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CRLS 3100 Question and answers correctly solved 2024/2025 CRLS 3100: Final Review The United States has an incarceration rate _____ than the incarceration rates of most other developed nations. a.) slightly lower b.) dramatically lower c.) dramatically higher d.) slightly higher - correct ...

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CRLS 3100: Final Review
The United States has an incarceration rate _____ than the incarceration
rates of most other developed nations.
a.) slightly lower
b.) dramatically lower
c.) dramatically higher
d.) slightly higher - correct answer ✔c.) dramatically higher


_____ most closely approximates the United States in terms of its
incarceration rate.
a.) Russia
b.) Germany
c.) Japan
d.) The United Kingdom - correct answer ✔a.) Russia


According to recent reports, rates of victimization are ______.
a.) slightly increased since the 1950s
b.) the highest since the 1980s
c.) the lowers since the 1970s
d.) slightly decreased in terms of drug crimes - correct answer ✔c.) the
lowers since the 1970s


Since the 1980s, the number of Americans on probation has _____.
a.) decreased slightly
b.) increased significantly
c.) decreased significantly

,d.) increased slightly - correct answer ✔b.) increased significantly


What can be credited for the recent decline in the use of incarceration?
a.) people staying in their homes
b.) fewer people buying firearms
c.) an increase in property crime
d.) the waning effect of the war on drugs - correct answer ✔d.) the waning
effect of the war on drugs


Welch (2005) argues that corrections has become a(n) ______, because state
legislatures, governors, and city and town leaders all receive contributions
form prison/jail contractors.
a.) irrelevant endeavor
b.) privatized industry
c.) agent of penal help
d.) corrections-industrial complex - correct answer ✔d.) corrections-industrial
complex


Which statement accurately describes the relationship between policy and
corrections?
a.) The two correlate but do not affect each other
b.) The two operate independently
c.) Policy drives use of corrections
d.) Correctional use drives policy - correct answer ✔c.) Policy drive use of
corrections


The proportion of women to men or racial/ethnic minorities to whites under
correctional supervision remained stable until _______.

,a.) the beginning of the war on drugs
b.) the medical model of treatment became more popular
c.) the population increased with the baby boomers
d.) inmates became more recalcitrant - correct answer ✔a.) the beginning of
the war on drugs


Due to the current punitive policies in corrections, which philosophy of
punishment has fallen out of favor?
a.) deterrence
b.) retribution
c.) incapacitation
d.) rehabilitation - correct answer ✔d.) rehabilitation


Incarceration of first-time and nonviolent offenders had the effect of ______.
a.) costing taxpayers billions of dollars
b.) incarcerating increased numbers of men
c.) disproportionately imprisoning White offenders
d.) reserving beds for serious offenders - correct answer ✔a.) costing
taxpayers billions of dollars


What can reduce some of the negative emotions associated with working in
corrections?
a.) democratization of the workplace
b.) incapacitation of offenders
c.) privatization of prisons
d.) prisonization of offenders - correct answer ✔a.) democratization of the
workplace

, A female inmate was just released after being incarcerated since the 1990s.
What is the most likely reason she was incarcerated?
a.) assaulting someone
b.) committing homicide
c.) possessing drugs
d.) robbing a bank - correct answer ✔c.) possessing drugs


Which of these offenders would benefit most from incarceration?
a.) chronic violent offender
b.) first-time drug dealer
c.) repeat white-collar criminal
d.) first-time poverty offender - correct answer ✔a.) chronic violent offender


You are in charge of hiring at a prison. What is one thing that you should
focus?
a.) Require tests of physical fitness
b.) Hire primarily local youth
c.) Try to cut costs by paying people a low wage
d.) Ensure that you offer training for new officers - correct answer ✔d.)
Ensure that you offer training for new officers


It is important to understand the history of correction so that ______.
a.) its patterns may be followed
b.) facilities can reuse resources
c.) its mistakes are not repeated
d.) future policy can be made - correct answer ✔c.) its mistakes are not
repeated

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