Correctional Administration and Penology Quiz

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What is the main focus of non-institutional correction?

  • Supervision and rehabilitation of criminal offenders within the community (correct)
  • Management and control of jails or prisons
  • Treatment and rehabilitation of offenders in institutional settings
  • Control and prevention of crime through punishment of criminal offenders

What does penology primarily involve?

  • Study of punishment of crime and criminal offenders (correct)
  • Rehabilitation of offenders within the community
  • Control and prevention of crime through punishment
  • Management of jails and prisons

What is the root word for 'correction' and what does it mean?

  • Correctum - to manage
  • Correctus - to punish
  • Correctus - to right a wrong (correct)
  • Correctio - to rehabilitate

What does penal management refer to?

<p>Manner or practice of managing places of confinement like jails or prisons (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of correctional administration?

<p>System management of jails or prisons and rehabilitation of offenders (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of non-institutional correction programs?

<p>To provide a less costly alternative to the imprisonment of offenders (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Latin word from which the term 'Probation' is derived?

<p>Prove (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which historical practice was a temporary withholding of sentence practiced by the English Court in the early 17th century?

<p>Juridical Reprieve (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the major goals of the government in establishing more enlightened and humane correctional systems?

<p>To reduce the incidence of recidivism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Probation imply in the Philippines?

<p>A contract between the court and the offender (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the criminal liability if the accused dies before or during trial?

<p>It is automatically extinguished (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of the convict serving his sentence on his criminal liability?

<p>It is automatically extinguished (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary effect of absolute pardon on the offender?

<p>Relieves the offender from the consequences of an offense (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Under what circumstances does marriage of the offender with the offended woman result in extinguishing criminal liability?

<p>When the marriage is contracted in good faith (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the impact of express repeal of a penal law on the criminal liability of the accused?

<p>It results in extinguishing the criminal liability (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of Executive Clemency?

<p>To solely serve as an act of grace by the President (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the 1987 Phil. Constitution, what is required for the President to grant amnesty?

<p>Approval by a majority of all Members of the Congress (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the nondelegable nature of Executive Clemency?

<p>It is a power specific to the President and cannot be delegated (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what circumstances does death of the convict result in total extinction of criminal liability?

<p>At any stage of the criminal proceeding (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between pardoning power and commutation?

<p>Pardoning power involves amnesty while commutation involves reduction of sentence (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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