American Corrections In Brief 3rd Edition By Todd R. Clear – Test Bank

1. By the end of the 1970s, federal judges had imposed changes on prisons and jails in every state.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Correctional Law and the U.S. Supreme Court
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACIB.CLEA.17.11.01 – Discuss the foundations that support the legal rights of prisoners.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

2. In 1968 the Supreme Court firmly established that racial segregation could become an official policy within prison walls to help minimize gang violence.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Correctional Law and the U.S. Supreme Court
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACIB.CLEA.17.11.02 – Describe the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in interpreting correctional law.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

3. In 1996, Congress passed the Anti-Terrorism Act, which gives inmates just one year from the time of conviction to file a federal habeas petition.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Correctional Law and the U.S. Supreme Court
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACIB.CLEA.17.11.02 – Describe the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in interpreting correctional law.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

4. Prior to the 1960s, the courts maintained a hands-on policy with respect to corrections.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Correctional Law and the U.S. Supreme Court
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACIB.CLEA.17.11.02 – Describe the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in interpreting correctional law.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

5. Until the 1970s, disciplinary procedures conducted in prisons could be exercised without challenge because the prisoner was legally in the hands of the state.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Correctional Law and the U.S. Supreme Court
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACIB.CLEA.17.11.02 – Describe the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in interpreting correctional law.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

6. The Fourth Amendment protections cover prison cells.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACIB.CLEA.17.11.03 – Understand the constitutional rights of prisoners.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

7. The most recent cases concerning equal protection deal with issues concerning juvenile offenders.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACIB.CLEA.17.11.03 – Understand the constitutional rights of prisoners.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

8. The compelling state interest test is the current standard for the analysis of not only prisoners’ First Amendment
claims but other constitutional claims as well.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACIB.CLEA.17.11.03 – Understand the constitutional rights of prisoners.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

9. The most intrusive personal searches of inmates involve X-rays of the inmate’s body.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACIB.CLEA.17.11.03 – Understand the constitutional rights of prisoners.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

10. Correctional searches can be done with the intent to humiliate or degrade the inmate.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACIB.CLEA.17.11.03 – Understand the constitutional rights of prisoners.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

11. Constitutional rights are absolute.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACIB.CLEA.17.11.03 – Understand the constitutional rights of prisoners.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember