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​Joan has been arrested for forgery and passing bad checks.  She is awaiting trial.

A) Unfortunately for Joan, while she was waiting for her trial, she had an altercation with another prisoner who was working as an undercover agent for the federal government.  If convicted of a felony, she will likely spend time in which type of facility?
B) Community corrections
C) Federal prison
D) County jail
E) Private prison
F) ​State institution for women

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Question 52

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When parole is revoked,

A) a revocation hearing is held.
B) the inmate is placed on intensive supervision parole.
C) the parolee goes before the parole board to explain his or her mistakes.
D) the parolee is returned immediately to prison.
E) the parole officer attempts to find a job for the parolee.

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Under the "mark system," inmates received marks for disruptive or other negative behavior.

What model of corrections is based on the assumption that criminal behavior can be controlled by greater use of incarceration and other forms of strict supervision?

Prior to the nineteenth century, female prisoners were treated no differently than male prisoners.

State correctional institutions for men are usually classified by level of security: maximum, medium, and ______.

The basic principles of the Pennsylvania system included an emphasis on the social interaction among prisoners.

Some have criticized probation as being a "meaningless" punishment. Why might they think this? What reforms would you suggest for increasing the surveillance aspect of probation?

The community corrections model of corrections is based on the goal of reintegrating the offender into the community.

In the case of Cooper v. Pate , the U.S. Supreme Court found that prison officials have a right to search cells and confiscate any materials found.

Prisoners' right to due process requires that:

In _________, the Supreme Court ruled that parolees facing revocation must be given a two-stage hearing process.

The war on drugs has drastically reduced drug use.

The U.S. Supreme Court has approved restrictions on access to written materials for prisoners, for example in Beard v. Banks in Pennsylvania.

For which claimed freedom or right have prisoners been least successful in persuading federal courts to provide protection?

This U.S. Supreme Court case allows inmates to sue correctional establishments when their rights have been violated.

A place that offers criminals penitence to punish and reform is:

In terms of their age, today's parolees are _______ than they were in the 1990s.

Inmates remained in their cells for eating, sleeping, and working in the  _____ system.

Trace the history of the penal systems in the United States. What are the biggest changes that have occurred since America's infancy? What changes do you anticipate in the future?