chap 1 Flashcards
corrections
supervision of persons arrested for, convicted of, or sentenced for criminal offenses.
The variety of programs, services, facilities, and organizations
exchange
when two parties trade promises or concessions that make each person’s work easier or more predictable.
subject to informal enforcement.
federalism
a system of government in which power and responsibility are divided between a national government and state governments.
jails
A facility authorized to hold pretrial detainees and sentenced misdemeanants for periods longer than 48 hours.
prisons
An institution for the incarceration of people convicted of crimes, usually felonies.
social control
the way that the norms, rules, laws, and structures of society regulate human behavior.
conforming to society
street-level bureaucrats
Public service workers who interact directly with citizens in the course of their jobs.
EX: teachers, social workers, judges, public lawyers and health workers
system
A whole that is made of interdependent parts whose operations are directed toward common goals
technology
methods of applying scientific knowledge to practical purposes in a particular field.
Emile Durkheim
French scholar, father of sociology.
argued crime is normal and punishment is functional in society, outlining social norms
Three basic concepts of Western criminal law
offense, guilt, and punishment
how many people are in the system?
more than 6.6 milion
more than 700,000 workers
Two objectives of corrections
Fair punishment
Community protection
outside forces like ____can impact correctional agencies
public opinion, fiscal limits, and the law
Corrections has a ____ relationship with its environment.
reciprocal
corrections can be viewed as
a series of processes
sentencing, classification, supervision, programming, and revocation
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“three Ps” dominated correctional practice. they are known as
probation, prisons, and parole
different levels of government:
state, county, municipal
The Big Three(states) in Corrections:
Texas, California, and Georgia.
count for 1/4 of all people in facilities
The theory inherent in the term corrections:
the assumption that people who have broken the law can be “corrected,”
Key Issues in Corrections focus on:
management, working with people, social values
How do jails support the overall goals of corrections?
Jails keep the community protected.
Institutional corrections include
prisons and jails, and they confine people who have been sentenced by the courts (or, in the case of jails, people who are awaiting trial).
Community corrections do what
supervises people who are either awaiting trial or have been sentenced by the court but are living in the community.
