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44.203 Technology and the Criminal Justice System Exam 3: Professor Byrne Dec. 4, 2012Answer KeyInstructions: Multiple Choice/ True-False. Please clearly mark the correct answer on the attached scoring sheet using#2pencil 1. New electronic monitoring technology currently being used in Massachusetts allows the police to pinpoint the locations (via GPS) of all offenders placed on electronic monitoring. England views this as a potential significant cost saving strategy.TrueFalse 2. Conservatively, it is estimated that “ there are at least 350,000 mentally ill people in prison and jail on any given day”, which means that there are three times as many severely mentally ill individuals in prison than in psychiatric hospitalsTrueFalse3. According to current research, approximately _______________inmates in our federal, state, and local prisons and jails suffer from a serious mental illness.50%20%80%5%4. New York City uses_____________ to supervise about 50,000 probationers each year.KiosksElectronic monitoringHATSAll of the above5. Hand-held (HHMD) and Walk-through (WTMD) metal detectors are among the most frequently used ______________________________in prisons and jails.Concealed Weapon and Contraband Imaging Detection SystemsPerimeter Security SystemsBiometric Scanning SystemsNone of the above6. Despite the fact that the prison population tripled between 1988 and 1998, the prison escape rate declined during this period, from 1.4 escapes per 100 inmates to .4 escapes per 100 inmatesTrueFalse7. While it has been argued that the versatility of the ______________ systems have made them the “cornerstone” of contraband detection in jails and prisons, they have also been sharply criticized by those concerned with inmate rights (privacy), due to the detailed anatomical pictures created.PlethysmographBackscatter x-ray SousveillanceAll of the above8. ______________ systems are wireless and inmates wear small transmitters (typically bracelets) which communicate “real time” data regarding prisoner location to a central information center.RMSQUAYHATSRFID9 ____________ can be stored on a thumb-sized flash drive. Probation officers plug the drive into a computer and it searches for suspicious activity. It’s typically used to search sex offenders’ computers, but “you can use the software to search for anything on a computer. A .CourtoolsB. Field SearchC .PlethysmorgraphD .Sousveillance tools10. ___________ are identification cards that contain the inmate’s photograph and that are integrated with a circuit chip that stores pertinent information about each prisoner.PlethsysmographsSmart CardsCourtoolsAll of the aboveNone of the above11. One of the recent technological developments in the monitoring of registered sex offenders is that we can now monitor their home computers, and their cellphones, BlackBerries or children's gaming devices, without the use time-consuming and expensive forensic analysis.TrueFalse12. According to a recent review by Stowell, due to its versatility and ability to communicate in both indoor and outdoor environments, duress notification systems based on_____________________ may be forthcoming.RFIDMDTSYSTRANCMC13 Over the past three decades, the total population of the U.S. community corrections system has grown from 4 to 7 million offenders.TrueFalse14._________________ operates by translating key phrases spoken into the machine by an officer into one of 50 different languages . The _______ is not a dynamic language translator, meaning that it cannot be used for the purposes of carrying on a direct conversation with an inmate. Rather, the ____________ stores thousands of pre-recorded phrases in the various languages, which can be used to obtain “basic information” during the questioning of non-English-speaking inmates .SYSTRANVoice Response Translator (VRT)JNETAll of the aboveB and C only15. The current trend in handling many high-risk inmates, approximately 10% 0f the prison population (or 200,000 inmates nationally), has been to remove them from the general prison population and to place them in ultra-secure housing units known as supermax prisons.TrueFalse16. There are currently ______adult prisons and jails in the United States.10,0001,0005,00050017. The Supreme Court, in the case of_____________ rejected the California Department of Corrections practice of placing inmates in cells only with another inmate of the same race, because the DOC failed to provide evidence that this practice served a legitimate governmental interest( reduced gang violence in prison).California vs. WainwrightBrown vs. Board of EducationCalifornia vs. JohnsonNone of the above18. According to the results of a recent NCCHC review of correctional health care , the rate of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders is____________ times greater among prisoners as compared to the U.S. population., while the rate of bipolar disorder is___________ times greater .three to five; 1.5 to 3ten to fifteen; 10 to 12three to five; 10-12ten to fifteen; 1.5 to 319. The prevalence of Infectious disease among prisons is a serious problem, with the rate of AIDS 5 times higher, Active tuberculosis 4 times greater, Hepititis C 9-10 times higher, and the rate of HIV infection 8-9 times higher than the U.S. population.TrueFalse20. The ___________ is the most common means of assessing the nature and extent of the offender’s deviant sexual arousal, a practice known as phallometric assessmentPrivatizationPortocaval ShuntPlethysmographNone of the above21. In addition to its role in preventing drunk driving, the____________ device functions as a surveillance tool for community supervision officers. A memory chip in the mechanism can store data that can be retrieved each time the vehicle is serviced. Examples of data that can be downloaded include number and outcome of vehicle starts, driver’s blood alcohol content per test and retest, tamper attempts, and total number of hours of operationGPSPlethysmographSousveillanceIgnition interlock22. ____ of all probationers with prior drug use was drug tested in their first year of supervision.45%75%85%20%23. Approximately half of all new prison admissions nationwide each year are for technical violations of the conditions of probation and/or parole. To eliminate this source of new prison admissions, the legislature in the state of ____________ passed a law that essentially outlaws this practice.CaliforniaMassachusettsWashingtonArizona24. One mistake made by parole officers in California supervising the sex offender, Phillip Garrido , was the failure to respond to violations detected via _____________.Random drug testingElectronic monitoring of location restrictionsRegular office visitsMonitoring Garrido’s computer using Field Search 25. According to Byrne’s review in Maximum Impact, drug and property crime re-offending by probationers and parolees is most likely to occur in the first three months under community supervision. However, violent re0offending rates are low, and do not vary much over time.TrueFalse26. __________________ is a technique used by probation officers designed to change offender behavior, utilizing a mix of informal and formal social control mechanisms.Electronic monitoringMotivational InterviewingSplit SentencingField Search27. Approximately____% of the current federal and state prison population has been classified as appropriate for placement in the general population.60%40%80%90%28. The Adult Internal Management System (AIMS) is often referred to as the _______ System. It is the best known and most often used prison classification system.BeckQuayAustinLSI-R29._______% of probationers successfully completes probation.50%60%70%80%30. One strategy to identify/ locate illegal cell phone use in prison is_______PlethysmograhicCell phone sniffing dogsBackscatter X raysall of the above ................
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