Corrections Today 3rd Edition by Larry J. Siegel - Test Bank Instant Download - Complete Test Bank With Answers Sample Questions Are Posted Below 1. What level of institution touches the lives of more individuals than any other penal institution? a. jail b. prison c. halfway house d. day reporting …
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Corrections Today 3rd Edition by Larry J. Siegel – Test Bank
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1. What level of institution touches the lives of more individuals than any other penal institution?
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2. While jails in some states hold persons for only a few hours, most jails can detain people for _____ hours or longer.
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3. Police lockups can hold people for:
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4. Which colony became the model for jails?
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5. The initial step when admitted to jail is:
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6. The jail system originated in:
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7. In the colonial era, instead of cells, inmate housing took the form of:
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8. The first state to establish a jail was:
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9. The contemporary jail is usually under the authority of the:
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10. Today, most jails have approximately ___ beds.
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11. During the past decade, jail populations saw a steady increase. In the last few years the trend has:
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12. The number of juveniles held in jails has declined primarily because of the _________________, which grants federal money to cities and states that agree not to confine juveniles in jail.
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13. Largely due to increased security risks, the number of juveniles held in adult jails has:
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14. The number of elderly jail inmates during the last decade has:
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15. Despite the increase in incarcerated female offenders, nearly _____ out of 10 jail inmates are adult males.
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16. The social class overrepresented in the nation’s jails is the:
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17. John Irwin refers to disorderly and disorganized jail inmates as:
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18. Blacks are approximately ___ times more likely than Hispanics and ___ times more likely than whites to be in jail.
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19. The alternatives to local control of jails are:
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20. Linear/intermittent surveillance is a characteristic of:
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21. The indirect or podular/remote surveillance is a characteristic of:
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22. Direct or podular/direct supervision is a characteristic of:
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23. Which jail complies with the Prison Rape Elimination Act in that it establishes a zero-tolerance standard for the incidence of prison rape in U.S. prisons?
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24. It is difficult for small jails to develop a variety of programs because they lack:
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25. Jails are constitutionally mandated to make available:
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26. Jails have even fewer alternatives for dealing with the issue of _______ than prisons.
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27. Jail suicide rates are _________ that of the general population.
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28. Jail officers’ lack of knowledge for appropriate intervention strategies poses a problem when dealing with the:
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29. One of the major issues for jail administrators that often involve both inmates and staff, especially in large urban areas, is:
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30. Keeping track of inmates visually within the jail often involves using physiological or behavioral characteristics of the inmate known as ________ technology.
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31. In recent years, seven states have enacted legislation that transfer control of local jails to:
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32. Pennsylvania established the first colonial jail, but it was the Virginia jails established by reformer Virginia Dare in the 17th century that later became the model for other states.
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33. A fee system was also used in the colonies in which inmates were required to pay for their own food and services, including wood and coal for heat.
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34. At the beginning of the 19th century, children, debtors, slaves, the mentally ill, and the physically ill were housed in jails, but as the century progressed, children and the mentally ill were more often sent to other institutions.
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35. In 1773, the Walnut Street Jail was constructed in Philadelphia in which prisoners were employed in hard labor in the institution and released during the day to repair and clean streets and highways.
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36. The concept of the English jail was brought to Britain’s colonies in North America soon after the settlers arrived from the Old World.
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37. Police lockups can hold persons for periods for up to 72 hours.
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38. The initial step for offenders in the incarceration process is to be placed in a housing unit.
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39. Detox and suicide prevention are problems to be identified as part of the classification process.
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40. Male inmates far outnumber females, though the disparity is narrowing somewhat.
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41. As prisons become more overcrowded, correctional officials use local jails to house inmates when there is no room in state prisons.
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42. Despite bail reform efforts, the poor are still the group least likely to make bail.
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43. African American and Hispanic females are less likely to receive jail sentences than are white female inmates.
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44. While African Americans and whites make up the great bulk of the jail population, American Indians are held in local jails at the highest rate of any racial group.
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45. John Irwin refers to disorderly and disorganized jail inmates as “rabble” and contends that the jail was invented and continues to be operated in order to manage society’s rabble.
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46. The population of elderly jail inmates has more than doubled in size during the past decade.
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47. A major problem of jail administration is that sheriffs are politically accountable to county voters, so jails are one of the most political institutions in adult corrections.
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48. Transportation problems, multijurisdiction funding problems, and turf disputes limit or prohibit the even wider use of regional jails.
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49. First-generation jails are designed to provide indirect or podular/remote surveillance.
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50. The weakness of first-generation designed jails is found in the inability of staff to see more than one or two cells at a time.
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51. Management in first-generation jails assumes that they hold violent inmates who express their rage by victimizing each other, assaulting staff members, destroying property, and attempting to escape.
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52. Second-generation jails comply with the Prison Rape Elimination Act in that they establish a zero-tolerance standard for the incidence of prison rape in U.S. prisons.
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53. Direct-supervision (DS) jails place the correctional officers’ station within the inmates’ living area, or pod, which means the officer can see and speak to inmates.
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54. Jails are constitutionally mandated to make available adequate health care delivery systems.
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55. Women comprise one-third of all jail employees.
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56. Biometrics is the use of carpentry skills training for jail inmates in order to increase employment placement upon release.
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57. Jail officers are adequately trained to deal appropriately with mentally ill prisoners.
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58. The first colony to institute a jail was _______________.
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59. In New Hampshire and Massachusetts, a ________________ holds convicted misdemeanants and a county jail holds pretrial detainees.
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60. After an arrest, an individual is taken to jail to first go through____________________.
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61. The number of juveniles held in jails has declined primarily because of the ____________________.
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62. Criminologist John Irwin refers to disorderly and disorganized persons as _______________.
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63. In more than 3,000 counties in the United States, the ______________ runs the jail.
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64. 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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65. _________________ jails offer many advantages, including effective supervision of inmates, improved communication between staff and inmates, safety of staff and inmates, and improved classification and orientation of inmates.
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66. This act, _______________, is dedicated to collecting national prison rape statistics, data, and conducting research; disseminating information and procedures for combating prison rape; and assisting in funding state programs.
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67. ____________________ jails provide linear/intermittent surveillance of inmates.
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68. ____________________jails provide indirect or podular/remote surveillance.
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69. An ___________________ is an incarceration facility that has a centrally placed, high-strength, mirrored-glass control center with a panoramic view that provides 100 percent surveillance of the entire facility.
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70. The new-generation jails are based on the ____________________model.
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71. If inmates are considered a high risk for suicide, they may be monitored with ___________________, in which inmates are placed in specially equipped cells and in which there is frequent supervision.
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72. A new method of tracking inmates by utilizing physiological or behavioral characteristics in a three-step process is known as ____________________ technology.
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73. What are the three different types of local correctional institutions?
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74. Discuss the historical origins of the jail in what would become the United States.
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75. What occurs during the booking and classification process at a jail?
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76. Discuss social class and the jail population.
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77. Discuss jail populations and why they continue to increase.
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78. Name and explain the three alternatives to local control of jails.
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79. What are the four generations of jail supervision?
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80. How do regional jails differ from other models?
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81. Name at least four jail programs currently utilized.
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82. Discuss some of the health care issues confronting individuals in the jail setting.
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83. Name three of the most serious issues facing the jails in the United States today.
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84. Explain the use of biometrics in the jail/prison setting.
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