Exam 15: Incarceration and Prison Society

The _________ model emphasizes maintaining the offender's ties to family and community as a method of reform.

Women constitute 7% of the entire U.S. prison population.

Warden Campbell is having a difficult time recruiting qualified correctional officers.  He has also had a difficult time maintaining job satisfaction among his current employees.  He is working with other wardens within the state to review possible incentives for all correctional staff.  He has found that there is a huge shortage of staff members who would be considered minorities, including women. Warden Campbell has become concerned that some of her officers are having illicit sexual relations with the female inmates.  Which of the following actions is the warden likely to enact?

Discuss how a prison is organized.

Prisoners who are _______ view their prison term as a brief, inevitable break in their criminal careers.

Inmates who do not break rules are given ______ time.

In the past two decades the number of persons in prison has

Which factor distinguishes the governing of prisons from the administration of other public institutions?

Female prisoners have higher levels of violence than male prisoners.

______ include anything that enhances the comfort of the inmates, such as good food, clean cells, and recreational opportunities.

Problems faced by the modern prison system in America include which of the following?

Often a primary motivation for becoming a corrections officer is

There has been an increase in the number of elderly prisoners over the age of 55.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics found that most prisoners are

Describe the three models of corrections that have predominated since the 1940s.

Prison staff in the ________ group serves inmates and their needs.

________ includes programs designed to improve the lives of inmates, such as vocational training, remedial education, and work opportunities.

Special efforts have been made to recruit _______ and minority correctional officers.

Officer Meeks has been assigned to the gang identifying unit within the prison he works for.  His duties include establishing which inmates have gang ties when they are admitted  to the prison.  Officer Meeks usually interviews the inmates and notes any identifying information such as tattoos and writings.  Officer Meeks has been witnessing a huge increase in members of both the Mexican Mafia and the Texas Syndicate. Officer Meeks is responsible for identifying gang information in order to _________ rival gangs by housing them in separate units.

Which is true regarding the change in the prison population during the last 30 years?