Chapter 11 quiz

________ is considered to be the first penitentiary.

Walnut Street Jail

What has research indicated concerning the cost-effectiveness of private prisons?

Private prisons as just as expensive as government-run prisons to operate.

One of the most commonly used penal colonies during the late 1700s was:

Australia

How did citizens in sixteenth-and seventeeth-century England make sure that punishment of offenders, particularly hanging, would have the desired deterrent effect?

By making the hanging a public event in the town square

One of the most significant reasons that reformatories fell out of popularity was because:

classification systems were scarce in most reformatories

The style of confinement under the Auburn system was called

congregate system

The number of inmates housed in private prisons has ________ in the past two decades.

increased

Convicts who were transported from Britain to American colonies to be sold to private individuals to act as servants for a period of time were:

indentured servants

Four friends, Bob, Sue, Tom, and John, have been convicted of bank robbery. Upon sentencing, they discover that they are being sent to four different prisons, each with its own philosophy of corrections. Bob spends much of his sentence in an isolation cell; he is also subject to strict rules and regulations and has no access to rehabilitation programs. Sue finds herself in a prison that is filled with individuals serving very lengthy sentences as well as some low-level offenders, who, she thinks, should never have been incarcerated because their crimes are not serious. Tom, on the other hand, has access to many different treatment programs. Finally, the prison where John is incarcerated is focused on John's success when he returns to the community. He spends his time preparing for release. Sue is most likely incarcerated in a prison that adheres to the ________ model of corrections.

punishment

Early forms of confinement in England and other European countries were very different from our contemporary prisons and jails. One of the first methods of confinement was a facility where a wide range of people were sent to work; most of these people were not hardened criminals, but were guilty of not paying their debts. Another form of confinement was exporting criminals to other lands, such as the American colonies and Australia. As the American Revolution began, however, England had to find something else to do with their criminals. As a result, they reconfigured abandoned ships to hold criminals on the riverbanks. The practice of exporting criminals to other lands, such as the American colonies and Australia, was referred to as:

transportation

The term corrections can be traced back to the turn of the ________ century in America.

twentieth

Suppose you have been convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and you are ordered by the sentencing judge to attend an event where the family members of victims killed as a result of driving under the influence speak about the effects of the crime. You have been sentenced to a(n):

victim-impact panel

One of the most important reasons that the Auburn system was favored over the Pennsylvania system was because the Auburn system:

was able to turn a profit through convict labor

Suppose Jack is incarcerated in a facility where he makes shoes that are sold on the open market. He is subject to strict discipline and is not paid for his work. Jack is most likely incarcerated in a(n):

industrial prison

Jack and Jill are both convicted of driving under the influence. Jack is sentenced to nine months in jail, while Jill is sentenced to six months on probation. Jack's sentence is an example of ________ corrections.

institutional

If you were accused of committing a crime and have not been released on bail prior to your trial, you are most likely being held in a:

jail

In England during the eleventh century, those who broke laws were often held in ________ until it was time to impose punishment.

private estates

Suppose Joe is incarcerated in a prison where there is a focus on treatment. The prison views the inmates as "sick" and tries to "cure" their criminal behavior. Joe is most likely incarcerated in a(n):

therapeutic prison