Monday 29 February 2016

Administrative Justice 075-ADJ075- American Corrections in Brief-Assignment 13

According to your authors, the field of corrections will continue to worsen without _________________.
A.
tougher punishments
B.
more administration
C.
new prisons
D.
effective leadership
Attracting, motivating, and __________outstanding personnel is key to an effective correctional system.
A.
promoting
B.
recognizing
C.
rewarding
D.
retaining
Excluding the actual financing costs, the cost of building a prison today now exceeds roughly $______________ per cell.
A.
50,000
B.
100,000
C.
125,000
D.
150,000
Over the last several decades, a new national academic discipline of ___________ has grown from a fledging major with a weak academic reputation to a nationally respected field of study.
A.
social work
B.
sociology
C.
criminal justice
D.
political science
State correctional budgets have ___________ in the past decade.
A.
more than doubled
B.
decreased by half
C.
remained predominately unchanged
D.
more than quadrupled
The initial recruitment problem when attempting to hire correctional staff stems from _______________.
A.
the element of danger
B.
low starting salaries
C.
poor health benefits
D.
no retirement plans
The population of drug offenders in U.S. prisons has increased by over ______% since 1980.
A.
300
B.
400
C.
500
D.
700
The _________ costs of the growth of the penal system have been borne most substantially by minority communities that already struggle with poverty and other forms of disadvantage.
A.
physical
B.
financial
C.
social
D.
moral
____________ evidence-based initiatives are programs that identify the key risk factors for offending and implement prevention methods in an attempt to counteract them before they occur.
A.
Offense-focused
B.
Risk-focused
C.
Offender-focused
D.
Treatment-focused
_______________ is one of the most important external dynamics affecting the correctional system.
A.
Techno-corrections
B.
Diminishing Crime Rates
C.
Professionalization
D.
Evidence-based practice


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