Chapter 12: Specialized Inmate Populations

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. ______ design refers to prison construction design that complies with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements and that accommodates all inmate needs, in a universal fashion, regardless of how varied the needs may be from inmate to inmate.

a. Reform

b. Universal

c. Collective

d. Modification

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Special Facilities and Support

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. At what point do mental health care services begin within correctional facilities?

a. medication

b. assessment

c. treatment

d. screening

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Screening, Treatment, and Medication

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. The burden placed on institutional corrections is compounded because of the significant number of inmates who have a dual diagnosis of both ______.

a. mental illness and substance abuse

b. mental retardation and suicidal ideation

c. mental illness and mental retardation

d. substance abuse and suicidal ideation

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mentally Ill Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. The primary goal of ______ is to quickly identify emergency situations and inmates who might require more extensive intervention prior to placement in the prison population.

a. treatment

b. screening

c. assessment

d. medication

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Screening, Treatment, and Medication

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. The general public consensus is that ______ is the best sentence of sex offenders.

a. long-term incarceration

b. capital punishment

c. day reporting centers

d. home confinement

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Most sex offenders are housed ______.

a. in therapeutic communities

b. in the general population

c. in protective custody

d. in mental health units

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Who is typically charged with supervising sex offender treatment programs?

a. correctional officers

b. treatment staff

c. a psychologist or psychiatrist

d. the warden

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Staff Issues With the Sex Offender Population in Prison

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. The rise in numbers of habitual elderly offenders and offenders-turned-elderly-in-prison has to do largely with ______.

a. truth in sentencing policies

b. determinate sentencing policies

c. indeterminate sentencing polices

d. three-strikes felony sentencing policies

Learning Objective: 12.6: Identify the various classifications of elderly inmates within an institution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Classification of Elderly Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Disorders such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and dysthymic disorder are considered ______ disorders.

a. temperament

b. swing

c. manic

d. mood

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Beyond Screening: Mental Health Assessment

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Elderly first-time offenders frequently commit ______.

a. sexual offenses

b. violent offenses

c. drug offenses

d. property offenses

Learning Objective: 12.6: Identify the various classifications of elderly inmates within an institution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Elderly First-Time Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. These elderly offenders are most likely to end up as geriatric inmates who die in prison.

a. greyhounds

b. habitual elderly offenders

c. elderly first-time offenders

d. offender-turned-elderly-in-prison

Learning Objective: 12.6: Identify the various classifications of elderly inmates within an institution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Habitual Elderly Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. These offenders often fit the mold of greyhounds within the prison facility.

a. habitual elderly offenders

b. offender-turned-elderly-in-prison

c. elderly first-time offenders

d. LGBTI offenders

Learning Objective: 12.6: Identify the various classifications of elderly inmates within an institution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Habitual Elderly Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Older inmates who have acquired respect within the offender subculture due to their track record and criminal history, both inside and outside the prison, are known as ______.

a. watchdogs

b. bulldogs

c. grey hairs

d. greyhounds

Learning Objective: 12.6: Identify the various classifications of elderly inmates within an institution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Prison Subculture and Special Needs Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Universal design refers to prison construction design that complies with ADA requirements and accommodates all inmate needs in a universal fashion, regardless of how varied the needs may be from ______ to inmate.

a. inmate

b. guard

c. officer

d. counselor

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Special Facilities and Support

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. These inmates are unlikely to be victims within the inmate subculture.

a. greyhounds

b. mentally ill inmates

c. inmates with HIV/AIDS

d. offender-turned-elderly-in-prison

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Prison Subculture and Special Needs Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. These inmates are often seen as punks.

a. HIV/AIDS-positive inmates

b. Habitual elderly offenders

c. Greyhounds

d. Inmates diagnosed with mood disorders

Learning Objective: 12.2: Explain how the prison subculture impacts, interacts with, and reacts to inmates who are mentally ill, have HIV/AIDS, and/or are elderly.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Rights to Privacy and Inmate Subcultural Views

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. Which state is not one of the “Big Four” among correctional system scholars?

