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Final Exam Questions Institutional Corrections

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Criminal Justice: The System in Perspective

Ronald G. Burns

Module 32: Institutional Corrections

Multiple Choice

1. Which model of incarceration is akin to community corrections and strives to help offenders maintain ties with the community, based on the belief that inmates should remain in contact with the outside world while incarcerated for the sake of easing the transition from prisoner to citizen?

a. Reintegration

b. Custodial

c. Rehabilitation

d. Centralization

2. Which of the following is correct with regard to private prisons?

a. They are less flexible than government-operated prisons.

b. They lack opportunities for creativity.

c. There is more accountability with regard to operations.

d. They ease government pressures to incarcerate offenders.

3. The _______ consists of the distinct values, norms, and beliefs identified among prison inmates.

a. inmate economy

b. prison argot

c. prison subculture

d. institutional underbelly

4. Which of the following types of inmates sell their legal services to other inmates, for instance by conducting legal research or writing writs?

a. Merchants

b. Prison prosecutors

c. Jailhouse lawyers

d. Convict counsel

5. In helping to explain the cause of inmate misconduct, _______ theory centers on how inmates adapt and cope with the pains and losses associated with imprisonment.

a. deprivation

b. importation

c. inmate balance

d. administrative control

6. Also known as UNICOR, which federal government corporation was created in 1934 and uses inmate labor from the Federal Bureau of Prisons to produce services and goods?

a. The U.S. Bureau of Inmate Labor

b. Inmate Services Incorporated

c. National Inmate Labor Association

d. Federal Prison Industries

7. According to the _______ theory, overenforcement of the rules and regulations in prisons creates an environment conducive to disorder and collective violence.

a. prisoner repression

b. inmate balance

c. deprivation

d. importation

True/False

8. Most prisons today are operated by private companies.

9. Contracting with private prisons can be more expensive than government-operated prisons due to the profit margin added to the costs of providing correctional services.

10. Prison officers are generally permitted to use physical force against prisoners to prevent escapes.

11. Prison riots have been explained through the social context of prisons, which involves a breakdown in the precarious relationship between prisoners and prison administrators.

12. Prison gangs decreased in number in the 1960s and 1970s as race relations in society in general improved.

13. Research suggests that overcrowded correctional facilities have no impact on discipline problems or the spread of communicable diseases.

14. Importation theory proposes that inmate behaviors in prisons are shaped by experiences and beliefs held prior to institutionalization.

Essay Questions

15. Why have prisons grown so large in number since the 1980s? Why should we be concerned that such growth has contributed to overcrowding?

16. Identify and discuss the theories that explain why inmates engage in misconduct.

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