Exam 14: Prison Life

The number of ______________ and AIDS reported cases has been on a steady decline in states prisons since 2001.

One of the leading influences affecting staff cultures of corrections officers is the potential:

The number of inmates who die from AIDS-related illnesses is much lower than years past.

The socialization of inmates into the prison subculture is called:

Describe the causes of prison riots.Explain what steps corrections administrators can take to eliminate or minimize riots in the future.

Few women's prisons have programs specifically designed for female offenders.

Career female offenders who have adapted to prison life and generally keep to themselves are known as the:

Within a few years following the end of the hands-off doctrine,which of the following intervened in the running of prisons in numerous states?

The ______________ doctrine is a policy of nonintervention with regard to prison management that U.S.courts tended to follow until the late 1960s.For the past 40 years,the doctrine has languished as judicial intervention in prison administration dramatically increased.

The _____________ test is a principle developed by the courts and applied to the corrections arena by Pell v.Procunier (1974),which attempts to weigh the rights of an individual,as guaranteed by the Constitution,against the authority of states to make laws or to otherwise restrict a person's freedom in order to protect the state's interests and its citizens.

A(n)________ procedure is a formalized arrangement,usually involving a neutral hearing board,whereby institutionalized individuals have the opportunity to register complaints about the conditions of their confinement.

Which Supreme Court case signals a return to the hands-off doctrine of earlier times?