Ch 12 Victimization Of Special Populations Flashcards
classification
Inmates are assessed and placed in appropriate institutions based on needs and characteristics
conjugal visits
Visits on prison grounds that allow married inmates to spend private time with their spouses
deinstitutionalization
Closing of institutions for mentally disordered people
deliberate indifference
Prison officials know inmates’ health or safety are at risk but disregard those risks
dependency-stress model
Theory that disabled children are more dependent on caregivers, which causes more stress that can lead to abuse
deprivation
The depriving nature of the prison environment affects inmates’ adaptation to prison
developmental disability
Serious, chronic impairment of major activities such as self-care, language, learning, mobility, and capacity for independent living
importation
Characteristics inmates bring with them to prison that affect their adaptation to prison
National Inmate Survey
Self-report survey on inmates’ rates of victimization
National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC)
Survey of youth in state and private correctional facilities
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
Requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to analyze incidence and effects of prison rape
protective custody
Secure inmate housing in which inmates are separated from others
social distance
Feelings people have about others with whom they spend time
symptomology
Exhibiting symptoms of a mental disorder
theory of low self-control
Proposes that people who have low self-control are more likely to be involved in crime and delinquency