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CORRECTIONAL
ADMINISTRATION
By:
Charlemagne James P. Ramos
1. This model of prison management permits placing prisoners in the least
restrictive prison consistent with security, safety, and humane confinement.
A. Control model
B. Proper classification model
C. Security model
D. Custodial model
5. Blumstien list five possible approaches that prison administrators may take
to deal with the prison crisis. Each approach has economic, social and political
costs, and each entails a different amount of time for implementation and impact.
Which of these urges the sentencing be linked to the availability of prison
space and management staff, that policies be developed allowing the release of
the prisoners when prison facilities become crowded and staff are greatly
outnumbered to manage prisoners, and that each court be allotted a certain amount
of prison space and staff members of judges and prosecutors make their decisions
accordingly?
A. Incapacitation strategy
B. Population-reduction strategy
C. Construction strategy
D. Population-sensitive flow control strategy
6. In this strategy says that nothing should be done, that prisons should be
allowed to become increasingly congested and staff should remain to maintain
them with the assumption that the problem is temporary and will disappear in
time.
A. Null strategy selective
B. Incapacitation strategy
C. Population-reduction strategy
D. Construction strategy
7. The word penology is derived from the Latin word “Poena” which means-
A. Imprisonment
B. Incarceration
C. Punishment
D. Suffering
10. What is the study and practice of a systematic management of jails or prisons
and other institutions concerned with the custody, treatment, and rehabilitation
of criminal offenders?
A. Correctional Administration
B. Penal Management
C. Correctional Management
D. Jail management
11. It is the redress that the state takes against an offending member of society
that usually involves pain and suffering. It is also the penalty imposed on an
offender for a crime or wrongdoing.
A. Fine
B. Penalty
C. Punishment
D. Redress
12. Waldo was convicted for the crime of multiple crimes and his conviction
involves imprisonment so that he will be prevented from commiting similar crimes.
This purpose of punishment is called-
A. Reformation
B. Rehabilitation
C. Incapacitation
D. Prevention
13. What is defined as the suffering inflicted by the state against an offending
member for the transgression of law?
A. Fine
B. Punishment
C. Penalty
D. Incarceration
14. One of the judicial conditions of penalty states that punishment must
commensurate with the offense. This is further understood as-
A. Without however affecting the integrity of the human personality
B. Different crimes must be punished with different penalties
C. The guilty one must be the one to be punished, no proxy
D. Changes the attitude of offenders and become law-abiding citizens
15. Which is correct in the following principles applied to the modern period of
corrections?
1. Jail or Prison rules shall be applied impartially without discrimination on
the ground of race, color, language, religion or other opinion, national or
social origin, property, birth or other status.
2. The religious beliefs and moral precepts not contrary to law, which a prisoner
holds, must be respected.
3. Prison or Jail rules and regulations shall be applied with firmness but
tempered with understanding.
4. Custodial force shall, at all times, conduct themselves as good examples.
A. 1,2 C. 2,3,4
B. 4 Only D. 1,2,3,4
17. The community based treatment programs are those programs that are intended
to treat criminal offenders within the free community as alternatives to
confinement. It includes all correctional activities directly addressed to the
offender and aimed at helping him to become a law-abiding citizen. In relation
to these, which states “imprisonment is not always advisable?” placing a person
to custodial coercion is to place him in physical jeopardy, thus drastically
narrowing his access to sources of personal satisfaction and reducing self-
esteem.
A. Humanitarian aspect
B. Restorative aspect
C. Managerial aspect
D. Reformative aspect
18. Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word “Retribution”?
A. Personal Vengeance against offender
B. Group Vengeance against the offender
C. Deterrence to offender
D. Protection that serves well the interest of the community
19. Justice in the form of “Life for Life. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, and stripe for
stripe” is based on Lex talionis or the law of retaliation. Further, it is based
on the notion of talion which means
A. Equivalence for its crime and its punishment
B. Blood feuds between people
C. Man’s head is the same as his hand
D. Man s horse minded
20. In his Book, we are Living Proof: the Justice model for Corrections, he
presented his arguments that punishment is necessary to uphold the law. He became
popular for introducing the so-called Justice Model for correction. His name is-
A. David Fogel
B. Manuel Montesimos
C. Martin Ruther
D. Jake Brigance
21. General deterrence is what most people mean when they speak of deterrence.
The principle here is that-
A. Potential criminals will want to avoid criminal behavior because of the
example provided by punishment.
B. Prison is necessary fear factor for offenders
C. Crime prevention measure by putting people to prison
D. Efficiency of the government is measured by there number of people punished
23. It is the Suffering that is inflicted by the state for the transgression of
a law for the purpose of controlling criminals.
