Which of the following are referred to as the new asylums?
A. Jails
B. Police stations
C. Probation departments
D. Court houses
A. Jails
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Prisoners residing in maximum-security facilities are more subject to the pains of imprisonment than are those in minimum-security facilities. 2. Placing someone in prison is a very expensive decision, costing states and the federal government at least $50,000 per year for adult males and more than double that for women and children. 3. Because of the materials used in their construction, supermax prisons are at least two to three times more expensive to build than “regular” prisons. 4. The pains of imprisonment identified by Sykes inflict physical rather than psychological destruction upon prisoners. 5. Goffman (1961) believed that total institutions had the effect of debilitating their inmates.
In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court establish that parole revocation and, by implication, probation revocation is to be a two-stage process? In the first stage, there must be an informal, preliminary inquiry to establish probable cause that a violation has occurred. In the second stage (assuming that probable cause is established in the first stage), there must be a formal court hearing to determine if the violation warrants revocation.
A. Morrissey v. Brewer B. Mempa v. Rhay C. Gagnon v. Scarpelli D. Griffin v. Wisconsin
The concentration of police resources on street-level drug dealing, for example, to eradicate or displace that activity, would be an example of a(n) _______
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which is NOT a preventive action that prison administrators can take to reduce inmate unrest?
A) maintaining secrecy between inmates and staff, and among staff B) performing security audits to discover security deficiencies C) developing sensitivity to changes in inmate actions or the institution atmosphere D) consistently enforcing rules and regulations