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Intro to CJ Ch. 14
Prison Life: Living in and Leaving Prison
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Although most prisons are classified as medium-security prisons, more than half of all inmates are held in ____________________ institutions. | Maximum-security |
| The following is a type of regimented, dehumanizing institution, in which like-situated people are kept in social isolation, cut off from the world at large? | Total institution |
| The following is a correctional policy that stipulates that prisons are meant to punish, not coddle, inmates? | No frills policy |
| Before inmates are sent to prison, they must first go through a battery of psychological and personality tests in a process known as: | Classification. |
| One of the most detailed characterizations of prison life was delivered by inmate-turned-author James A. Paluch, Jr., who referred to prisons as: | Cold coffins. |
| Inmates who may not be able to defend themselves and are often beaten or raped are known as: | Punks. |
| Which of the following is the loosely defined culture that pervades prisons and has its own norms, rules, and language? | Inmate subculture |
| An unwritten code of behavior, passed from older inmates to younger ones, that serves as a guideline for appropriate inmate behavior is called: | Inmate social code. |
| Assimilation into the separate culture of prison is known as: | Prisonization |
| With regard to the inmate code, an individual who uses the code as his personal behavior guide is known as a: | Right guy |
| A common practice found often in female prisons but not as often in male prisons is the process of self-mutilation known as: | Carving. |
| According to statistics released in 2012 of inmates recently discharged from prison, what proportion of inmates had been sexually victimized by a guard or inmate? | 1 in 10 |
| The following is not one of the top three reasons institutions experience high rates of sexual coercion? | Direct-style pod housing |
| The first faith-based prison was established in which state in 2003? | Florida |
| Which type of program uses a psycho-social, experiential learning process that relies on positive peer pressure within a highly structured social environment? | Therapeutic communities |
| The federal prison industries are more widely known as: | UNICOR. |
| Federal legislation that allowed prison-made goods to be sold across state lines if the projects complied with strict rules, such as preventing undercutting the existing structure, was called the: | Percy Amendment. |
| Rehabilitation programs drastically changed after the 1970s release of the Martinson Report, which stated that in regard to rehabilitation programs: | “Nothing works.” |
| In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court uphold Alabama’s refusal to hire female correctional officers at male institutions on the grounds that it would put them in significant danger? | Dothard v. Rawlinson |
| In which 1964 case did the Supreme Court rule that inmates who were being denied the right to practice religion were entitled to legal redress? | Cooper v. Pate |
| The most important provision of which 1996 act was the requirement of prisoners to exhaust all internal administrative grievance procedures before they can file a civil rights case in federal court? | Prison Litigation Reform Act |
| The following is the landmark 2002 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that correctional officials who knowingly violate the Eighth Amendment rights of inmates can be held liable for damages? | Hope v. Pelzer |
| When overcrowding becomes a violation of the Eighth Amendment rights of prisoners, the Supreme Court can rule that states must release prisoners, as they did with 30,000 inmates in 2011 in which state? | California |
| Which form of parole is characterized by smaller caseloads and closer surveillance and may include frequent drug testing and electronic monitoring? | Intensive supervision parole |
| Studies show that intensive supervision parole programs have produced: | Mixed results. |
| The following is not an element of the inmate code? | Don’t talk to the guards. |
| Under the new inmate culture, which ethnic groups tend to be the most cohesive? | African American and Latino |
| According to which theory do rioting and other forms of collective violence occur when prison officials make abrupt efforts to take control of the prison and limit freedoms? | Inmate-balance theory |
| According to which theory does rioting and other forms of collective violence occur in response to crowded conditions? | Prison overcrowding theory |
| According to which theory does rioting and other forms of collective violence occur in response to poor quality management styles? | Administrative-control theory |
| Which are substantive rights? | Access to the courts, legal service, and materials Freedom of the press,Freedom of religion |
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