A. Prevention
B. Revenge
C. Penalty
D. All of the above
24. As a matter of procedure, the fourth pillar of the Criminal Justice Sytem,
Correction Pillar, takes over once the accused –
A. Has been delivered to the new Bilibid Prison
B. Received the order of the court
C. After having been found guilty, meted out the penalty for the crime he
committed
D. Has been arrested by the police and has been investigated of the crime
25. The Correctional System in the Philippines is under three distinct and
separate departments of the national government. They are the following, except
–
A. Department of National Defense
B. Department of Justice
C. Department of Interior or Local Government
D. Department of Social welfare and Development
26. The prison model or theory which argues that an inmate’s mode of adaptation
to prison is influenced by factors external to the immediate conditions of
imprisonment. Which one of these?
A. Importation model
B. Exportation model
C. Family model
D. None of these
27. What theory of punishment proposes that sentencing can contribute towards
reducing crime by removing potential offenders from the community, so eliminating
their capacity to commit offense?
A. Retribution
B. Incapacitation
C. Atonement
D. Reformation
31. ____ is the latest justification of punishment. Under this theory, society
can best be protected from crime if the purpose of imprisonment is to reform or
rehabilitate the prisoner.
A. Reformation
B. Incapacitation
C. Expiation
D. Fine
32. Release from prison, are intended to reform the offender. This is a new
concept of correctional administration. Thus, reformation and rehabilitation are
now thought of as –
A. Treatment through institutional programs
B. Limitation of punishment
C. Concealing criminal activities
D. Treatment through non-institutional programs
33. This concept embodies the belief that punishment keeps offenders from
committing offenses again. Which of these?
A. Deterrence
B. Reformation
C. Retribution
D. Expiation
35. The Correctional policy that allows inmates to leave the institution for
vocational or educational training, for employment, or to maintain family ties
is called –
A. Private Prison policy
B. Furlough or Work Release
C. Getting tough Policy
D. Placement
36. What model of correctional system focused on the safety and security of
inmates than any other emphasis?
A. Family model
B. Penitence model
C. Custodial model
D. Community model
37. What pillar in the administration of Criminal Justice System charge with the
responsibility for the custody, supervision and rehabilitation of convicted
offenders?
A. Conviction
B. Penalty
C. Corrections
D. Punishment
38. What kind of discipline applied after an offense has been committed by an
inmate that offers great advantage over punishment?
A. Positive discipline
B. Negative discipline
C. Strict discipline
D. Leniency discipline
39. This was in form of group vengeance as distinguished from retribution, where
punishment is exacted publicly for the purpose of appeasing the social group.
What is being described?
A. Protection
B. Penalty
C. Deterrence
D. Expiation
40. Among the following, what instance can justify the act of punishing people
for a wrong doing?
A. Retribution
B. Deterrence
C. Expiation or atonement
D. All of the above
41. The idea that punishment will be given to the offender by showing to others
what would happen to them if they have submitted what the offender has done.
Which one of these?
A. Protection
B. Enjoyment
C. Deterrence
D. Stoning
43. It is a condition of penalty that no one can assume the suffering for a crime
committed by the others. This is the condition of –
A. Justice
B. Legal
C. Personal
D. Certain
44. The view that the low female crime and delinquency rates are a reflection of
the leniency which police treat female offender is known as-
A. Chivalry hypothesis
B. Chronic female offender doctrine
C. Broken window
D. Consensus view of crimes
45. The belief that capital punishment creates an atmosphere of brutality that
enhances, rather than deters the level of violence in society is known as-
A. Broken window
B. Brutalization effect
C. Boot camp effect
D. Conflict view
46. Stopping or reducing crime by convincing would-be offenders that they stand
a significant risk of being apprehended and punished for their crimes is called-
A. Stack effect
B. Deterrent effect
C. Diversion effect
D. Anxiety effect
47. The punishment which affords the society or the individual who was wronged,
the opportunity to impose upon the offender such suitable punishment as may be
enforced
A. Reformation
B. Retribution
C. Expiation
D. Deterrence
49. The idea that re-entry of an offender should be in the mainstream of society
rather than the usual abrupt re-entry at the end of a prison sentence.
A. Reintegration
B. Deterrence
C. Incapacitation
D. Rehabilitation
50. The putting of offenders in prison for the purpose of protecting the public
and at the same time rehabilitating them by requiring the latter to undergo
institutional treatment program is referred to as:
A. Imprisonment
B. Trial
C. Conviction
D. Detention
51. The society is protected from the further depredations of criminals if they
are all imprisoned immediately after committing a crime”. This justification of
penalty is known as
A. Expiation
B. Reformation
C. Deterrence
D. Protection
53. What is the dual purpose of the Correctional System here in the Philippines?
A. To punish and Rehabilitate
B. To Rehabilitate and Retaliate
C. To Retaliate and Revenge
D. To Punish and to imprison
54. Which model emphasize the assumption that criminal behavior is caused by
biological or psychological conditions that require treatment?
A. Medical model
B. Reform model
C. Rehabilitation model
D. Community model
55. The word penology is derived from the Latin word “Poena” which means
A. Imprisonment
B. Incarceration
C. Punishment
D. Suffering
56. A system that teaches inmates to value himself and his dealing with others.
A. Auburn system
B. Pennsylvania system
C. Millien system
D. Congrete system
57. Theory which states that criminal behavior is learned in interaction with
other persons in the process of communication.
a. Differential Association Theory
b. Strain Theory
c. Classical Theory
d. Positivist Theory
58. What theory assumes that people are law-abiding but they will resort to crime
under great pressure and that disparity between goals and means provides that
pressure?
