CJ 3rd Edition By Larry K. Gaines – Test Bank

1. Private prisons are prisons run by private firms to make a profit.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: What Trends Are Driving the American Prison Population?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.GAIN.15.11.03 – 11.03
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

2. The imprisonment rates for women are growing slower than that of men.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: What Trends Are Driving the American Prison Population?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.GAIN.15.11.03 – 11.03
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

3. In the radial design for correctional facilities, housing units are scattered among functional units such as the dining room, recreation area, and treatment centers.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: How Are Prisons Organized and Managed?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.GAIN.15.11.02 – 11.02
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

4. A supermax prison is a correctional facility reserved for those inmates who have extensive records of misconduct in maximum-security prisons.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: How Are Prisons Organized and Managed?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.GAIN.15.11.02 – 11.02
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

5. Those sentenced to time in jail versus those awaiting trial or temporarily detained make up the majority of the jail population.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Why Are Jails So Important?

6. The majority of jails in the United States are operated by the county sheriff.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Why Are Jails So Important?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.GAIN.15.11.04 – 11.04
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

7. Private prisons are correctional facilities operated by states instead of the federal government.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: What Are Private Prisons?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.GAIN.15.11.03 – 11.03
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

8. Order in prison is defined as the absence of misconduct such as murder, assault, and rape.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: How Are Prisons Organized and Managed?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.GAIN.15.11.02 – 11.02
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

9. Children of convicts are more likely to become involved in delinquent behavior.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: What are the Consequences of Our High Rates of Incarceration?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.GAIN.15.11.05 – 11.05
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

10. Disparity disproportionately affects minority populations.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: What are the Consequences of Our High Rates of Incarceration?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRIM.GAIN.15.11.05 – 11.05
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember