FINAL EXAM FOR CORRECTIONS
Stages of Prison Riots - correct answer-1. EXPLOSION
2. ORGANIZATION
3. CONFRONTATION
4. TERMINATION
5. REACTION and EXPLANATION
Patterns of Behavior in prison - correct answer-
custodial staff - correct answer-Those staff members most directly involved in managing the
inmate population (majors, captains, lieutenants, sergeants)
clerical personnel - correct answer-(record keepers and administrative assistants)
volunteers - correct answer-(prison ministry, speakers)
program staff - correct answer-Those staff members concerned with encouraging prisoners
to participate in educational, vocational, and treatment programs (psychologists, teachers,
caseworkers, nurses, etc)
legitimate - correct answer-The officers have formal authority to command
coercive - correct answer-inmates' belief that a correctional officer can and will punish
disobedience
reward - correct answer-correctional officers dispense both formal and informal rewards to
induce cooperation among inmates
service and maintenance staff - correct answer-(kitchen supervisors, physical plant
personnel, outside contractors)
expert - correct answer-Results from the inmates' perceptions that certain correctional
officers have valuable skills.
inmate subculture - correct answer-the habits, customs, mores, values, beliefs, or
superstitions of the body of inmates incarcerated in correctional institutions
staff subculture - correct answer-The beliefs, values, and behavior of staff. Greatly differs
from the inmate subculture
reformer - correct answer-constantly finds problems with the way the institution is run or with
existing policies and rules
dictator - correct answer-likes to give orders and seems to enjoy the feeling of power that
comes from ordering inmates around
, merchant - correct answer-set themselves as commodity providers for the inmate population
friend - correct answer-tried to befriend inmates; is often a quiet, retiring, but kind individual
who believes that close friendships with inmates will make it easier to control the inmates
block officers - correct answer-are responsible for supervising inmates in housing areas
yard officers - correct answer-those who supervise inmates in the prison yard
perimeter security officers - correct answer-those assigned to security (or gun) towers, wall
posts, and perimeter patrols. These officers are charged with preventing escapes and
detecting and preventing intrusions
work detail supervisors - correct answer-Those who oversee the work of individual inmates
and inmate work crews
administrative staff - correct answer-those who control keys and weapons and sometimes
oversee visitation (wardens, superintendents, and others charged with operating the
institution and its programs)
deprivation - correct answer-the belief that inmate subcultures develop in response to the
deprivations in prison life
importation - correct answer-the belief that inmate subcultures are brought into prisons from
the outside world
prisonization - correct answer-the process by which inmates adapt to prison society; the
taking on of the ways, mores, customs, and general culture of the penitentary
integration - correct answer-a combo of importation theory and deprivation theory. the belief
that, in child-hood, some inmates acquired, usually from peers, values that support
law-violating behavior but that the norms and standards in prison also affect inmates
psudeofamilies - correct answer-family-like structures, commonly in women's prisons, in
which inmates assume roles similar to those of family members in free society
security threat groups - correct answer-the current term for prison gangs that describes how
they negatively impact the security of prison operations
gangs - correct answer-a criminal enterprise having an organizational structure, acting as a
continuing criminal conspiracy, that employs violence and any other criminal activity to
sustain itself
flogging - correct answer-whipping; most common physical punishment
cat'o'nine tails - correct answer-consists of nine knotted cords fastened to a wooden handle
Stages of Prison Riots - correct answer-1. EXPLOSION
2. ORGANIZATION
3. CONFRONTATION
4. TERMINATION
5. REACTION and EXPLANATION
Patterns of Behavior in prison - correct answer-
custodial staff - correct answer-Those staff members most directly involved in managing the
inmate population (majors, captains, lieutenants, sergeants)
clerical personnel - correct answer-(record keepers and administrative assistants)
volunteers - correct answer-(prison ministry, speakers)
program staff - correct answer-Those staff members concerned with encouraging prisoners
to participate in educational, vocational, and treatment programs (psychologists, teachers,
caseworkers, nurses, etc)
legitimate - correct answer-The officers have formal authority to command
coercive - correct answer-inmates' belief that a correctional officer can and will punish
disobedience
reward - correct answer-correctional officers dispense both formal and informal rewards to
induce cooperation among inmates
service and maintenance staff - correct answer-(kitchen supervisors, physical plant
personnel, outside contractors)
expert - correct answer-Results from the inmates' perceptions that certain correctional
officers have valuable skills.
inmate subculture - correct answer-the habits, customs, mores, values, beliefs, or
superstitions of the body of inmates incarcerated in correctional institutions
staff subculture - correct answer-The beliefs, values, and behavior of staff. Greatly differs
from the inmate subculture
reformer - correct answer-constantly finds problems with the way the institution is run or with
existing policies and rules
dictator - correct answer-likes to give orders and seems to enjoy the feeling of power that
comes from ordering inmates around
, merchant - correct answer-set themselves as commodity providers for the inmate population
friend - correct answer-tried to befriend inmates; is often a quiet, retiring, but kind individual
who believes that close friendships with inmates will make it easier to control the inmates
block officers - correct answer-are responsible for supervising inmates in housing areas
yard officers - correct answer-those who supervise inmates in the prison yard
perimeter security officers - correct answer-those assigned to security (or gun) towers, wall
posts, and perimeter patrols. These officers are charged with preventing escapes and
detecting and preventing intrusions
work detail supervisors - correct answer-Those who oversee the work of individual inmates
and inmate work crews
administrative staff - correct answer-those who control keys and weapons and sometimes
oversee visitation (wardens, superintendents, and others charged with operating the
institution and its programs)
deprivation - correct answer-the belief that inmate subcultures develop in response to the
deprivations in prison life
importation - correct answer-the belief that inmate subcultures are brought into prisons from
the outside world
prisonization - correct answer-the process by which inmates adapt to prison society; the
taking on of the ways, mores, customs, and general culture of the penitentary
integration - correct answer-a combo of importation theory and deprivation theory. the belief
that, in child-hood, some inmates acquired, usually from peers, values that support
law-violating behavior but that the norms and standards in prison also affect inmates
psudeofamilies - correct answer-family-like structures, commonly in women's prisons, in
which inmates assume roles similar to those of family members in free society
security threat groups - correct answer-the current term for prison gangs that describes how
they negatively impact the security of prison operations
gangs - correct answer-a criminal enterprise having an organizational structure, acting as a
continuing criminal conspiracy, that employs violence and any other criminal activity to
sustain itself
flogging - correct answer-whipping; most common physical punishment
cat'o'nine tails - correct answer-consists of nine knotted cords fastened to a wooden handle
