Ch9 Test Bank + Answers Elderly Americans And The Criminal

Chapter 9:

Elderly Americans and the Criminal Justice System

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gramme Newmann argues that
   1. elderly inmates do not need to be handcuffed
   2. do not need to be “booked” and fingerprinted
   3. should not be subject to bail decisions
   4. all the above
2. Which of the following is an important issue for correctional officials when considering elderly inmates
   1. size of cells
   2. wheelchair accessibility
   3. elevators
   4. elaborate healthcare facilities
   5. all the above
3. It seems fairly clear that inmates around the country are getting older. Some of the reasons for this are
   1. offenders serving longer sentences
   2. more violent crimes being committed
   3. building more prisons
   4. mandatory sentences
4. The average cost to house an elderly inmate is roughly________ the amount for the average healthy and younger inmate
   1. twice
   2. three times
   3. quadruple
   4. none of the above
5. According to the text, which philosophy of punishment best explains the rise in elderly incarceration
   1. deterrence
   2. Rehabilitation
   3. Just Desserts
   4. none of the above
6. _______________ account for the majority of criminal behavior of people 55 or older
   1. alcohol-related arrests, such as driving while intoxicated and public drunkenness
   2. property crimes such as burglary and larceny
   3. violent crimes, such as homicide and assault
7. Contrary to conventional wisdom, elderly homicide offenders are
   1. less likely to kill someone their own age
   2. less likely to use a firearm
   3. elderly homicide offenders are not significantly different in many ways from other types of murderers
   4. all the above
8. Elderly homicide offenders are unlike younger offenders in that
   1. elderly homicide offenders tend to commit their crime at home rather than in a public establishment
   2. may be generally less likely to commit homicide because violent people tend not to reach the age of fifty-five, reducing their risk of being an elderly offender
   3. may physically not be able to perform violent acts due to illness or injury
   4. all the above
9. The general sense of elderly crime since 1980 is that it has
   1. increased
   2. decreased
   3. remained the same
   4. all the above
10. Research interest in elderly crime
    1. increased
    2. stopped all together
    3. became more focused on the problems of elderly inmates
    4. none of the above
11. Part of the problem in studying elderly criminals is
    1. operationalizing the term “elderly”
    2. how to define the criminal activity
    3. assessing the motivations for studying elderly criminals
    4. none of the above
12. Which of the following is a type of elderly victimization
    1. physical abuse
    2. neglect
    3. emotional abuse
    4. fear
    5. all the above

True/False Questions

1. T/F Baby Boomers This group represents about 28% of the U.S. population and is responsible for some of the most dramatic changes in American history.
2. T/F Gen Yers s are generally marked by their lack of optimism for the future and an absence of trust in traditional values. During the early 1990s, the media portrayed Gen Yers as a group of overeducated, underachieving “slackers,” who are more concerned with tattoos, body piercings, and who spawned the grunge music movement.
3. T/F Gen Xers with a strong sense of cynicism about their lives, future, and the country as a whole. This group is also generally critical of the Baby Boomer generation, whom many Gen Xers look upon as self-centered and impractical.
4. T/F Gen Yers is educated, technologically adept and have been encouraged by their parents that they can achieve whatever goal they set for themselves. It is not surprising to learn, then, that there is a strong sense of entitlement felt by this group about wanting the best in life and thinking they deserve it.
5. T/F While conventional wisdom has been that the elderly are at the greatest risk of becoming the victims of crime, research has consistently shown that they have the lowest rates of actual victimization.
6. T/F As a general rule, as a person ages, rates of victimization tends to increase.
7. T/F No one knows exactly how many older Americans are abused, neglected, or exploited each year; part of the reason for this has to do with the problems of defining elder abuse. Additionally, there is no uniform reporting system, rendering any type of comprehensive national data base difficult to obtain.
8. T/F The research on the elderly shoplifter, while still quite scant, suggests that these individuals engage in this type of criminal activity because they are poor, lonely, or are retaliating against a business because of poor treatment.
9. T/F The research suggests that elderly homicide offenders are significantly different in many ways from other types of murderers, largely because the motivations to commit the crime are the same.
10. T/F Alcohol-related arrests, such as driving while intoxicated and public drunkenness, account for the majority of criminal behavior of people 55 or older.
11. T/F Proponents of a geriatrics court argue elderly criminals are inherently different and merit special consideration in the justice process. Moreover, the pains of punishment are more taxing on elderly offenders.
12. T/F One of the most important issues relating to correctional institutions in this country surrounds health care for elderly inmates.