Prisons and Prisoners Exam 1 Summer 2023 with complete
solution
True or False?
Mass incarceration has transformed the United States into the world's leader of
imprisonment producing an expensive prison system that fails to contribute to
public safety.
True
What effect does race, ethnicity and class have on the emergence of a nation's
prisons?
Correctional institutions continue to lock up more and more people of color along with
the poor, who have few resources to defend themselves against the over funded,
overzealous criminal justice machine that does not hesitate to fill prison cells.
What does the American Penal History teach us regarding crime and social
control?
The American Penal history teaches us that the establishment of corrections had less to
do with crime control and more to do with social control.
True or False?
Higher rates of incarceration, complemented by a growing roster of penalties,
indicate a degree of retribution rarely found in comparable democracies.
True
Finish this statement
It is argued that the state's increased reliance on penal sanctions mark an even
greater.......
commitment to coercive social control.
Who wrote the Discovery of the Asylum?
The Discovery of the Asylum, by David J. Rothman has helped shape contemporary
reflections on the history of corrections.
What does Rothman say regarding studies on institutionalization?
Rothman notes that before 1970, there were only a handful of studies in the area; by
1990, hundreds of articles and books devoted to the social history of institutionalization
had been published.
Which theory accounts for the complex historical process whereby imprisonment
has become the dominant form of punishment in western societies?
There is no such theory that accounts for the dominant form of punishment in western
societies.
Through works such as....
Through works, such as The Discovery of the Asylum, critical criminologists benefit from
the character and content of the criminal justice apparatus it displays.
In particular, lessons are learned regarding a public and political acceptance of
institutionalization as the dominant response to crime.
True or False?
, Governor George Pataki believed that the root causes of crime are the criminals
who engage in it.
True:
Governor George Pataki once stated that "the root causes of crime are the criminals
who engage in it". The governor added that "In no uncertain terms - we as public
servants of the people, are not charged with carrying out a sociological study. We are
charged with maintaining public order and saving lives".
What are the social Forces that shape punishment and corrections?
politics,
economics
religion
technology.
What are some EXAMPLES OF ECONOMICS HISTORICAL ROLE IN PUNISHMENT
IN PUNISHMENT AND CORRECTIONS?
monetary fines
confiscation of property
the economic exploitation of cheap labor
penal slavery
indentured servitude
prison industries
Define Transportation
TRANSPORTATION SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A COMPLEX FORM OF
PUNISHMENT. IT IS A FORM OF BANISHMENT WITH AN ACCOMPANYING RITUAL
OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION
Who was Cesar Beccaria and what was his contribution?
CESARE BECCARIA was famous for hias EIGHT MAJOR FEATURES OF PENAL
REFORM.
Who was JOHN HOWARD what was he famous for?
FOUR MAJOR PROPOSALS FOR PRISON REFORM
1. Elimination of fees.
2. Regular inspection of prisons and jails.
3. Provision of sanitary and healthful
facilities.
4. Emphasis on reformation of inmates.
THE EVOLUTION OF IMPRISONMENT CAN BE INTERPRETED IN TWO WAYS:
1. Incarceration can be civilized as well as civilizing.
2. As imprisonment becomes less brutal and more humane, it becomes more civilized.
In Colonial America as a British Colony, America enforced legal codes
established by who?
Colonial America
As a British colony, America enforced legal codes established by the Duke of York in
1676 as well as the addition of certain strict Puritanical codes.
What are some Examples of economics and historical roles in punishment:
Monetary fines
Confiscation Property
solution
True or False?
Mass incarceration has transformed the United States into the world's leader of
imprisonment producing an expensive prison system that fails to contribute to
public safety.
True
What effect does race, ethnicity and class have on the emergence of a nation's
prisons?
Correctional institutions continue to lock up more and more people of color along with
the poor, who have few resources to defend themselves against the over funded,
overzealous criminal justice machine that does not hesitate to fill prison cells.
What does the American Penal History teach us regarding crime and social
control?
The American Penal history teaches us that the establishment of corrections had less to
do with crime control and more to do with social control.
True or False?
Higher rates of incarceration, complemented by a growing roster of penalties,
indicate a degree of retribution rarely found in comparable democracies.
True
Finish this statement
It is argued that the state's increased reliance on penal sanctions mark an even
greater.......
commitment to coercive social control.
Who wrote the Discovery of the Asylum?
The Discovery of the Asylum, by David J. Rothman has helped shape contemporary
reflections on the history of corrections.
What does Rothman say regarding studies on institutionalization?
Rothman notes that before 1970, there were only a handful of studies in the area; by
1990, hundreds of articles and books devoted to the social history of institutionalization
had been published.
Which theory accounts for the complex historical process whereby imprisonment
has become the dominant form of punishment in western societies?
There is no such theory that accounts for the dominant form of punishment in western
societies.
Through works such as....
Through works, such as The Discovery of the Asylum, critical criminologists benefit from
the character and content of the criminal justice apparatus it displays.
In particular, lessons are learned regarding a public and political acceptance of
institutionalization as the dominant response to crime.
True or False?
, Governor George Pataki believed that the root causes of crime are the criminals
who engage in it.
True:
Governor George Pataki once stated that "the root causes of crime are the criminals
who engage in it". The governor added that "In no uncertain terms - we as public
servants of the people, are not charged with carrying out a sociological study. We are
charged with maintaining public order and saving lives".
What are the social Forces that shape punishment and corrections?
politics,
economics
religion
technology.
What are some EXAMPLES OF ECONOMICS HISTORICAL ROLE IN PUNISHMENT
IN PUNISHMENT AND CORRECTIONS?
monetary fines
confiscation of property
the economic exploitation of cheap labor
penal slavery
indentured servitude
prison industries
Define Transportation
TRANSPORTATION SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A COMPLEX FORM OF
PUNISHMENT. IT IS A FORM OF BANISHMENT WITH AN ACCOMPANYING RITUAL
OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION
Who was Cesar Beccaria and what was his contribution?
CESARE BECCARIA was famous for hias EIGHT MAJOR FEATURES OF PENAL
REFORM.
Who was JOHN HOWARD what was he famous for?
FOUR MAJOR PROPOSALS FOR PRISON REFORM
1. Elimination of fees.
2. Regular inspection of prisons and jails.
3. Provision of sanitary and healthful
facilities.
4. Emphasis on reformation of inmates.
THE EVOLUTION OF IMPRISONMENT CAN BE INTERPRETED IN TWO WAYS:
1. Incarceration can be civilized as well as civilizing.
2. As imprisonment becomes less brutal and more humane, it becomes more civilized.
In Colonial America as a British Colony, America enforced legal codes
established by who?
Colonial America
As a British colony, America enforced legal codes established by the Duke of York in
1676 as well as the addition of certain strict Puritanical codes.
What are some Examples of economics and historical roles in punishment:
Monetary fines
Confiscation Property
