Test Bank For American Corrections 11th Edition by Todd R. Clear

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 Pennsylvania and New York.

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

2. ​English trends and practices greatly influenced American corrections.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

REFERENCES:   The Colonial Period

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ACOR.CLEA.16.03.01 – Describe “The Great Law” of Pennsylvania and note its importance.

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

3. ​The Auburn System focused on a congregate system of operations.

  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 Pennsylvania and New York.

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

4. ​Social and political values greatly influence correctional thought and practices.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

REFERENCES:   The Arrival of the PenitentiaryThe Development of Prisons in the South and West

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ACOR.CLEA.16.03.02 – Distinguish the basic assumptions of the penitentiary systems of Pennsylvania and New York.

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

5. ​The positivist school looked to free will and rational thought as the reason for crime.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

REFERENCES:   The Rise of the Progressives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ACOR.CLEA.16.03.04 – Understand the reforms advocated by the Progressives.

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

6. ​The original penitentiary relied on penance and contemplation as the means for the criminal offender to move from sin toward perfection.

  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 Pennsylvania and New York.

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

7. ​Within 40 years of their initiation, penitentiaries had become overcrowded, understaffed, and minimally financed.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

REFERENCES:   The Rise of the Progressives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ACOR.CLEA.16.03.03 – Discuss the elements of the Cincinnati Declaration.

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

8. ​Correctional practices, especially the use of the penitentiary, developed similarly across the United States.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

REFERENCES:   The Arrival of the PenitentiaryThe Development of Prisons in the South and West

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ACOR.CLEA.16.03.02 – Distinguish the basic assumptions of the penitentiary systems of Pennsylvania and New York.

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

9. ​Corrections based on the assumption that criminal behavior can be treated is known as the crime control model.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

REFERENCES:   The Crime Control Model: The Pendulum Swings Again

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ACOR.CLEA.16.03.07 – Describe the forces and events that led to the present crime control model.

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

10. ​The ideas of inmate classification, parole, and rehabilitative programs were first created and put into practice at the Elmira Reformatory for boys.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

REFERENCES:   The Rise of the Progressives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   ACOR.CLEA.16.03.04 – Understand the reforms advocated by the Progressives.

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember