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Testbank for
Correctional Administration:
Integrating Theory and Practice Third Edition Richard P. Seiter 1 / 4
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CHAPTER 1
Correctional Management and Administration Chapter 1 Multiple Choice
1.Four types of correctional staff as described in the text are:
a.Line, supervisor, executive, and political appointments b.Line, supervisor, manager, and leader c.Line, manager, executive, and leader d.Uniformed, service, treatment, supervision
Answer: b
Objective: Define correctional administration and describe the four levels of staff in a correctional agency.
Page number: 2-3
Level: Basic
2.Correctional administration is complex today due to what factor?a.Corrections is a highly visible activity.b.Corrections requires a large amount of public funding.c.Corrections is an important issue for elected officials.d.All of the above.
Answer: d
Objective: Define correctional administration and describe the four levels of staff in a correctional agency.
Page number: 3-4
Level: Intermediate
3.From 1870 to about 1910, corrections existed in what era?a.Punishment Era b.Medical Model Era c.Reformatory Era d.Penitentiary Era
Answer: c
Objective: Outline how the development of correctional philosophy and practice is integrated with various approaches to correctional administration.
Page number: 8
Level: Basic
4.Two men recognized as developing the concept of indeterminate sentencing, conditional release, preparing offenders for release, and transitioning to lower classes of classification were which of following? 2 / 4
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Answer: a
Objective: Outline how the development of correctional philosophy and practice is integrated with various approaches to correctional administration.
Page number: 8
Level: Basic
5.One law that had an adverse affect on prison industries in the 1930s was which of the following?a.Teamster v. UNICOR b.Wolf v. McDonnell c.Americans with Disabilities Act d.Hawes v. Cooper Act
Answer: d
Objective: Define the “hands off” doctrine taken by federal courts regarding correctional issues, and summarize how its collapse has impacted corrections.
Page number: 8-9
Level: Intermediate
6.The “Medical Model” of managing inmates stemmed from which Era?a.The Industrial Era b.The Rehabilitative Era c.The Era of Transition d.The Reformatory Era
Answer: b
Objective: Outline how the development of correctional philosophy and practice is integrated with various approaches to correctional administration.
Page number: 9
Level: Basic
7.Which person was responsible for the pronouncement that “nothing works”?a.Thorsten Sellin b.Donald Clemmer c.Robert Martinson d.Richard Quinney
Answer: c
Objective: Identify the reasons for the death of the medical model in corrections. 3 / 4
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Page number: 9-10
Level: Basic
- One reaction during the “just desserts” approach to crime and punishment was what?
- Mandatory minimum sentences
- Two-strikes laws
- Honest sentencing laws
- All of the above
Answer: a
Objective: Describe the two recent developments that have influenced correctional policy makers to renew their support for rehabilitation as a correctional goal.
Page number: 10-11
Level: Basic
- The number of adults in the U.S. under correctional supervision in 2008 was
- 370,000
- 730,000
- 3.7 million
- 7.3 million
approximately how many?
Answer: d
Objective: Compare the trends in the growth of correctional populations over the period of the 1980s and 1990s to the growth since 2000.
Page number: 12
Level: Basic
- Historically, the most dominant goal in corrections has been which one of the following?
- Punishment
- Deterrence
- Incapacitation
- Rehabilitation
Answer: a
Objective: Outline how the development of correctional philosophy and practice is integrated with various approaches to correctional administration.
Page number: 14
Level: Basic
- The goal of punishment is related to which of the following concepts?
- Deterrence
- Incapacitation
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