Intro To Criminal Justice

Probation

sentence that is served under community supervision.

When on probation there are some rules to follow they are?

1. Obey the law
2. Remain employed
3. Remain with jurisdiction
4. Contact probation officer (in person or by phone)
5. Additional Conditions may be imposed by judge

Parole

is early release from confinement.

Mandatory Parole

prescribes required release.

Discretionary Parole

allows parole board or commission to grant or deny parole.

Parole is most important in..

indeterminate sentencing.

Some advantages of parole and probation are:

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Disadvantages of parole and probation are:

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Penitentiary Era (1790-1825)

founded by Pennsylvania Quakers and is also known as the "Pennsylvania Style.

Penitentiary Era emphasized on:

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Mass Prison Era(1825-1876)

Established in New York and is known as the "Auburn System.

Mass Prison Era emphasized on:

-corporal punishment
-hard labor
-rule of silence
-mass imprisonment; group workshops

Reformatory Era included methods used in:

Austria and Ireland.

Irish System in Reformatory Era:

1. Solitary Confinement
2. Outside Work
3. Public Service Projects
4. Work Release

Industrial Prison Era had a high concern with:

Discipline and security.

Contract System

private businesses rented or hired convicts.

State System

convicts used to manufacture items used or sold by the government.

Public Works System

convicts used for outside public works on streets, parks, etc.

Punitive Era emphasized on:

Lockdown, security, and punishment.

Nothing Works Doctrine is by

Robert Martison

Robert Martison had two theories based on rehabilitation:

1. High levels of recidivism. (to relapse)
2. Public victimized by released convicts.

Just Deserts Era is used today and emphasizes:

individual responsibility
focus on retribution
new prison structure

There are ____%Males in prison and _____% Females in prison

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Prison Structure

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Prisonization

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Conditional Rights of Convicts:

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Key Prisoner Values

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Prison Argot

slang language developed and used by convicts

Hands off Doctrine

courts did not interfere with prison administration and convicts believed to have lost most of there civil rights.

Correctional Officer Types

Abuser
Profesional
Time Server
Paternalist

Home Confinement

A community-based sanction in which offenders serve their terms of incarceration at there homes.

Congregate System

which inmates were kept in separate cells during the night but worked together in the day time under a code of enforced silence.

Jail

a facility usually operated by the county government, used to hold persons awaiting trial or those who have been found guilty of misdemeanors.

medical model

a model of corrections in which the psychological and biological roots of an inmates criminal behavior are identified and treated