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Political Economy of Punishment

Quiz by Ramisa Hassan

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  • Q1
    A reentry plan that looked generous and called for an $8.5 billion-per-year to be used for reentry?
    The Hamilton Project
    Texas Program
    HOPE Project
    Justice Reinvestment Program
    30s
  • Q2
    What is the consensus of the importance of the relationship between unemployment and incarceration?
    None
    Incarceration affects unemployment
    Unemployment affects incarceration
    They influence each other
    30s
  • Q3
    How big is the penal budget?
    10-12%
    30-40%
    2-3%
    4-5%
    30s
  • Q4
    What are the 3 Rs?
    reentry, and racial injustice, and reinvestment
    recidivism, reentry, and racial injustice
    recidivism, reentry, and justice reinvestment
    racial injustice, reinvestment, and recidivism
    30s
  • Q5
    Which of these are one of the pillars of the carceral state?
    neoliberal movement
    labor movement
    justice reinvestment
    financial sector
    30s
  • Q6
    What is Recidivism?
    the act of reintegrating into society after prison
    the act of an ex-offender reoffending
    the act of the government repossessing illegal goods
    30s
  • Q7
    Who is the author who discusses the 3 R’s and the problems with each of them?
    Gottschalk
    Lafer
    Alexander
    Urbina
    30s
  • Q8
    A program directed to help felony probationers, most of whom were substance abusers.
    Hamilton Project
    Justice Reinvestment Project
    HOPE project
    Texas Project
    30s
  • Q9
    State that was highly praised for having a successful justice reinvestment plan but a deeper look at the political context showed that it wasn't successful.
    Oregan
    Pennsylvania
    California
    Texas
    30s
  • Q10
    State that enacted a justice reinvestment plan but then enacted a companion bill that earmarked most of the plan, making the whole things not helpful
    Texas
    Utah
    Oregan
    Pennsylvania
    30s
  • Q11
    Which of these are one of the pillars of the carceral state?
    labor movement
    neoliberal movement
    justice reinvestment
    conservative movement
    30s
  • Q12
    Who was the scapegoat for the 2008 financial meltdown
    Immigrants
    Low-Income Communities
    Prisoners
    Real-Estate Sector
    30s
  • Q13
    How does high prison population help the government during a fiscal crisis?
    prisons make profit
    suppresses unemployment rate
    prison labor helps the economy
    30s
  • Q14
    What state was the trailblazer for the “rehabilitative ideal” in the 40s and ground zero for the taxpayer revolt in the 70s
    Pennsylvania
    California
    Oregan
    Texas
    30s
  • Q15
    Author who wrote about prisoners being used for military manufacturing
    Urbina
    Lafer
    Gottschalk
    Alexander
    30s

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