Quiz #2 - September 9

ANSWERS FOR QUIZ #2 - September 9


QUIZ 2 (Sept 9)                               NAME_______________

1. LEX TALIONIUS mean:

   a) "The long arm of the law"
   b) "Do the crime, do the time"
   c) The laws created by the Roman Emporor Talionus
   **d) "An eye for an eye" (retribution)
   e) A cable tv series (MSNBC) on prison life

2. According to WebBoard, the NEW (latest revised) cost of keeping an adult
in prison in Illinois is roughly:

   a) $17,500
   b) $21,500
   **c) $25,000
   d) $31,300
   e) $37,700

3. According to lecture, how many years are there in a generation?
 
   a) 50
   **b) 33
   c) 25
   d) 13.3
   e) It depends on the century because life expectancy varies.
 
4. Which of the following IS NOT true of an IDEOLOGY?
 
   a) They are pre-conscious
   b) They are emotionally charged
   **c) They are individual attitudes or opinions
   d) They provide non-coercive forms of social control
   e) All of the above are true of an ideology
 
5.  Which of the following IS NOT true of the liberal ideology?
 
   a) Tends to be "humanitarian"
   b) Belief in "piecemeal" social reform
   c) Stresses rehabiliation over punishment
   **d) Rejects the "treatment model" of corrections
   e) All of the above are true
 
6. According to Chapter 3 and lecture, the prison style (or model) in which 
prisoners were kept totally silent and isolated in their cells was:

   a) Auburn (Auburn Model)
   **b) Pennsylvania (Eastern Model)
   c) San Quentin (California model)
   d) OZ (Cable model)
   e) Leavenworth (Federal model)

7. Michael Randle, the former Director of the Illinois Department
of Corrections (IDOC), was in the news this past week because:

   **a) He resigned under political pressure
   b) He was arrested for drunk driving
   c) He wants to eliminate capital punishment
   d) He sexually harassed a staf member
   e) He quit to run for Governor of Illinois to replace Gov. Quinn

8. The point of the instructor's "dog kennel" comments in class were to:

   a) Ask about kennels so he could find one for his dog
   **b) It was to illustrate the early Eastern model (Pennsylvania) prison
   c) Dogs have rights (as do all other animals)
   d) It was to illustrate how dangers penned-up prisoners can be
   e) He got off on a tangent that had nothing to do with corrections

9. Which of the following IS NOT an example of a conservative ideology?

   a) Emphasizes social order over individual rights
   b) Preserve existing institutions
   **c) "Natural order of things" is conflict, not consensus
   d) Use of prisons should be expanded
   e) All of the above are true

10. In Illinois, if you have a sentence of natural life, when will you be out of prison?

   a) When the parole board lets you out
   b) Between 30 60 years
   c) With day for day good time, in about 30 years
   d) It depends on the crime   we can't tell from the question
   **e) Only when you're dead

11. The view that we should be more concerned with protecting society than with
protecting the rights of alleged offenders is closest to:

   a) Liberals
   **b) Conservatives
   c) Radicals
   d) Libertarians
   e) All of the above about equally

12. According to Chapter 3, the prison style (or model) in which prisoners were 
kept totally silent and isolated in their cells was:

   a) Auburn (Auburn Model)
   **b) Pennsylvania (Eastern Model)
   c) San Quentin (California model)
   d) OZ (Cable model)
   e) Leavenworth (Federal model)

13. Some people think that capital punishment reduces crime by deterring 
offenders and scaring them from harming victims. The INDEPENDENT VARIABLE is:

   a) Deterrence
   b) Scaring people from committing crimes
   c) Harming victims
   **d) Capital punishment
   e) Could be b) or c)

14. John Howard was:

   a) The fellow who led the federal league in triples in 1913
   b) The formulator of the panopticon prison
   **c) An early prison reformer in the later 1700s
   d) A utilitarian who thought punishments should be humane
   e) The first warden of a U.S. prison
 
15. Which of the following IS NOT a feature of the Classical School?

   a) Punishments should be base on utilitarianism
   b) Crime should be considered an injury to society
   c) Punishment must be humane
   d) Punishments should be swift, certain, and calculated
   **e) Punishments should not deter, so they should be harsh

16. According to lecture, the first prisons (as we know them) in the U.S. originated about:
(NOTE - I'll accept either a) or b)

   **a) 1890 (Newgate, New York)
   **b) The 1820s (Auburn & Eastern State Penitentiary)
   c) 1864 (Connecticut State Penitentiary)
   d) Around 1900 (Sing Sing, New York)
   e) Around the time of World War I (Stateville Penitentiary)

17. According to lecture and text, The so called "discipline model" of prisons in the US was in what years?

   a) 1790 1830
   **b) 1830 1870
   c) 1870 1900
   d) 1900 1940
   e) 1940 1980

18. Which of the following WAS NOT a characteristic of the Auburn prison model?

   a) Fixed sentences
   **b) Total isolation
   c) Redemption through hard work
   d) Designed to break the spirit
   e) Prisoners couldn't talk to each other

19. What where you scores on the ideology quiz?
(NOTE: THE ANSWER WAS INTENDED TO SHOW THAT YOU TOOK THE QUIZ)

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20. The belief that we can't reform prisons or reduce the crime rate
without fundamental changes in the social structure is closest to:

   **a) Radicals
   b) Liberals
   c) Conservatives
   d) Libertarians
   e) Republicans