Exam 22: American Corrections

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Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. -Techno-corrections​

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Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. -Internal structure​

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A structural problem with corrections is that the system depends on significant factors:

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In recent years there has been a dramatic growth in what type of studies?

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The emergence of professionalization in corrections has led to two important consequences: the field is _____________, and performance meets a higher standard.

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The social costs of the growth of the penal system have been borne most substantially by:

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More African American men attend colleges and universities than are behind bars.

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Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. -Regressive approach​

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Corrections has a clear mission in the process of handling offenders and the overall goal of their individual agencies.

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In the 1960s, most people agreed that the primary mission of corrections was:

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A recent trend that aims to improve agency coordination is:

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four major forces that are now shaping corrections in the United States?

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A is a situation that forces one to choose between two unsatisfactory alternatives.

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Compared to the 1970s, those who go to prison serve sentences that are:

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The National Institute of Corrections is a division of the _____________ housed within the Department of Justice.

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The parade of new programs shifts the emphasis from to .

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The key consideration that the new generation of correctional leaders will face is how to redirect an enormous enterprise in need of a new vision.

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When American penologists met in Cincinnati in 1870, they affirmed a mission of ______________ that become a model of corrections around the world.

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One of the initial recruiting problems for those working within corrections is the low starting .

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The list of correctional methods includes reduced caseloads, offender counseling, family counseling, group treatment, restitutions, and offender classification.

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