage their caseloads by doing their jobs more effectively and efficiently.
Q4) Under _________________________, the most important considerations are the continued movement toward a risk management system, the continued popularity of restorative justice, the wide use of technology, fiscal constraint, the evidence of best practice, and the increased emphasis on reentry.
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