New uses of technology to make prisons safer include all of the following EXCEPT which?
A) body armor for inmates to protect them from each other
B) duress alarms worn by guards
C) pan-and-tilt cameras that can focus on an alarm spot and begin recording
D) devices to detect drugs in the mail
(Question #2) A 2002 opinion poll found that the public's view of the most effective way to reduce crime is to ________.
A) increase the rate of death sentences
B) rehabilitate prisoners by education and job training
C) keep inmates in prison as long as possible
D) increase the severity of punishments
(Question #3) Which of the following is NOT one of the prominent reasons why corrections has become a much more important item on the public's political agenda over the past two decades?
A) vast increase in public spending on corrections
B) greater number of prisons being accredited
C) public concern about crime
D) politicians' belief that they need to show a tough on crime attitude
(Question #4) What has the tough on crime approach to sentencing done?
A) increased the number of people under correctional supervision
B) decreased the budgets allocated to correctional agencies
C) decreased the number of private prisons
D) decreased the number of prisoners
(Question #5) Which of the following statements is true regarding the U.S. prison population during the period between 2000 and 2010?
A) While the rate of growth in inmates at private prisons slowed and even declined after 2008, the number of inmates in private prisons in 2010 was considerably higher than in 2000.
B) The huge growth in the total prison population has been due to large increases in violent crimes, particularly homicide.
C) From 2000 to 2010, the total incarcerated population increased by an average of 6 percent per year.
D) Jail incarceration rates showed a trend opposite to that of prison incarceration rates, rapidly declining till about 2007 but increasing since then.
(Question #6) Which of the following represents the percentage increase in the number of inmates between 2000 and 2010 held in private prisons?
A) 30 percent
B) 22 percent
C) 48 percent
D) 105 percent
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