American Corrections 10th Edition by Todd R. Clear - Test Bank Chapter (1 to 22)

American Corrections 10th Edition by Todd R. Clear
- Test Bank Chapter (1 to 22)

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Chapter 1: The Corrections System Test Bank
Chapter 2: The Early History of Correctional Thought and Practice Test
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Chapter 3: The History of Corrections in America Test Bank
Chapter 4: The Punishment of Offenders Test Bank
Chapter 5: The Law of Corrections Test Bank
Chapter 6: The Correctional Client Test Bank
Chapter 7: Jails: Detention and Short-term Incarceration Test Bank
Chapter 8: Probation Test Bank
Chapter 9: Intermediate Sanctions and Community Corrections Test Bank
Chapter 10: Incarceration Test Bank
Chapter 11: The Prison Experience Test Bank
Chapter 12: Incarceration of Women Test Bank
Chapter 13: Institutional Management Test Bank
Chapter 14: Institutional Programs Test Bank
Chapter 15: Release from Incarceration Test Bank
Chapter 16: Making It: Supervision in the Community Test Bank
Chapter 17: Corrections for Juveniles Test Bank
Chapter 18: Incarceration Trends Test Bank
Chapter 19: Race, Ethnicity, and Corrections Test Bank
Chapter 20: The Death Penalty Test Bank
Chapter 21: Community Justice Test Bank
Chapter 22: American Corrections: Looking Forward Test Bank

,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.