Criminal Justice- Unit 1 Review

____________________ is an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law.

• Restitution

• Corrections

• Punishment

• Crime

_________________ shifts the focus from the offender to the victim(s). This allows victim(s) to opportunities to repair damages that were committed against them.

• Deterrence

• Restorative Justice

• Incapacitation

• Restitution

What is the difference between the Classical School of Criminology and Positive School of Criminology?

• Classical School theorizes individuals committed crime beyond their control; Positive School theorizes individuals have free will.

• Classical School theorizes individuals needed to be incarcerated for their wrongdoing; Positive School theorizes individuals needed to seek treatment.

• Classical School theorizes individuals have free will; Positive School theorizes individuals committed crime beyond their control.

• None of the above

Which of the following prison eras experienced overcrowding prison populations, lack of programs for inmates, and civil unrest leading to many prison riots?

• Period of Transition Era

• Rehabilitative Era

• Industrial Era

• Reformatory Era

Which of the following prison eras emphasized prison operations with inmates producing a product to make prisons self-sustaining.

• Rehabilitative Era

• Industrial Era

• Reformatory Era

• Retributive Era

Which of the following prison eras focused on starting a medical model and treating offenders who were sick and inflicted with wounds.

• Reformatory Era

• Rehabilitative Era

• Industrial Era

• Period of Transition

__________________ is one of the goals of corrections that focuses on the offender repaying society for their wrongdoing.

• Rehabilitation

• Deterrence

• Incapacitation

• Restitution

Which of the following prison systems was the first penitentiary in the United States?

• Walnut Street Jail System

• Pennsylvania System

• Auburn System

• None of the above

True or false: Corrections is the range of community and institutional sanctions, treatment programs and services for managing criminal offenders.

• True

• False

The study of the use of punishment for criminal acts is __________________.

• Penitentiary

• Penal Code

• Penology

• None of the above