True / False
1. The Pennsylvania System focused on the isolation of inmates and serving penance.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Arrival of the Penitentiary
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACOR.CLEA.16.03.02 - Distinguish the basic assumptions of the penitentiary systems of P...
1. More African American men attend colleges and universities than are behind bars.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: American Corrections Today
LEARNING OBJE ACOR.CLEA.16.22.01 - Understand how the philosophy of the U.S. corrections system has changed
CTIVES: over the years and what effects such changes have had.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
2. Corrections has a clear mission in the process of handling offenders and the overall goal of their individual
agencies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: American Corrections Today
LEARNING OBJE ACOR.CLEA.16.22.01 - Understand how the philosophy of the U.S. corrections system has changed
CTIVES: over the years and what effects such changes have had.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
3. The philosophy of the U.S. corrections system has remained static over the years.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: American Corrections Today
LEARNING OBJE ACOR.CLEA.16.22.01 - Understand how the philosophy of the U.S. corrections system has changed
CTIVES: over the years and what effects such changes have had.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
4. The short-term history of corrections seems dominated by fads.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: American Corrections Today
LEARNING OBJE ACOR.CLEA.16.22.01 - Understand how the philosophy of the U.S. corrections system has changed
CTIVES: over the years and what effects such changes have had.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
5. Jails, prisons, probation, and parole all struggle to work effectively together.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Five Correctional Dilemmas
LEARNING OBJECTIV ACOR.CLEA.16.22.02 - Know the major dilemmas facing the corrections system and how they
ES: might be resolved.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
6. Most correctional employees receive equal pay raises regardless of performance.
, a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Five Correctional Dilemmas
LEARNING OBJECTIV ACOR.CLEA.16.22.02 - Know the major dilemmas facing the corrections system and how they
ES: might be resolved.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
7. There are two goals for corrections staff: attracting the right people to work in corrections and motivating
them to remain once employed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Five Correctional Dilemmas
LEARNING OBJECTIV ACOR.CLEA.16.22.02 - Know the major dilemmas facing the corrections system and how they
ES: might be resolved.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
8. Replacing decrepit facilities is cost effective.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Five Correctional Dilemmas
LEARNING OBJECTIV ACOR.CLEA.16.22.02 - Know the major dilemmas facing the corrections system and how they
ES: might be resolved.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
9. If we could do it all again, we would likely have envisioned the corrections system we have today.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: American Corrections Today
LEARNING OBJE ACOR.CLEA.16.22.01 - Understand how the philosophy of the U.S. corrections system has changed
CTIVES: over the years and what effects such changes have had.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
10. The length of an inmate’s prison stay has nearly tripled over the last 30 years.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: American Corrections Today
LEARNING OBJE ACOR.CLEA.16.22.01 - Understand how the philosophy of the U.S. corrections system has changed
CTIVES: over the years and what effects such changes have had.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
11. Corrections, as a system today, now has a clear and distinct mission.
a. True
, b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Five Correctional Dilemmas
LEARNING OBJECTIV ACOR.CLEA.16.22.02 - Know the major dilemmas facing the corrections system and how they
ES: might be resolved.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
12. Evidence-based practice has come to stand for a strategy of correctional development.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Four Current Trends in the U.S. Corrections System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE ACOR.CLEA.16.22.03 - Identify four substantial forces that face corrections and describe their
S: importance.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
13. Crime rates are the lowest they have been in a generation.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Four Current Trends in the U.S. Corrections System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE ACOR.CLEA.16.22.03 - Identify four substantial forces that face corrections and describe their
S: importance.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
14. Although the correctional population has increased significantly over the past few decades, the number of officers and
staff has decreased dramatically.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Four Current Trends in the U.S. Corrections System
LEARNING OBJECTIVE ACOR.CLEA.16.22.03 - Identify four substantial forces that face corrections and describe their
S: importance.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
15. The key consideration that the new generation of correctional leaders will face is how to redirect an enormous
enterprise in need of a new vision.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Three Challenges for the Future of Corrections
LEARNING OBJE ACOR.CLEA.16.22.04 - Understand what “good leadership” means in the context of the current
CTIVES: corrections system of the United States and know what it will take for leaders to more widely
implement
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
16. Programs that have been proven ineffective by research efforts are easily discarded for new innovative strategies.
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