Administrative Justice 075-ADJ075- American Corrections in Brief-Assignment 1

"Social control" refers to the actions and practices of individuals and institutions designed to induce conformity.

 True 
 False 

Corrections can be viewed as a series of processes that are __________, meaning that each process affects another part of the criminal justice system in some way.

	A.	retributive
	B.	interconnected
	C.	conflicting
	D.	punitive

In the U.S. today, more felons are being sentenced to ________ instead of __________.

	A.	parole; prison
	B.	probation; prison
	C.	parole; probation
	D.	prison; probation

Intermediate sanctions are a variety of punishments used by the courts that are more restrictive than traditional probation but less severe and costly than incarceration.

 True 
 False 

Most prisoners in the U.S. are housed in federal correctional facilities.

 True 
 False 

Nearly __________ of all African American men in their twenties are under some form of correctional control in the U.S.

	A.	1/5
	B.	1/3
	C.	1/2
	D.	3/4

Probation is the most frequently used form of correctional punishment in the United States.

 True 
 False 

Since 1980, a greater proportion of correctional growth has occurred in:

	A.	prisons and probation.
	B.	prisons and jails.
	C.	jails and probation.
	D.	probation and parole.

The ____________ model of corrections is based on the assumption that criminal behavior can be controlled by greater use of incarceration and other forms of strict supervision.

	A.	due process
	B.	community
	C.	medical
	D.	crime control

Your authors refer to corrections as a(n) ____________, a complex whole consisting of interdependent parts whose operations are directed toward common goals and is directly influenced by its environment.

	A.	structure
	B.	system
	C.	organism
	D.	organization