Ch.13 Test Questions & Answers Institutional Corrections

1.

Alcatraz Penitentiary is also known as ___________. 
 

2.

Alcatraz was opened in 1934, it was closed in ________. 
 

3.

The convicted spy Jonathan Pollard is at ___________________ prison. 
 

4.

A penal institution designed and operated with the principal goal of preventing escape and avoiding violence on the part of prisoners, virtually to the exclusion of rehabilitation or other programs is called _________________. 
 

5.

A penal institution allowing inmates and visitors internal freedom of movement and program participation consistent with incarceration is called _________. 
 

6.

A penal institution with emphasis on control and custody, but not to the exclusion of rehabilitative or other programs is called ____________. 
 

7.

The process that consists of regular procedures through which the custodial treatment, vocational, and educational needs of each prisoner are determined is called _______. 
 

8.

On December 31, 2008, there were _____________ prisoners held in local, state and federal prisons and jails. 
 

9.

The process that consists of regular procedures through which the custodial, treatment, vocational and educational needs of each prisoner are determined is called ________________. 
 

10.

The _____________ is an explanation of prison subculture that suggests norms, language, roles, and traditions are developed in the prison to help prisoners adjust to the pains of imprisonment. 
 

11.

How many inmates were killed in the new Mexico Prison Riot? 
 

12.

The socialization process in which new prisoners learn the ways of prison society, including rules, hierarchy, customs, and culture is called ___________. 
 

13.

Donald Clemmer coined the term _____________. 
 

14.

The informal set of rules that reflect the values of the prison society is called _____. 
 

15.

The unique vocabulary used by the prisoners is referred to as ____________. 
 

16.

Inmate activity that involves obtaining goods and services that are unavailable through legitimate channels is called _____________. 
 

17.

Which of the following is not listed as one of the pains of imprisonment? 
 

18.

Which of the following is not part of the inmate code? 
 

19.

Inmates who coerce other inmates into homosexual relations are called _________. 
 

20.

The explanation of the prison subculture that suggests norms, language, roles, and traditions are brought into the prison from outside the walls is called ___________. 
 

21.

Next to Attica, the most violent prison riot in recent American history was the one at ___________. 
 

22.

Approximately, ___________ of women prisoners are mothers. 
 

23.

When a prisoner is allow to go home because of a death in the family it is usually called a __________. 
 

24.

A philosophy that asserts that through proper correctional intervention, a criminal can be reformed into a law-abiding citizen is called ____________. 
 

25.

When a criminal completes his sentence and then repeats his criminal behavior it is called _____________. 
 

26.

Alcatraz Penitentiary is also known as ____________. 
 
________________________________________

27.

Alcatraz was opened in 1934; it was closed in ________. 
 
________________________________________

28.

Convicted spy Jonathon Pollard is at ___________________ prison. 
 
________________________________________

29.

A penal institution designed and operated with the principal goal of preventing escape and avoiding violence on the part of prisoners, virtually to the exclusion of rehabilitation or other programs is called _________________. 
 
________________________________________

30.

A penal institution allowing inmates and visitors internal freedom of movement and program participation consistent with incarceration is called _________. 
 
________________________________________

31.

A penal institution with emphasis on control and custody, but not to the exclusion of rehabilitative or other programs is called ____________. 
 
________________________________________

32.

The process that consists of regular procedures through which the custodial treatment, vocational, and educational needs of each prisoner are determined is called _______. 
 
________________________________________

33.

On December 31, 2006, there were _____________ prisoners held in local, state and federal prisons and jails. 
 
________________________________________

34.

Next to Attica, the most violent prison riot in recent American history was the one at ___________. 
 
________________________________________

35.

The _____________ is an explanation of prison subculture that suggests norms, language, roles, and traditions are developed in the prison to help prisoners adjust to the pains of imprisonment. 
 
________________________________________

36.

The socialization process in which new prisoners learn the ways of prison society, including rules, hierarchy, customs, and culture is called ___________. 
 
________________________________________

37.

Donald Clemmer coined the term _____________. 
 
________________________________________

38.

The informal set of rules that reflect the values of the prison society is called _____. 
 
________________________________________

39.

The unique vocabulary used by the prisoners is referred to as ____________. 
 
________________________________________

40.

Inmate activity that involves obtaining goods and services that are unavailable through legitimate channels is called _____________. 
 
________________________________________

41.

The five deprivations of the pains of imprisonment are deprivation of liberty, deprivation of goods and services, deprivation of autonomy, deprivation of security, and _____________. 
 
________________________________________

42.

Inmates who coerce other inmates into homosexual relations are called ________. 
 
________________________________________

43.

The explanation of the prison subculture that suggests norms, language, roles, and traditions are brought into the prison from outside the walls is called ___________. 
 
________________________________________

44.

Most correctional facilities for women have better physical surroundings than institutions for men. 
 
True    False

45.

Approximately, 40% of female prisoners are mothers. 
 
True    False

46.

Most prisons allow a new mother to keep her baby with her for up to six months. 
 
True    False

47.

Next to Attica, the most violent prison riot in recent American history was the one at Sing Sing Prison in New York. 
 
True    False

48.

The explanation of the prison subculture that suggests norms, language, roles, and traditions are brought into the prison from outside the walls is called the importation model. 
 
True    False

49.

When prisoners are granted furloughs the majority of them try to escape and fail to return to the prison as scheduled. 
 
True    False

50.

Part of the reason Alcatraz was closed was because so many prisoners were successfully escaping from it. 
 
True    False

51.

The explanation of the prison subculture that suggests norms, language, roles, and traditions are brought into the prison from outside the walls is called the importation model. 
 
True    False

52.

Inmates who tell on other inmates are referred to as rats. 
 
True    False

53.

It was Edwin Sutherland who coined the term prisonization. 
 
True    False