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Questions
1. A set of rules of conduct that reflects the values and norms of the prison social system is called the ____________.
inmate society
lockup
code of silence
inmate code
2. The primary rules of the inmate code are _____________ and _________________.
do no harm, do your own time
maintain good hygiene, maintain proper communication with others
do your own time, don't inform on another convict
don't snitch on other inmates, don't interfere speak with guards
3. Inmates who identify more with the staff than with the other inmates can be called the __________.
single-sex
right guys
rightness
straights
4. According to John Irwin, the basic role orientations inmates use to adapt to prison include ________________________.
participation, gleaning, adaptation, doing time
gleaning, doing time, jailing, functioning as a disorganized criminal
rights, jailing, disorganized, doing time
disorganized criminal, adapting roles, jailing, participation
5. According to the text, for many years the main traditional standard currency in the prison economy was sex.
True
False
6. According to the authors, the current standard forms of prison economy is cigarettes.
True
False
7. Machismo requires verbal retaliation against those who offer insults.
True
False
8. In order for an inmate to join a gang, one must stab an enemy's member and once it's done, he can't get out of the gang without endangering his own life. This basis for gang membership is called blood in, blood in.
True
False
9. Regarding inmate-inmate sexual victimization, reports show that victims and perpetrators tend to be between ______ years old.
30-40
25-39
20-41
21-29
10. Regarding inmate-inmate sexual victimization, according to the text, perpetrators tend to be _____________.
hispanic, but mostly black
white
black
black or white
11. ____________ was a doctrine meaning the role of the state as guardian and protector of juveniles.
Crown's Inquest
In loco Parentis
Parens Patriae
Guardian ad litem
12. The _________ viewed juveniles as evil.
Quakers
Enlightenists
Puritans
Reformist
13. During the __________ period, juveniles were viewed as helpless and in need of state intervention.
Rufuge
Child savers
Puritans
Juvenile Rights
14. _______________________________, summarizes the main tenets of juvenile court.
Intervention, Informality and Intentionality
Informality, inequalities and intervention
Intervention, informality and individualization
Intentionality, Individualization, inequalities
15. According to the intervention view point, the final aim of all juvenile processing was adjustment.
True
False
16. Which is not one of the reasons given for justifying a separate justice system for juveniles?
juveniles have a low rate of exchange
juveniles are young and may easily change
juveniles are easily influenced by their peers
juveniles have little responsibility for others
17. Which is not a status offense?
assault
all of these
smoking
truancy
18. Whether or not to arrest a juvenile is the first decision made in a juvenile court.
True
False
19. When the court believes that the circumstances of the case such as poor prospects of rehabilitation, warrants the young person to be handled under adult-court procedures and laws- the young person has been given a _________.
warning
ticket
signal
waiver
20. According to the text, juvenile programs differ from adult programs mainly because of funding, staff and adult enterprises.
True
False
21. The court imposes a ______________, called a ____________ on a juvenile after an adjudication of delinquency.
sanction, disposition
disposition, placement
hearing, preliminary motion
sanction, hearing
22. According to the text, juvenile probation officers are discouraged from developing personal relationships with their probationers.
True
False
23. The main objectives of school-based programs for juveniles according to the authors are to have a low recidivism rate and higher standardized test scores.
True
False
24. Some juvenile probation agencies have begun developing intensive supervision programs that are far more intense than adult intensive supervision programs.
True
False
25. Which is one of the most widespread new intermediate sanctions for juveniles; although the results have not been very promising?
shock probation
electronic monitoring
dual supervision
boot camp