Law and Politics

The classification system exists in all jails and prisons. Discuss the criteria used to classify ...

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Define and discuss the three types of Southern Penal Systems as discussed in your chapter reading.

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Define and discuss the key difference between the Pennsylvania System and the Auburn System.

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________ was built in San Francisco Bay (in 1934) by the newly formed Federal Bureau of Prisons.

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________ are total institutions, a term sociologist Erving Goffman coined in his study of prisons ...

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The movement of mentally ill offenders from hospitalization to community-based care is called ________.

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Socialization into distinct prison subculture with its own values, mores, norms, and sanctions is ...

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Section 1983 lawsuits are civil lawsuits filed in ________ court alleging the government has ...

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________ members placed together may pose a security risk because they will conspire together.

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The decision to which facility an inmate will first be sent and the inmate's security risk level is ...

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State ________ are institutions containing only convicted inmates.

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According to the BJS's Jail Inmates at Midyear 2014, about 744,600 inmates reside in over 2,750 ...

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The Auburn system utilized a unique prison architecture known as inside________.

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The goal of incarceration at the Eastern State Penitentiary was to evoke ________ in the prisoner.

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The Philadelphia Society to alleviate the Miseries of Public Prisons was called for by the ________.

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The United States has the lowest incarceration rate of any country in the world.

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Privatized prisons are considered less expensive to operate state run prison.

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Jails are usually operated by a county sheriff's department.

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The Auburn Prison system was designed to be self-sufficient.

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The conditions in early American colonial jails were considered humane.

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Which state has abandoned the use of private prisons?

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What is the name of the agency responsible for the administrative oversight of federal prisons and jails?

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What is the percentage of female inmates who have dependent children?

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What is the annual cost on average to provide round-the-clock health care to an elderly and ill inmate?

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The movement of mentally ill offenders from hospitalization to community-based care is termed ________.

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