Reference no: EM133391534
Questions
1. Which of Reamer's (1986) grounds relies on conclusions drawn from an analysis of what is "right and wrong" or "good and bad" in a moral sense?
Ideological
Contingent
Ethical
Empirical
2. Tong (1986) explains that cost-benefit analysis comprises all of the following stages except:
Social movements
Defining goals
Philosophical analysis
None of the above
3. Researchers have identified the ideology of as fostering punitive punishment policies.
Punishment
Neoliberalism
Neolithical
Fear
4. Since the mid-1970s public opinion and public policy on punishment have reflected increasing support for:
Rehabilitation
Treatment
Punitiveness
Community-oriented corrections
5. Policy making based on ethical grounds focuses on what is right or wrong, or good or bad in a moral sense.
True
False
6. In recent years, overall, correctional policies have strongly favored rehabilitation programs.
True
False
7. Elderly inmates do not pose a concern for corrections.
True
False
8. The issue of capital punishment is not a big moral issue within the category of punishment.
True
False
9. Ironically, in a departure from an era of policies of rehabilitation, the get-tough, sanctions of both the Nixon and Reagan Wars on Drugs resulted in such an increase in the national prison population (where there was a disproportionately high number of blacks, Hispanics, and women), that some states turned to:
Three-strikes laws
Sentencing guidelines
Treatment programs to reduce jail and prison populations
Work release programs to reduce jail and prison populations
10. What rhetoric was based on an increase in violence committed by and against youth during the late 1980s and early 1990s?
Juvenile sex offenders
Juvenile superpredators
Juvenile property offenders
None of the above
11. Unethical legislation and policies can sometimes be the result of a moral panic. A "moral panic" is:
An irrational and exaggerated response by the public to a perceived problem
A public over-reaction caused by outdated public morals
When a small group of legislators panic and force through unethical legislation
When an individual legislator or policy maker over-reacts to a problem
12. Goode and Ben-Yehuda (1994) stressed the level of popular participation in moral panics and believed they are founded on genuine public concern, which is picked up and promoted by the media. This is known as the:
Policy implication model
Justice model
Elite-engineered model
Grassroots model
13. In recent years, overall, correctional policies have strongly favored rehabilitation programs.
True
False