Corrections in America Chapter 1

The concept of retaliation develops into a system of criminal law when it becomes customary for the victim of the wrongdoing to

• take revenge on the person who wronged them.

• start a vendetta against the wrongdoer’s family.

• report the crime to the proper authorities.

• accept something else instead of blood vengeance.

Lex talionis is more commonly known as

• a. the “mark of the slave.”

• b. penal servitude.

• c. “an eye for an eye.”

• d. the death penalty.

The first people to allow their citizens to prosecute an offender in the name of an injured party were the

• Babylonians

• Sumerians

• Romans

• Greeks

Which of the following is not an example of corporal punishment

• Torture

• Branding

• Mutilation

• Imprisonment

According to Bentham’s idea of _________, the main objective of an intelligent person is to maximize pleasure and minimize pain, so punishment could act as a deterrent to criminal behavior.

• hedonistic calculus

• friedensgeld

• Civil death

• Lex Humana

The deportation of criminals to America from England between 1596 and 1776 was known as

• restitution

• exoneration

• transportation

• inquisition

Old transport ships known as _______ were anchored in rivers and harbors in Britain to confine criminal offenders.

• hulks

• bridewells

• gaols

• workhouses

The first true correctional institution in America was

• Mamertine Prison

• Pennsylvania State Prison

• The Walnut Street Jail

• The Brank

The system of prison discipline that used total isolation or solitary confinement was known as the

• The Auburn System

• The Great Law

• Quaker Code

• The Pennsylvania System

The first punishment imposed by society was probably outlawry.

• True

• False