Ch 12 Victimization Of Special Populations

Question 1

classification

Answer 1

Inmates are assessed and placed in appropriate institutions based on needs and characteristics

Question 2

conjugal visits

Answer 2

Visits on prison grounds that allow married inmates to spend private time with their spouses

Question 3

deinstitutionalization

Answer 3

Closing of institutions for mentally disordered people

Question 4

deliberate indifference

Answer 4

Prison officials know inmates’ health or safety are at risk but disregard those risks

Question 5

dependency-stress model

Answer 5

Theory that disabled children are more dependent on caregivers, which causes more stress that can lead to abuse

Question 6

deprivation

Answer 6

The depriving nature of the prison environment affects inmates’ adaptation to prison

Question 7

developmental disability

Answer 7

Serious, chronic impairment of major activities such as self-care, language, learning, mobility, and capacity for independent living

Question 8

importation

Answer 8

Characteristics inmates bring with them to prison that affect their adaptation to prison

Question 9

National Inmate Survey

Answer 9

Self-report survey on inmates’ rates of victimization

Question 10

National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC)

Answer 10

Survey of youth in state and private correctional facilities

Question 11

Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003

Answer 11

Requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to analyze incidence and effects of prison rape

Question 12

protective custody

Answer 12

Secure inmate housing in which inmates are separated from others

Question 13

social distance

Answer 13

Feelings people have about others with whom they spend time

Question 14

symptomology

Answer 14

Exhibiting symptoms of a mental disorder

Question 15

theory of low self-control

Answer 15

Proposes that people who have low self-control are more likely to be involved in crime and delinquency