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7 Sentencing, Corrections, and Reentry Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 7 Sentencing, Corrections, and Reentry, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions
01
True or false
1 point

True or false: Increasing punishment severity generally deters crime more effectively than increasing the perceived certainty of being caught.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

02
Choose one
1 point

A court confines a person to prevent them from committing offenses in the community during the period of confinement. Which goal of corrections does this most directly serve?

  1. A

    General deterrence

  2. B

    Incapacitation

  3. C

    Rehabilitation

  4. D

    Reintegration

03
Fill in the blank
1 point

A policy is intended to discourage members of the public from committing crimes by warning them about sanctions. This is .

04
Written response
1 point

What term describes supporting a person's return to community life through connections to family, housing, work, health care, and appropriate community supervision?

05
Choose one
1 point

A researcher counts whether people are rearrested during a follow-up period. What can this measure establish on its own?

  1. A

    The person was convicted of a new offense.

  2. B

    The person was arrested again, but the arrest alone does not establish a conviction.

  3. C

    The person returned to prison for a new sentence.

  4. D

    The person committed a new offense while under community supervision.

06
Choose all
1 point

Which actions are identified as possible parts of reentry preparation? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Arrange identification documents before release.

  2. B

    Wait until release to begin planning for health-care continuity.

  3. C

    Plan for housing arrangements.

  4. D

    Connect the person with education or job training.

  5. E

    Set supervision conditions without regard to whether they are realistic.

  6. F

    Connect the person with family and community services.

07
True or false
1 point

True or false: Finding a disparity in sentencing outcomes, by itself, establishes what caused the disparity.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

08
Fill in the blank
1 point

Rehabilitation addresses factors associated with offending and builds capacities that support .

09
Written response
1 point

What recidivism measure is recorded when a person goes back into custody, potentially because of a supervision violation rather than a new sentence?

10
Choose all
1 point

Which approaches can help assess whether sentencing disparities reflect unequal treatment or decision-making practices? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Compare similar cases and examine relevant factors.

  2. B

    Treat any observed disparity as proof of a single cause.

  3. C

    Review how discretion and policies operate at different stages of the justice process.

  4. D

    Collect demographic and case data consistently.

  5. E

    Limit analysis to sentencing and disregard earlier justice-system decisions.

11
Choose one
1 point

A community-based sanction could allow a person to keep working and maintain family connections. What should decision-makers also consider before choosing it?

  1. A

    Choose the community sanction because preserving employment makes supervision unnecessary.

  2. B

    Choose prison because any risk to others rules out a community-based response.

  3. C

    Consider whether a community-based sanction can meet public-safety and accountability goals while using adequate supervision.

  4. D

    Choose the sanction with the greatest severity, regardless of its effects or likely outcomes.

12
Open ended
1 point

A person returning to the community faces supervision conditions that are difficult to meet, creating a risk of violations and return to custody. Describe how supervision could better balance accountability and assistance, and identify measures that would help evaluate whether the approach is working.

13
Choose one
1 point

Which statement best reflects how incarceration may affect people beyond the person confined?

  1. A

    Incarceration affects only the person confined, so family and neighborhood effects are not relevant.

  2. B

    Concentrated incarceration has a reliably measurable, identical effect in every community.

  3. C

    Effects can extend to families and neighborhoods, especially where incarceration is concentrated, but the specific effects are difficult to estimate reliably.

  4. D

    Possible community effects mean incarceration is never justified.

14
Written response
1 point

A court intends a sanction to discourage members of the public from committing similar crimes. What type of deterrence is this?

15
Written response
1 point

What corrections goal supports a person's return to community life through connections such as family, housing, work, and health care?

16
Choose one
1 point

A person is confined, preventing them from committing offenses in the community during that period. Which corrections goal describes this immediate effect?

  1. A

    Rehabilitation

  2. B

    Incapacitation

  3. C

    Reintegration

  4. D

    General deterrence

17
True or false
1 point

The finding that about 82% of people released from state prisons in 24 states in 2008 were arrested within 10 years should be treated as a prediction that every person released has an 82% chance of arrest.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

18
Choose one
1 point

A policymaker wants to strengthen deterrence and is choosing between making sanctions harsher and improving the likelihood that offenses will be detected. Based on the general research finding, which approach is better supported?

  1. A

    Increase sentence severity, because longer sentences are automatically stronger deterrents.

  2. B

    Focus only on rehabilitation, because sanctions do not deter crime.

  3. C

    Increase the perceived certainty of being caught, since certainty generally deters more effectively than severity alone.

  4. D

    Use incarceration in every case, because incapacitation is the only way to prevent offending.

19
Choose one
1 point

An agency introduces one structured rehabilitation program and assumes it will work equally well for every person. Which conclusion best reflects the evidence described?

  1. A

    The program should be expected to produce the same results for every participant.

  2. B

    The agency should evaluate outcomes while recognizing that results vary and no single program works for everyone.

  3. C

    The program should be abandoned because correctional programming never affects outcomes.

  4. D

    The program should focus only on punishment because rehabilitation is unrelated to future behavior.

20
Choose one
1 point

A release plan includes several conditions that the person is unlikely to meet because housing and treatment have not been arranged. What response best supports effective reentry while retaining accountability?

  1. A

    Add as many strict conditions as possible, even if the person cannot realistically meet them.

  2. B

    Wait until after release to address housing, treatment, and health-care needs.

  3. C

    Plan before release and provide realistic, individualized support alongside appropriate accountability.

  4. D

    Remove all supervision conditions because supervision cannot support reintegration.