A. Psychoanalytic theory
B. Strain theory
C. Differential Association theory
D. Social learning theory
59. What theory is criminology states that criminals are totally responsible for
their behaviors. The stress is more in the effect of their felonious act upon
the criminal himself.
a. Positivist theory
b. Biological theory
c. Physiological theory
d. Classical theory
60. What concept is referred to when a prison completely encapsulates the lives
of the people who work and live there?
a. half-way house
b. Total institution
c. Therapeutic community
d. Voluntary institution
61. What theory provides that criminal behavior is learned in interaction with
other persons in a process of communication?
a. Differential association
b. Strain theory
c. Social Disorganization Theory
d. Psychoanalytic theory
62. This theory in criminology states that criminals are totally responsible for
their behaviors and the stress is more on the effect of their felonious act than
upon the criminal himself.
A. Biological theory
B. Positivist theory
C. Classical theory
D. None of the above
64. The task of changing an offender’s attitude so that he or she may not commit
another crime in the future.
A. Retribution
B. Deterrence
C. Incapacitation
D. Rehabilitation
66. The concept of “the greatest happiness of the greatest number” is known as
______ and was espoused by Jeremy Bentham
A. Conformance
B. Reformation
C. Utilitarianism
D. Rehabilitation
69. What concept is referred to when a prison completely encapsulates the lives
of the people who work and live there?
A. half-way house
B. Total institution
C. Therapeutic community
D. Voluntary institution
70. Prevention is associated with the reintegration model and ____ is associated
with the custodial model.
A. Retribution
B. Control
C. Restoration
D. Deterrence
71. There are four (4) concepts of lifestyle in prison. What concept of prison
lifestyle is referred to when inmates take advantage of opportunities to change
their lives by trying to acquire a skill, improve their minds, or find
themselves?
A. Gleaning
B. Doing time
C. Jailing
D. Disorganizing criminals
72. What is the mark of shame or disgrace attached to a person by virtue of his
having committed an offense or conviction?
A. Stigma
B. Prejudice
C. Convict
D. Distrust
73. What theory states that crime and delinquency result when the individual’s
bond to society is weak and broken?
A. Control theory
B. Sociological theory
C. Cultural deviance theory
D. Strain theory
75. What is a means of social control that involves the infliction of pain on
the offender for violating the law?
A. Banishment
B. Punishment
C. Prison labor
D. Discredit
77. This theory provides that the basis for criminal liability is human free
will and the purpose of penalty is retribution
A. Classical theory
B. Physiological theory
C. Biological theory
D. Positivist theory
78. Which model underscores the assumption that criminal behavior is caused by
biological or psychological conditions that require treatment?
A. Community model
B. Rehabilitation model
C. Reform model
D. Medical model
79. What is this social treatment which was developed in 1956 and which means to
change the prison institution into a more democratic operation where inmates
have a say in what goes on?
A. Psychotherapy
B. Therapeutic community
C. Behavior therapy
D. Occupational therapy
80. It is the process by which a new prisoner absorbs the customs of the prison
society and learns to adapt to the environment.
A. Acculturation
B. Integration
C. Prisonization
D. Adaptation
84. This is ____ theory provide that criminal behavior is learned in interaction
with other persons in the process of communication
A. Differential association
B. Social disorganization
C. Strain
D. Psychoanalytic
85. According to the control theory, crime and delinquency result when an
individual’s bond to ____ is weak and broken.
A. Society
B. Police
C. Law
D. Behavior
86. This concept of Bentham provides that the aim of all action should be the
“greatest happiness of the greatest number”
A. Conformance
B. Reformation
C. Utilitarianism
D. Rehabilitation
93. The ____ theory assumes that people are law-abiding but under great pressure
they will resort to crime and that disparity between goals and means provided
that pressure
A. Psychoanalytic
B. Strain
C. Social learning
D. differential association
94. Punishment is associated with the ____ model while treatment is associated
to medical model.
A. Reintegrative
B. Retributive
C. Justice
D. restorative
95. What is the practice of beating, torturing, maiming or any form of causing
pain to a prisoner called?
A. Corporal punishment
B. Capital punishment
C. Medical model of punishment
D. Indeterminate punishment
102. What is the legal process that results in the removal of conviction from
the official records?
A. Mitigation
B. Expungement
C. Exoneration
D. Restriction
116. Is that branch of criminology which deals with the treatment, management
and administration of inmates?
a. Criminology
b. Penology
c. Criminal justice
d. Correction
117. It refers to the suffering that is inflicted by the state for the
transgression of the law.
a. Punishment
b. Sanction
c. Penalty
d. Liability
118. Is the theory of penalty which states that the States punishes the
criminal to serve as example to others and discourage others from committing
crimes?
a. Prevention
b. Self-Defense
c. Reformation
d. Exemplarity
e. Justice