Chapter 11 Flashcards

(9 cards)

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Q

In the second half of the 1800’s the progressive movement introduced the ______ model of prison management, which focused on rehabilitation rather than punishment.

A

Medical

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The ________ (also known as superintendent ) is at the top of prisons command structure

A

Warden

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3
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Using a process called ________, prison administrators determine which correctional facility provides the best “fit” for the offender, based mostly on security concerns

A

Classification

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4
Q

Offenders who have been convicted of a violent crimes and repeated offenders are likely to be sent to ___________ - security prisons

A

Medium

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5
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If a prisoner assaults another prisoner or a correctional officer prison officials may decide to transfer that prisoner to a _________ prison designed to hold the “worst of the worst”

A

Supermax

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6
Q

Double the number of _________ offenders are in federal prison today then was the case two decades ago due in large part to increased federal prosecution and incarceration of drug offenders

A

Drug

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7
Q

Many states are adopting strategies of _________ designed to reduce their inmate population and the costs associated with their corrections system

A

Decaraceration

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8
Q

Many officials often feel pressure to said inmates to private prisons to alleviate ________ of public correctional facilities

A

Overcrowding

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9
Q

Rather than having been convicted of any crime a significant number of jail inmates are _____________ who are an unable to post bail.

A

Retrial detainess

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