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In 1827, the Western State Penitentiary was built using a semicircle formation most known in the Pennsylvania system prisons.

A) True
B) False

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What were the primary methods of labor with prison inmates, and what eventually decimated the prison industry in the mid-1900s

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____________________ incarceration refers to short stints in boot-camp-like programs in which inmates undergo intensive physical conditioning and discipline.

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The Pennsylvania system eventually won out over the Auburn system of penitentiaries.

A) True
B) False

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The medical model was still widely used from 1960 to 1980 in the United States.

A) True
B) False

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What act made it a federal offense to transport interstate commerce goods made in prison for private use


A) The Jackson-Joseph Act
B) The Great Depression Act
C) The Ashurst-Sumners Act
D) The Property of Service Act

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

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Which type of correctional institution houses dangerous felons and maintains strict security measures, high walls, and limited contact with the outside world


A) Enhanced super-maximum-security prisons
B) Maximum-security prisons
C) Minimum-security prisons
D) Medium-security prisons

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

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Which type of community-based correctional facility houses inmates before their outright release so they can become gradually acclimated to conventional society


A) Community treatment facility
B) Halfway house
C) Boot camp
D) Placement house

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Which type of new-generation jail contains a cluster of cells surrounding a living area or pod with a officers station located within this pod


A) Direct-supervision jails
B) Explicit-supervision jails
C) Ancillary-supervision jails
D) Indirect-supervision jails

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

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Which of the following was not an innovation advocated by Zebulon Brockway


A) Indeterminate sentencing
B) Parole
C) Corporal punishment
D) Individual treatment

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

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The first private prison was opened in 1986 in which state


A) Tennessee
B) New Mexico
C) Ohio
D) Kentucky

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

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Since the 1980s, the correctional system has been largely focused on crime control as opposed to rehabilitation.

A) True
B) False

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A correctional facility designed to hold convicted felons while they serve their criminal sentence is called a ______________________.

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With which of the following is Alexander Maconochie not associated


A) Ticket-of-leave
B) English Penal Servitude Act
C) Condemnation of transportation
D) Creation of modern-day probation

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

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Compare and contrast traditional jails with new-generation jail designs.

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The first step toward prison reform began in Cincinnati in 1870 at the:


A) National Prison Reform Council
B) Cincinnati Prison Reform Doctrine
C) National Congress of Penitentiary and Reformatory Discipline
D) Federal Penitentiary Reform Regulatory Council

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

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Explain some of the difficulties in running a super-maximum-security prison.

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Under which of the following systems did private businesses lease prisoner labor for an annual fee and assume supervision responsibilities


A) Convict-lease
B) Public account
C) Contract
D) Auburn

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

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The mark system is attributed to which Irish prison reformer


A) Lawrence Driscoll
B) Michael McColgan
C) Orla O'Hara
D) Walter Crofton

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

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Which of the following is not a style of the Pennsylvania System of corrections


A) Single cells in a semicircle
B) Bible study
C) Congregate model
D) Silence

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

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