Question 1

The criminal justice system has made many adjustments to involve victims in the process of sentencing criminals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

How do correctional agencies fulfill their mission?
I. By imprisoning offenders who receive a sentence of incarceration from the courts
II. By assisting courts in the decision to grant bail
III. By supervising offenders in the community under court jurisdiction

Accepted Answer

A)   I, II
B)   II, III
C)   I, III
D)   I, II, IIIE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Which theorist suggested that criminal laws should be organized so that the punishment for any act would outweigh the pleasure that would be derived from the act?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cesare Lombroso
B)   Gabriel Tarde
C)   Cesare Beccaria
D)   Jeremy BenthamE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

The Code of ________ is one of the earliest known penal codes.

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The answer of The Code of ________ is one of...

Question 5

Which system was known as the "congregate and silent" system?

Accepted Answer

A)   Pennsylvania system
B)   Auburn system
C)   fee system
D)   Irish systemE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 6

What was the emphasis in the Rehabilitative Era?

Accepted Answer

A)   having inmates work and produce products that could help in making the prisons self-sustaining
B)   the professionalizing of staff through recruitment and training, and the implementation of many self-improvement programs of prison management
C)   reformation that expanded education and vocational programs and focused offenders' attention on their future
D)   holding offenders accountable for their acts and being tough on criminals while keeping them isolated from law-abiding citizensE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Recidivism is a legislative authorization to provide a specific range of punishment for a specific crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In the United States, the rate of imprisonment decreased by almost 20 percent between 1980 and 2015.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following links crime causation to punishment, based on offenders' free will and hedonism?

Accepted Answer

A)   hedonistic calculus
B)   the Positive School of criminology
C)   the Classical School of criminology
D)   atavismE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Which of the following statements is TRUE of the Walnut Street Jail?

Accepted Answer

A)   Prisoners were allowed to congregate during the day to work in factories to improve the production of goods.
B)   It introduced the idea of releasing offenders on a conditional basis, leading to the development of parole.
C)   Prison administrators often put masks on inmates as they moved through the prison, to avoid identification in case they met each other after release.
D)   It was an architectural nightmare, built in an octagon with small, dark cells inside the cellblocks to provide solitary confinement and no labor.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

What was the first penitentiary designed to house sentenced offenders in the United States called?

Accepted Answer

A)   Western State Penitentiary
B)   Walnut Street Jail
C)   Eastern State Penitentiary
D)   Sing Sing PrisonE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 12

Atavism implied that criminals are born, and criminal behavior is predetermined.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The original features of the Pennsylvania system included all but which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   separation
B)   silence
C)   reformation of inmates
D)   working with other inmatesE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Prisons were used in colonial times as a punishment for crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Sir Walter Crofton was the head of which system?

Accepted Answer

A)   Auburn system
B)   Pennsylvania system
C)   Irish system
D)   fee systemE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

What was were some of the potential consequences of the hands-off doctrine?

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Question 17

________ is the study of punishment for criminal acts.

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What was were some of the potential consequences of the hands-off doctrine?

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In the United States, the rate of imprisonment decreased by almost 20 percent between 1980 and 2015.

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What was the emphasis in the Rehabilitative Era?

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Atavism implied that criminals are born, and criminal behavior is predetermined.

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Which of the following links crime causation to punishment, based on offenders' free will and hedonism?

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The original features of the Pennsylvania system included all but which of the following?

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How do correctional agencies fulfill their mission? I. By imprisoning offenders who receive a sentence of incarceration from the courts II. By assisting courts in the decision to grant bail III. By supervising offenders in the community under court jurisdiction

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Sir Walter Crofton was the head of which system?

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The criminal justice system has made many adjustments to involve victims in the process of sentencing criminals.

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Which of the following statements is TRUE of the Walnut Street Jail?

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Prisons were used in colonial times as a punishment for crime.

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Recidivism is a legislative authorization to provide a specific range of punishment for a specific crime.

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Which system was known as the "congregate and silent" system?

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Which theorist suggested that criminal laws should be organized so that the punishment for any act would outweigh the pleasure that would be derived from the act?

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________ is the study of punishment for criminal acts.

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In the United States, the rate of imprisonment decreased by almost 20 percent between 1980 and 2015.

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What was the emphasis in the Rehabilitative Era?

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Atavism implied that criminals are born, and criminal behavior is predetermined.

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Which of the following links crime causation to punishment, based on offenders' free will and hedonism?

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The original features of the Pennsylvania system included all but which of the following?

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How do correctional agencies fulfill their mission? I. By imprisoning offenders who receive a sentence of incarceration from the courts II. By assisting courts in the decision to grant bail III. By supervising offenders in the community under court jurisdiction

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Sir Walter Crofton was the head of which system?

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The criminal justice system has made many adjustments to involve victims in the process of sentencing criminals.

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Which of the following statements is TRUE of the Walnut Street Jail?

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Prisons were used in colonial times as a punishment for crime.

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Recidivism is a legislative authorization to provide a specific range of punishment for a specific crime.

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