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Corrections in America: An Introduction, 15th edition
by Harry E Allen, Edward J. Latessa
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, Table of content
PART 1: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
1. Early History (2000 BC to AD 1800)
2. Prisons (1800 to the Present)
3. Correctional Ideologies: The Pendulum Swings
4. The Sentencing and Appeals Process
PART 2: ALTERNATIVES TO IMPRISONMENT
5. Probation
6. Diversion and Intermediate Sanctions
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PART 3: INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTIONS
7. Custody Functions
8. Security Threat Groups and Prison Gangs
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9. Management and Treatment Functions
10. Jails and Detention Facilities
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11. Prison Systems
12. Private-Sector Systems
13. The Death Penalty
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14. Parole and Reentry
PART 4: CORRECTIONAL CLIENTS
15. Appeals and Offender Rights
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16. Male Offenders
17. Female Offenders
18. Juvenile Offenders and Facilities
19. Special-Category Offenders
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Corrections in America: An Introduction, 15e (Allen)
Chapter 1 Early History (2000 B.C. to A.D. 1800)
1.1 Multiple Choice
1) The concept of retaliation develops into a system of criminal law when it becomes
customary for the victim of the wrongdoing to
A) take revenge on the person who wronged them.
B) start a vendetta against the wrongdoer's family.
C) report the crime to the proper authorities.
D) accept something else instead of blood vengeance.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 5
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Objective: Summarize sentencing goals and primary punishment philosophies from 1800
to present.
Level: Intermediate
2) Lex talionis is more commonly known as
A) the "mark of the slave."
B) penal servitude.
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C) "an eye for an eye."
D) the death penalty.
Answer: C
D
Page Ref: 6
Objective: Summarize early responses to crime prior to the development of prisons.
Level: Basic
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3) Criminal law typically requires action against a wrongdoer.
A) public
B) retaliatory
C) aggressive
D) fair
Answer: A
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Page Ref: 5
Objective: Summarize the definition, mission, and role of corrections.
Level: Intermediate
4) The first people to allow their citizens to prosecute an offender in the name of an
injured party were the
A) Babylonians.
B) Sumerians.
C) Romans.
D) Greeks.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 7
Objective: Summarize early responses to crime prior to the development of prisons.
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Level: Basic
5) What was the main contribution of the medieval church to the study of corrections?
A) Punishment is necessary to establish guilt or innocence.
B) Torture and brutal treatment is a necessary method of questioning.
C) Individuals have free will and can be held accountable for their actions.
D) Everyone should receive the same punishment, regardless of social standing.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 7
Objective: Summarize sentencing goals and primary punishment philosophies from 1800
to present.
Level: Intermediate
ST
6) Which of the following is not an example of corporal punishment?
A) Torture
B) Branding
C) Mutilation
D) Imprisonment
Answer: D
Page Ref: 8
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Objective: Summarize early responses to crime prior to the development of prisons.
Level: Basic
D
7) What theory advocated by Sir Thomas More was not considered acceptable at the time
but has become the foundation for modern theories of penology and criminology?
A) Public punishment can deter potential offenders.
B) Social revenge is an appropriate justification for punishing an offender.
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C) Punishment cannot prevent crime.
D) Punishment is a way for offenders to repay society and atone for transgressions
against God.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 10
Objective: Describe how secular law emerged.
AB
Level: Intermediate
8) What was the purpose of the Bridewells constructed in England in the 1500s?
A) They were workhouses created to provide employment and housing for the
unemployed.
B) They were prisons designed to incarcerate individuals convicted of serious felony
offenses.
C) They were asylums sponsored by the Christian church to place wrongdoers in
seclusion.
D) They were early cellular prisons designed for incorrigible juveniles.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 12
Objective: Outline the development of the prison.
Level: Intermediate
qwertujikolqwetyhujikl
Corrections in America: An Introduction, 15th edition
by Harry E Allen, Edward J. Latessa
ST
U
D
YL
AB
, Table of content
PART 1: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
1. Early History (2000 BC to AD 1800)
2. Prisons (1800 to the Present)
3. Correctional Ideologies: The Pendulum Swings
4. The Sentencing and Appeals Process
PART 2: ALTERNATIVES TO IMPRISONMENT
5. Probation
6. Diversion and Intermediate Sanctions
ST
PART 3: INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTIONS
7. Custody Functions
8. Security Threat Groups and Prison Gangs
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9. Management and Treatment Functions
10. Jails and Detention Facilities
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11. Prison Systems
12. Private-Sector Systems
13. The Death Penalty
YL
14. Parole and Reentry
PART 4: CORRECTIONAL CLIENTS
15. Appeals and Offender Rights
AB
16. Male Offenders
17. Female Offenders
18. Juvenile Offenders and Facilities
19. Special-Category Offenders
, wertyuikol
Corrections in America: An Introduction, 15e (Allen)
Chapter 1 Early History (2000 B.C. to A.D. 1800)
1.1 Multiple Choice
1) The concept of retaliation develops into a system of criminal law when it becomes
customary for the victim of the wrongdoing to
A) take revenge on the person who wronged them.
B) start a vendetta against the wrongdoer's family.
C) report the crime to the proper authorities.
D) accept something else instead of blood vengeance.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 5
ST
Objective: Summarize sentencing goals and primary punishment philosophies from 1800
to present.
Level: Intermediate
2) Lex talionis is more commonly known as
A) the "mark of the slave."
B) penal servitude.
U
C) "an eye for an eye."
D) the death penalty.
Answer: C
D
Page Ref: 6
Objective: Summarize early responses to crime prior to the development of prisons.
Level: Basic
YL
3) Criminal law typically requires action against a wrongdoer.
A) public
B) retaliatory
C) aggressive
D) fair
Answer: A
AB
Page Ref: 5
Objective: Summarize the definition, mission, and role of corrections.
Level: Intermediate
4) The first people to allow their citizens to prosecute an offender in the name of an
injured party were the
A) Babylonians.
B) Sumerians.
C) Romans.
D) Greeks.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 7
Objective: Summarize early responses to crime prior to the development of prisons.
qwertujikolqwetyhujikl
, wertyuikol
Level: Basic
5) What was the main contribution of the medieval church to the study of corrections?
A) Punishment is necessary to establish guilt or innocence.
B) Torture and brutal treatment is a necessary method of questioning.
C) Individuals have free will and can be held accountable for their actions.
D) Everyone should receive the same punishment, regardless of social standing.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 7
Objective: Summarize sentencing goals and primary punishment philosophies from 1800
to present.
Level: Intermediate
ST
6) Which of the following is not an example of corporal punishment?
A) Torture
B) Branding
C) Mutilation
D) Imprisonment
Answer: D
Page Ref: 8
U
Objective: Summarize early responses to crime prior to the development of prisons.
Level: Basic
D
7) What theory advocated by Sir Thomas More was not considered acceptable at the time
but has become the foundation for modern theories of penology and criminology?
A) Public punishment can deter potential offenders.
B) Social revenge is an appropriate justification for punishing an offender.
YL
C) Punishment cannot prevent crime.
D) Punishment is a way for offenders to repay society and atone for transgressions
against God.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 10
Objective: Describe how secular law emerged.
AB
Level: Intermediate
8) What was the purpose of the Bridewells constructed in England in the 1500s?
A) They were workhouses created to provide employment and housing for the
unemployed.
B) They were prisons designed to incarcerate individuals convicted of serious felony
offenses.
C) They were asylums sponsored by the Christian church to place wrongdoers in
seclusion.
D) They were early cellular prisons designed for incorrigible juveniles.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 12
Objective: Outline the development of the prison.
Level: Intermediate
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