Exam 3: The History of Corrections in America

_______________________was commissioned the first Warden of the Auburn State Penitentiary in New York in 1821; he instituted a system that called for the inmates to adhere to strict discipline and to wear pinstripes and to walk in lockstep.

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Question 21

Match each item to the phrase or sentence below. -Crime control model

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Question 22

Social and political values greatly influence correctional thought and practices.

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Question 23

The medical model of corrections is based on the assumption that criminal behavior is caused by social, psychological, or biological deficiencies that require .

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Question 24

Many ideas that arose from the Enlightenment fostered the thinking that crime is caused by:

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Question 25

Match each item to the phrase or sentence below. -Contract labor system

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Question 26

Correctional practices, especially the use of the penitentiary, developed similarly across the United States.

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Question 27

Incarceration, in the tradition of the early English workhouse, developed in the immediate aftermath of the American Revolutionary War.

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Question 28

Beginning in the 1930s, reformers put forward the _____________ model of corrections, which viewed criminal behavior as caused by psychological or biological deficiencies.

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Question 29

The first institution to embody the principles of the Cincinnati Prison Congress was:

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Question 30

The Progressives thought it necessary to know the life history of each offender in order to devise an appropriate treatment plan for that specific individual.

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Question 31

The _________________ penitentiary system of incarceration called for inmates to be held in isolation at night but to work with other inmates during the day under a rule of silence.

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Question 32

Separate confinement was first implemented in:

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Question 33

The ideas of inmate classification, parole, and rehabilitative programs were first created and put into practice at the Elmira Reformatory for boys.

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Question 34

The concept of separate confinement was introduced in several different locations; which one became the fullest expression of rehabilitation through separate confinement?

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Question 35

The penitentiary was to be a place where:

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Question 36

Discuss the importance that the state of Pennsylvania played within the correctional system. What impact if any does it still have on our correctional institutions today?

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Question 37

The reformatory movement emphasized education and __________________ , and on the basis of an inmate's successful participation in both could conceivably earn him/her early release.

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Question 38

Not until the 1960s were there serious attempts made to implement the ideas of the medical model of corrections in the United States.

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Question 39

With the rise of the medical model, the emphasis in corrections shifted to:

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Exam 3: The History of Corrections in America

_______________________was commissioned the first Warden of the Auburn State Penitentiary in New York in 1821; he instituted a system that called for the inmates to adhere to strict discipline and to wear pinstripes and to walk in lockstep.

Match each item to the phrase or sentence below. -Crime control model

Social and political values greatly influence correctional thought and practices.

The medical model of corrections is based on the assumption that criminal behavior is caused by social, psychological, or biological deficiencies that require .

Many ideas that arose from the Enlightenment fostered the thinking that crime is caused by:

Match each item to the phrase or sentence below. -Contract labor system

Correctional practices, especially the use of the penitentiary, developed similarly across the United States.

Incarceration, in the tradition of the early English workhouse, developed in the immediate aftermath of the American Revolutionary War.

Beginning in the 1930s, reformers put forward the _____________ model of corrections, which viewed criminal behavior as caused by psychological or biological deficiencies.

The first institution to embody the principles of the Cincinnati Prison Congress was:

The Progressives thought it necessary to know the life history of each offender in order to devise an appropriate treatment plan for that specific individual.

The _________________ penitentiary system of incarceration called for inmates to be held in isolation at night but to work with other inmates during the day under a rule of silence.

Separate confinement was first implemented in:

The ideas of inmate classification, parole, and rehabilitative programs were first created and put into practice at the Elmira Reformatory for boys.

The concept of separate confinement was introduced in several different locations; which one became the fullest expression of rehabilitation through separate confinement?

The penitentiary was to be a place where:

Discuss the importance that the state of Pennsylvania played within the correctional system. What impact if any does it still have on our correctional institutions today?

The reformatory movement emphasized education and __________________ , and on the basis of an inmate's successful participation in both could conceivably earn him/her early release.

Not until the 1960s were there serious attempts made to implement the ideas of the medical model of corrections in the United States.

With the rise of the medical model, the emphasis in corrections shifted to:

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