Exam 12: Behind Bars: the Life of an Inmate

An act of executive clemency that overturns a conviction and erases mention of the crime from the person's criminal record is referred to as:

Female correctional officers are less effective than their male counterparts in maintaining discipline in men's prisons.

About 40% of state and federal prisoners suffer from at least one form of illness.

Laws that require local law authorities to alert the public when a sex offender has been released into the community are _______________________________.

An inmate who is ____ exists on the fringes of prison society.

Inmates who take advantage of prison resources such as libraries or drug treatment programs by ____ are working to improve themselves to prepare for a return to society.

The goal of reentry is to promote ______________________,or continued abstinence from offending.

A ____ is the disciplinarian of the prison,responsible for policing and transporting the inmates.

Officers who work the prison yard usually have the least seniority,befitting the assignment's reputation as dangerous and stressful.

In women's prisons the inmates form ____________________________,where they play specific roles,with the more experienced convicts acting as "mothers" to younger inmates.

Which rank of custodial staff is responsible for overseeing platoons of officers in specific parts of the prison,such as various cell blocks or work spaces?

By definition,a total institution is an institution that provides all of the necessities for existence to those who live within its boundaries.

The single factor that most distinguishes female prisoners from their male counterparts is:

In the _______________________notification model,information on sex offenders is made open and available for public scrutiny.

Relative deprivation is a theory that inmate aggression is the result of the frustration inmates feel at being deprived of freedom,consumer goods,sex,and other staples of life outside the institution.

This is the conditional release of an inmate before his or her sentence has expired.

Drug and alcohol use within a women's prison can be a function of the anger and depression many inmates experience due to:

Explain the difference between active and passive sex offender notification laws.

In most states the parole board is made up of senior correctional officers who are selected by the warden.

An agreement between the state and the offender that establishes the conditions of parole is the _________________.