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Which prison design is composed of a "wagon-wheel"-like structure that was created with the dual goals of separation and control?


A) Campus style
B) Courtyard style
C) Radial design
D) Telephone-pole design

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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The ____ prison is defined as a correctional facility reserved for those inmates who have extensive records of misconduct in maximum-security prisons; it is characterized by extremely strict control and supervision over the inmates,including extensive use of solitary confinement.


A) Maximum-security
B) Medium-security
C) Minimum-security
D) Supermax

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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______________________________ are the wages of public employees that account for nearly two-thirds of a government-run prison's operating expenses.

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The ____________________ was/were greatly responsible for the spread of indeterminate sentences,probation,community sanctions,and parole in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Some of the more progressive politicians believe the incarceration of so many people has negative consequences.One of the arguments these politicians make is that these high rates of incarceration deny too many offenders the right to vote.If convicted felons are not able to vote than they will not be involved in the democratic process.This practice of removing the ability to vote is known as:


A) decarceration
B) disenfranchisement
C) incapacitation
D) institutionalization

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Private prisons can often be run more cheaply and efficiently than public ones.

A) True
B) False

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Some of the lawmakers are more concerned with the costs of jails than they are prisons.They make the argument that almost 13 million people are admitted to jails over the course of a year nationwide.Other lawmakers claim that jails are different than prisons and should not be their concern at this time.How are jails different than prisons?


A) Jails are operated by county and city governments.
B) Jails only house inmates that have been convicted of a crime.
C) Jails house inmates who have sentences than longer than one year.
D) Jails offer a wide variety of rehabilitation and educational programs.

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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Individuals who cannot post bail after arrest and are therefore forced to spend the time prior to their trial incarcerated in jail are known as _______________________.

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Which of the following is not one of the reasons cited for the growth in incarcerated populations?


A) Federal prison growth
B) Increased probability of incarceration
C) Inmates serving more time for each crime
D) Private prisons

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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The Pennsylvania System used the ____,which was a nineteenth-century penitentiary in which inmates were kept apart from one another at all times,with daily activities taking place in individual cells.

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What type of prison design is characterized by having housing units scattered among functional units such as the dining room,recreation area,and treatment centers?


A) Campus style
B) Courtyard style
C) Radial design
D) Telephone-pole design

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Which level of prisons is considered a correctional institution designed and organized to control and discipline dangerous felons,as well as prevent escape,with intense supervision,cement walls,and electronic,barbed wire fences?


A) Maximum-security prisons
B) Medium-security prisons
C) Minimum-security prisons
D) Supermax prisons

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Which type of facility is responsible for receiving individuals pending arraignment and holding them while awaiting trial?


A) Jail
B) Maximum-security prison
C) Medium-security prison
D) Minimum-security prison

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Maximum-security prisons tend to be small,holding under 500 inmates.

A) True
B) False

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What are the benefits of privatizing prisons? What are the potential drawbacks?

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Supermax prisons operate in a state of perpetual __________________,in which all inmates are confined to their cells.

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A _______________________________ jail encourages interaction between inmates and jailers and offers greater opportunities for treatment.

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Prisons have a continuity of purpose that is lacking in police departments.

A) True
B) False

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Of the nearly 3,370 jails in the United States,more than 2,700 are operated on a county level by an elected sheriff.

A) True
B) False

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The _____________ system was used at Auburn,where inmates worked and ate together,with silence enforced by guards.

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