a. Texas

b. Oklahoma

c. Kansas

d. Arkansas

Learning Objective: 12.2: Explain how the prison subculture impacts, interacts with, and reacts to inmates who are mentally ill, have HIV/AIDS, and/or are elderly.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: HIV/AIDS-Related Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. The state of ______ is regarded as one of the toughest correctional systems in the nation on HIV-positive inmates.

a. New Hampshire

b. Alabama

c. Utah

d. South Dakota

Learning Objective: 12.2: Explain how the prison subculture impacts, interacts with, and reacts to inmates who are mentally ill, have HIV/AIDS, and/or are elderly.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Rights to Privacy and Inmate Subcultural Views

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text rev., DSM-IV-TR) defines the criteria for identifying inmates with ______.

a. dementia

b. mental illness

c. HIV/AIDS

d. sexually transmitted diseases

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Mentally Ill Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. This Supreme Court case is generally considered to have influenced the four standards of mental health care within jails and prisons.

a. Vitek v. Jones (1980)

b. Turner v. Safley (1987)

c. Ruiz v. Estelle (1980)

d. Glover v. Johnson (1988)

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Access to Care: The Four Standards of Mental Health Care

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. This is a term used for inmates who falsely claim and consciously fake symptoms of an illness.

a. shirking

b. truanting

c. skiving

d. malingering

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Malingering

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. When an offender has two or more disorders, he or she is said within the treatment community to have ______ disorders.

a. double

b. co-occurring

c. comingling

d. twice

Learning Objective: 12.7: Identify some of the challenges and issues that correctional agencies face when housing elderly offenders.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Broad Array of Pathology

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. The cost of incarcerating an inmate who is 60 years of age or older is around ______ a year.

a. $70,000

b. $100,000

c. $150,000

d. $10,000

Learning Objective: 12.6: Identify the various classifications of elderly inmates within an institution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health Care Services and Costs

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. Offenders with special needs included all of the following except ______.

a. mental issues

b. physical issues

c. emotional challenges

d. high intelligence issues

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

25. Approximately ______ of state inmates had some type of mental health issue.

a. 45%

b. 56%

c. 63%

d. 21%

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mentally Ill Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. Rates of ______ are high in prisons, and the disorder is particularly aggravated for those who are victimized within the prison environment.

a. bipolar disorder

b. multiple personality disorder

c. post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

d. obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Impact of Institutionalization on Mental Illness

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. The use of ______ has been hailed as a technological tool that can save correctional agencies substantial financial resources.

a. telemedicine

b. imported medicine

c. insurance

d. none of these

Learning Objective: 12.7: Identify some of the challenges and issues that correctional agencies face when housing elderly offenders.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Telemedicine Can Cut Medical Costs for Inmate Populations

Difficulty Level: Easy

28. In the Iowa Department of Corrections, it has been estimated that approximately ______ of all violent acts, suicide attempts, illnesses, and injuries involve inmates with a mental health problem.

a. 84%

b. 23%

c. 20%

d. 76%

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mentally Ill Offenders

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. The case of Ruiz v. Estelle suggested ______ standards of mental health care in prisons.

a. 1

b. 4

c. 11

d. 20

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Access to Care: The Four Standards of Mental Health Care

Difficulty Level: Easy

30. A(n) ______ community is an environment that provides necessary behavior modifiers that allow offenders immediate feedback about their behavior and treatment progress.

a. cognitive

b. healing

c. therapeutic

d. emotional

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Assessment and Classification

Difficulty Level: Easy

31. The case of ______ suggested four standards of mental health care in prisons.

a. Ruiz v. Estelle

b. Hudson v. Palmer

c. Gamble v. Motion

d. Gregg v. Georgia

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Access to Care: The Four Standards of Mental Health Care

Difficulty Level: Easy

32. In the ______ Department of Corrections, it has been estimated that approximately 76% of all violent acts, suicide attempts, illnesses, and injuries involve inmates with a mental health problem.

a. Texas

b. Montana

c. Iowa

d. Idaho

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mentally Ill Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

33. Rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are high in ______, and the disorder is particularly aggravated for those who are victimized within the environment.

a. prisons

b. courtrooms

c. schools

d. all of these

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Impact of Institutionalization on Mental Illness

Difficulty Level: Easy

34. The state of Alabama is regarded as one of the toughest correctional systems in the nation on ______ inmates.

a. gay

b. transgendered

c. female

d. HIV-positive

Learning Objective: 12.2: Explain how the prison subculture impacts, interacts with, and reacts to inmates who are mentally ill, have HIV/AIDS, and/or are elderly.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Rights to Privacy and Inmate Subcultural Views

Difficulty Level: Easy

35. Approximately 56% of state inmates had some type of ______ issue.

a. eating

b. compulsive

c. drinking

d. mental health

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mentally Ill Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

36. It is estimated that approximately ______ of elderly inmates are first-time offenders, incarcerated when they were 60 or older.

a. 50%

b. 45%

c. 12%

d. 22%

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Elderly First-Time Offenders

Difficulty Level: Medium

37. The general public consensus that long-term incarceration works best is for which type of inmate?

a. sex offenders

b. drug

c. alcohol

d. robbers

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

38. Offenders with ______ include offenders with physical issues and emotional challenges.

a. special needs

b. special desires

c. distinctive personalities

d. unique wishes

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

39. What is the cost of incarcerating an inmate who is 60 years of age or older?

a. $70,000

b. $100,000

c. $150,000

d. $10,000

Learning Objective: 12.6: Identify the various classifications of elderly inmates within an institution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health Care Services and Costs

Difficulty Level: Easy

40. Malingering is a term used for inmates who consciously ______ symptoms of an illness.

a. display

b. fake

c. complain

d. exhibit

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Malingering

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. A primary question regarding offenders with special needs centers on whether these offenders should be kept in contact with the mainstream population of inmates or if they should be segregated.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Separate Care or Inclusion in General Population

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Correctional facilities are required to provide more than the bare minimal ADA requirements to offenders with special needs.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Access to Program Activities and Availability

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Renovating existing correctional facilities, for ADA compliance, is often cheaper than building a new facility.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Special Facilities and Housing Accommodations

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. The case of Ruiz v. Estelle suggested four standards of mental health care in prisons.

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Access to Care: The Four Standards of Mental Health Care

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. In the Iowa Department of Corrections, it has been estimated that approximately 76% of all violent acts, suicide attempts, illnesses, and injuries involve inmates with a mental health problem.

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mentally Ill Offenders

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Most sex offenders are housed in mental health units.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Transgender and gender nonconforming populations’ area is not distinct from the gay, lesbian, and bisexual inmate populations.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Safety, Security, and Assistance for LGBTI Inmates

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. During the first few weeks of being received, an inmate is required to be given a medical screening or examination.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Explain how the prison subculture impacts, interacts with, and reacts to inmates who are mentally ill, have HIV/AIDS, and/or are elderly. | 12.3 Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Administrative Considerations

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. According to Ruiz v. Estelle (1975), a suicide prevention program must be implemented in all jail and prison systems in the United States.

Learning Objective: 12.7: Identify some of the challenges and issues that correctional agencies face when housing elderly offenders.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Access to Care: The Four Standards of Mental Health Care

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. For the most part, the quality and delivery of health and medical care in institutional corrections are good.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Explain how the prison subculture impacts, interacts with, and reacts to inmates who are mentally ill, have HIV/AIDS, and/or are elderly.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Inmate Medical Care and HIV/AIDS

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. The stress of being involved in the criminal justice process can itself serve as a causal factor for some mental illness.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Beyond Screening: Mental Health Assessment

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Most sex offenders are housed within the general population of the correctional institution.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Skiving is a term used for inmates who falsely claim and consciously fake symptoms of an illness.

