Chapter 1 Flashcards
Where the convicted person is going to serve their sentence inside the institution. Inside jail, Prison and Colonies.
INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTIONS
Act of reforming offenders by means or the other means outside the institution
NON- INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTIONS
Refers to the system used by government to maintain social control, prevent crimes, enforce the law, and administer Justice
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Five (5) Pillars of PCJS
1.Law enforcement
2. Prosecution
3. Court
4. Correction
5. Community
Criminal Justice System concerned with the custody, supervision and rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders
CORRECTION AS A PILLAR
Refers to the reorientation of the criminal offender to prevent him or her from repeating his deviant ar delinquent actions without the necessity of taking punitive actions but rather the introduction of individual measures of reformation
CORRECTION AS A PROCESS
What are the important Theories in Correction?
a. Classical Theory
b. Neo Classical Theory
c. Positivist (Italian Theory)
d. Eclectic Theory (Mix Theory
States that men have the absolute free will to choose between good and evil, so they are liable for the consequences of their acts.
CLASSICAL THEORY
Arguments in Classical Theory
- Unfair
- Unjust
- The nature and definition of punishment is not individualized
- It focus on the crime itself, not on the criminal
states that since insane and minors do not know the consequences of their acts, they must not be liable for the crimes they may committed.
NEO CLASSICAL THEORY
states that criminals shall be treated like patients in the hospitals, instead of punishing them
POSITIVIST THEORY (Italian Theory)
the combination of beneficial aspects classical, neo-classical and positivist theories.
ECLECTIC THEORY
Is a division of Criminology and focuses the study of punishment for crime and or of criminal offenders
PENOLOGY
Penology otherwise known as ________
PENAL SCIENCE
Penology It is a term derived from the Latin word “poena” which means
PAIN or PUNISHMENT, and SUFFERING
It is the infliction of some sort of pain on the offenders for violating the law
PUNISHMENT
PUNISHMENT is also a ______________
MEANS OF SOCIAL CONTROL
The study and practice of a system management of jails or prisons and other institutions concerned with the custody, treatment, and rehabilitation of criminals, or detainees.
Correctional Administration
Refers to the manner or practice of managing or controlling places of confinement.
PENAL MANAGEMENT
Those inmates,who are undergoing investigation, awaiting or undergoing trial or they are awaiting for final judgement
DETAINEES
Ancient FORMS of Punishment
- Death Penalty
- Physical Torture
- Social Degradation
- Banishment
whereby a person will be punished to death effected by burning, bolling in oil, breaking at the wheel, death by flaying and death by beheading.
DEATH PENALTY
Rendering physical pain into a person who committed an act in violation of the existing laws which as effected by mutilation, whipping, and other barbaric forms of inflicting pain.
PHYSICAL TORTURE
The purpose of this was to put the offender into shame or humiliation
SOCIAL DEGRADATION
this is a form of punishment whereby the offender was sent or put away from the place of the commission of the act which was carried out by a prohibition of coming into a specified territory.
BANISHMENT
Contemporary Forms of Punishment
• Imprisonment
• Probation
• Parole
• Fine
• Destierro
putting offenders in a prison for the purpose of protecting the public
Imprisonment
A disparition whereby the defendant after conviction of an offense is released subjects to the conditions imposed by court and under the supervision of probation officer
Probation
it is the suspension of sentence of a convict after having served the minimum of the sentence imposed without granting pardon, prescribing the terms of the suspension
Parole
An amount giver as a compensation for a criminal act
Fine
The penalty of banishing a person from the place where he committed a crime prohibiting him to get rear or enter within the 25-kilometer radius
Destierro
Justification of Punishment
• Retribution
• Expiation or Atonement
• Deterrence
• Protection
• Reformation
punishment of an offender was carried in the forms of personal vengeance
RETRIBUTION
it is where punishment is exacted publicly for the purpose of appearing the social group.
EXPIATION or ATONEMENT
It is commonly believed that punishment gives a lesson to the offender; that it shows other what will happen if they violate the law
DETERRENCE
By placing offenders in prison society protected from the further criminal depredation of criminals
PROTECTION
society’s interest can be best served by helping the prisoner requiring him to undergo an intensive program of rehabilitation
REFORMATION
