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How many security levels are there in the federal prison system?


A) four
B) two
C) five
D) three

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_____________ are jails that are built and run using the combine resources of a variety of local jurisdictions.


A) Regional Jails
B) Privately run jails
C) Direct supervision jails
D) Female jails

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Provide detailed and comprehensive information to support your answer. Use examples where applicable to support your answers. -During the Industrial Era prisons intended to capitalize on the labor of convicts by using them as laborers in the community.Define and describe three of the six different systems of inmate labor in use in the early twentieth century.

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Contract system.Private businesse...

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A private prison:


A) is a prison for terrorists that does not reveal the prisoners' identities.
B) is operated by a private firm on behalf of government.
C) house no more than 50 prisoners.
D) houses military prisoners

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Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column. -Prison Capacity


A) The number of inmates a prison can handle according to the judgment of experts.
B) The number of inmates a prison can effectively accommodate based upon management considerations.
C) The number of inmates a prison was intended to hold when it was built or modified.
D) The size of the correctional population an institution can effectively hold.

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___________ is most noted as the originator of what we know as today's early release program.


A) Sir Walter Crofton
B) Captain Alexander Maconochie
C) Zebulon Brockway
D) Robert Martinson

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The _____________ has established a Commission on Accreditation to develop a set of standards that correctional institutions can use for conducting self-evaluations.

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Historically,the most widely used of physical punishments was flogging.

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Provide detailed and comprehensive information to support your answer. Use examples where applicable to support your answers. -One of the best known internal classification systems in use today,in prisons,is the adult internal management system (AIMS).AIMS assess an inmate's predatory potential by quantifying three aspects of the inmate's history.List and define those three aspects and explain how effective on ineffective you feel they are.

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One of the best known internal classific...

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ADMAX or Administrative maximum is the term used by the federal government to denote:


A) prisons for white collar criminals.
B) maximum security prisons for females.
C) prisons for offenders who have violated administrative law.
D) ultra-high-security prisons.

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The stocks and the pillory are examples of what type of punishment?


A) exile
B) branding
C) public humiliation
D) flogging

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Answer each part of the following questions with succinct and comprehensive information by citing examples of various models, laws, and justice theories in your answer. -Privatization of prisons is a hot topic in today's discussion of inmate incarceration.List three advantages and three disadvantages for privatizing prisons.What are your views about privatization?

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Reasons to Privatize
1.Private operators...

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Work release is representative of which era in the development of U.S.prisons?


A) The reform era
B) The treatment era
C) The just deserts era
D) The community based era

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A(n)________ system is used by prison administrators to assign inmates to custody levels based on offense history,assessed dangerousness,perceived risk of escape,and other factors.

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The term "stir crazy" grew out of the experiences of many inmates during which prison era?


A) Community based era
B) Just Deserts era
C) The warehousing era
D) The punitive era

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The Auburn system of imprisonment became popular during which prison era?


A) community-based
B) punitive
C) mass prison
D) penitentiary

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