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Malingering

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. The general public consensus is that capital punishment is the best sentence of sex offenders.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Mental health care services begin at the point of screening.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Explain how the prison subculture impacts, interacts with, and reacts to inmates who are mentally ill, have HIV/AIDS, and/or are elderly.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Screening, Treatment, and Medication

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. The assessment should be assigned to a specific mental health staff member and consist of interviews, a review of prior records and clinical history, a physical examination, observation, and, when necessary, psychological testing.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Explain how the prison subculture impacts, interacts with, and reacts to inmates who are mentally ill, have HIV/AIDS, and/or are elderly.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Beyond Screening: Mental Health Assessment

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. A therapeutic community is an environment that provides necessary behavior modifiers that allow offenders immediate feedback about their behavior and treatment progress.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Assessment and Classification

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. The cost of incarcerating an inmate who is 60 years of age or older is around $100,000 a year.

Learning Objective: 12.6: Identify the various classifications of elderly inmates within an institution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health Care Services and Costs

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. When an offender has two or more disorders, he or she is said within the treatment community to have co-occurring disorders.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Summarize the various challenges facing prison systems housing inmates who have HIV/AIDS.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Broad Array of Pathology

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. At year-end 2015, roughly 17,150 inmates in state and federal prisons throughout the United States were HIV-positive.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Explain how the prison subculture impacts, interacts with, and reacts to inmates who are mentally ill, have HIV/AIDS, and/or are elderly.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: HIV/AIDS-Related Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. Offenders with special needs include inmates with high intelligence.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Collective design refers to prison construction design that complies with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements and that accommodates all inmate needs, in a universal fashion, regardless of how varied the needs may be from inmate to inmate.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Special Facilities and Support

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. It is also important to note that any classification system for elderly inmates should include a protocol that distinguishes between inmates who entered the prison system before age 30 and those who reached that age while in prison.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Explain how the prison subculture impacts, interacts with, and reacts to inmates who are mentally ill, have HIV/AIDS, and/or are elderly. | 12.6 Identify the various classifications of elderly inmates within an institution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Classification of Elderly Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. The primary goal of medication is to quickly identify emergency situations and inmates who might require more extensive intervention prior to placement in the prison population.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Screening, Treatment, and Medication

Difficulty Level: Easy

25. The general public consensus is that long-term incarceration is the best sentence of sex offenders.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. Provide several reasons to separate special needs inmates from the general population.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Separate Care or Inclusion in General Population

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. What prison standards are considered “cruel and unusual punishment,” which is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Case of Ruiz v. Estelle and Mental Illness in Prison Environments

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Why is housing elderly inmates a challenge?

Learning Objective: 12.2: Explain how the prison subculture impacts, interacts with, and reacts to inmates who are mentally ill, have HIV/AIDS, and/or are elderly. | 12.6 Identify the various classifications of elderly inmates within an institution.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Health Care Services and Costs

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What is a universal prison design? What are the benefits of this design?

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Special Facilities and Support

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Why are marginal levels of mental health issues a major problem in jails and prisons?

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Mentally Ill Offenders

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. What measures should be taken to safeguard offenders with alternative sex identities and/or characteristics? How is this relevant to the reduction of HIV/AIDS in a prison facility?

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Safety, Security, and Assistance for LGBTI Inmates

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Who usually conducts treatment for sexual offenders? What does the treatment entail?

Learning Objective: 12.3: Discuss the prevalence of mental illness within state prison systems and the difficulties of care and treatment.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Staff Issues With the Sex Offender Population in Prison

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Why is trust important between correctional officers and inmates when dealing with special needs?

Learning Objective: 12.1: Discuss some of the common administrative considerations facing prison systems when housing specialized inmate populations.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Rights to Privacy and Inmate Subcultural Views

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. What are the primary reasons why prison administrative staff must determine whether offenders with special needs should be kept in contact with the mainstream population of inmates or be segregated?

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Separate Care or Inclusion in General Population

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Name the Supreme Court case that required four standards of mental health care. What are the four standards?

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Access to Care: The Four Standards of Mental Health Care

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Identify and distinguish between elderly first-time offenders, habitual elderly offenders, and offender-turned-elderly-in-prison.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe the difficulties with sex offender management in prisons.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Classification of Elderly Offenders

Difficulty Level: Medium