CHAPTER 1
The Corrections System
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When all forms of correctional supervision are taken into account, what percent of all adults
in the United States are under some form of correctional control?
a. more than 8%
b. more than 3%
c. less than 2%
d. more than 10%
ANS: B REF: 5 OBJ: 4
2. Counting jails and prisons, approximately how many citizens are incarcerated?
a. 1 million
b. 2.3 million
c. 3 million
d. 4.3 million
ANS: B REF: 5 OBJ: 4, 5
3. What percent of African American fathers are now incarcerated?
a. 6
, b. 9
c. 12
d. 15
ANS: C REF: 6 OBJ: 4, 5
4. One out of____ African American children has a parent who has been to prison.
a. 2
b. 6
c. 9
d. 13
ANS: B REF: 7 OBJ: 4, 5
5. Systems learn, grow and improve according to what?
a. policies
b. procedures
c. feedback
d. laws
ANS: C REF: 12 OBJ: 3, 4
6. Probation and parole officers state that their original decision to become involved in this
particular career field is based on their desire to:
a. Receive promotions
b. Help people
c. Take criminals out of society
, d. Become a warden
ANS: B REF: 23 OBJ: 1, 3
7. Now more than ever correctional systems are in a new era of correctional policy in what
areas?
a. Politics and policy change
b. Financial and social change
c. Psychological and political
d. Socially and politically
ANS: B REF: 7 OBJ: 4, 5
8. Which of the following is the central purpose of punishment?
a. To provide housing
b. To protect society
c. To carry out the criminal sentence
d. All of these
ANS: C REF: 8 OBJ: 1, 3
9. Corrections ideally serves which goal(s)?
a. Moral outrage
b. Protection
c. Punishment
d. Both protection and punishment
ANS: D REF: 8 OBJ: 1, 3
, 10. Corrections can be seen as a series of:
a. processes.
b. agencies.
c. loops.
d. both processes and agencies.
ANS: D REF: 9 OBJ: 1, 2, 3
11. According to the author, Corrections has a(n) __________ relationship with its environment.
a. reciprocal
b. inverse
c. oppositional
d. purposeful
ANS: A REF: 11 OBJ: 1, 2, 3
12. Which of the following countries has the highest incarceration rate in the world?
a. The United States
b. Russia
c. South Africa
d. Japan
ANS: A REF: 4 OBJ: 1, 3, 5
13. Which important scholar argued that criminals and their punishment are functional in
society, help to define norms and expectations for conformity?
The Corrections System
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When all forms of correctional supervision are taken into account, what percent of all adults
in the United States are under some form of correctional control?
a. more than 8%
b. more than 3%
c. less than 2%
d. more than 10%
ANS: B REF: 5 OBJ: 4
2. Counting jails and prisons, approximately how many citizens are incarcerated?
a. 1 million
b. 2.3 million
c. 3 million
d. 4.3 million
ANS: B REF: 5 OBJ: 4, 5
3. What percent of African American fathers are now incarcerated?
a. 6
, b. 9
c. 12
d. 15
ANS: C REF: 6 OBJ: 4, 5
4. One out of____ African American children has a parent who has been to prison.
a. 2
b. 6
c. 9
d. 13
ANS: B REF: 7 OBJ: 4, 5
5. Systems learn, grow and improve according to what?
a. policies
b. procedures
c. feedback
d. laws
ANS: C REF: 12 OBJ: 3, 4
6. Probation and parole officers state that their original decision to become involved in this
particular career field is based on their desire to:
a. Receive promotions
b. Help people
c. Take criminals out of society
, d. Become a warden
ANS: B REF: 23 OBJ: 1, 3
7. Now more than ever correctional systems are in a new era of correctional policy in what
areas?
a. Politics and policy change
b. Financial and social change
c. Psychological and political
d. Socially and politically
ANS: B REF: 7 OBJ: 4, 5
8. Which of the following is the central purpose of punishment?
a. To provide housing
b. To protect society
c. To carry out the criminal sentence
d. All of these
ANS: C REF: 8 OBJ: 1, 3
9. Corrections ideally serves which goal(s)?
a. Moral outrage
b. Protection
c. Punishment
d. Both protection and punishment
ANS: D REF: 8 OBJ: 1, 3
, 10. Corrections can be seen as a series of:
a. processes.
b. agencies.
c. loops.
d. both processes and agencies.
ANS: D REF: 9 OBJ: 1, 2, 3
11. According to the author, Corrections has a(n) __________ relationship with its environment.
a. reciprocal
b. inverse
c. oppositional
d. purposeful
ANS: A REF: 11 OBJ: 1, 2, 3
12. Which of the following countries has the highest incarceration rate in the world?
a. The United States
b. Russia
c. South Africa
d. Japan
ANS: A REF: 4 OBJ: 1, 3, 5
13. Which important scholar argued that criminals and their punishment are functional in
society, help to define norms and expectations for conformity?
