Supermax prisons do not offer vocational programs, educational opportunities, or even social activity of any kind. Based on what you’ve learned in this chapter, which type of organizational philosophy do supermax prisons exemplify?

A. custodial
B. treatment
C. classification
D. rehabilitation


A. custodial

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a. detonation b. implosion c. deflagration d. concentration

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. During the last few decades, crime rates fell yet incarceration rates climbed. 2. Judges are allowed to punish repeat offenders more severely than first-time offenders. 3. Research on gender bias in sentencing suggests that judges do not take offenders’ family circumstances into consideration in making pretrial release and sentencing decisions. 4. Teenage defendants tend to receive harsher sentences than young adults. 5. Research indicates that Black men convicted of murdering Black men are sentenced to death at a higher rate than any other group.

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How does reasonable suspicion differ from probable cause?

What will be an ideal response?

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This strategy to manage racial identity was not possible for most respondents

a. Manipulation of phenotype. b. Selective disclosure. c. Identification/disidentification. d. Selective association.

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