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CJS 255 Wk 3 – Concept Check
- Question 1
Which of the following is not a philosophical underpinning in corrections?
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rehabilitation
retribution
incarceration
rehabilitation
- Question 2
The ______ Division coordinates the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) personnel matters, including pay and leave administration, incentive awards, retirement, work-life programs, background investigations, adverse and disciplinary actions, and performance evaluations.
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Executive Management
Human Resource Management
Occupational Review Board
Examination Management
- Question 3
The National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals recommendation to improve the education and training of correctional officers is an example of ______.
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improving correctional cultural competence
enforcement of corrections
professionalization of corrections
diversifying corrections
- Question 4
Which act in 2014 was designed to adjust federal mandatory sentencing guidelines in an effort to reduce the size of the U.S. prison population?
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Smarter Sentencing Act
Criminal Offender Bill
Booker Act
Fair Sentencing Act
- Question 5
Who is the head administrator in a prison?
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lieutenant
major
warden
captain
- Question 6
In 2005, the Court held in United States v. Booker that federal judges no longer were required to follow the ______ that had been in effect since 1987.
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capital punishment
corporal punishment
sentencing guidelines
three strikes laws
- Question 7
Members of ______ are the most highly trained and skilled emergency response security staff.
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armed disturbance control teams
mediation control teams
disturbance control teams
special operations response teams
- Question 8
This model of management creates a formal organizational system that operates in a system that is not dependent on the specific personnel or personalities assigned within it.
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bureaucratic forms of management
authoritarian forms of management
participative method of management
proactive styles of management
- Question 9
______ circumstances magnify the offensive nature of the crime and tend to result in longer sentences.
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Aggravating
Reinforced
Mitigating
Lessened
- Question 10
The term ______ refers to persons who have been vested with an official title by the agency and who tend to be focusing on the process of completing functions of operations within the prison facility.
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response team
leadership
administrators
management
- Question 11
The most common type of local correction system is a ______.
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city-based correctional system
county-based correctional system
state-run correctional system
private institution
- Question 12
______ refers to inconsistencies in sentencing and/or sanctions that result from the decision-making process.
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Detention
Disparity
Discrimination
Prejudice
- Question 13
General deterrence is the concept of ______ an offender in public so that other observers will refrain from future criminal behavior.
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incarcerating
punishing
discouraging
retribution
- Question 14
The ______ specifies the exact length of the sentence to be served by the inmate.
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determinate presumptive sentencing
indeterminate sentencing
three strikes sentencing
deterrence sentencing
- Question 15
Who heads the National Institute of Corrections (NIC)?
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U.S. Intelligence Director
President of the United States
U.S. Attorney General
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Question 16
______ is the concept of punishing an offender in public so that other observers will refrain from future criminal behavior.
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General deterrence
Specific deterrence
Specific incapacitation
General retribution
- Question 17
______ is implemented by identifying inmates who are of particular concern to public safety and by providing those specific offenders with much longer sentences than would be given to other inmates.
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Selective retribution
Selective incapacitation
Selective parole
Selective probation
- Question 18
The ideal situation is to have a ______ who is both intelligent and experienced.
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leader
manager
supervisor
follower
- Question 19
Broad managerial documents that include goals and objectives of the agency and state the general direction in which an agency intends to operate are known as ______.
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tactical plans
bureaucratic plans
unit plans
strategic plans
- Question 20
The purpose of ______ is to make available a continuum of sanctions scaled around one or more sanctioning goals.
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intermediate sanctions
probation
parole
incarceration