Chapter 5

Question 1

Community Service

Answer 1

The work that one is required to perform for repaying his/her debt to society after being found at fault for committing a criminal or deviant offense. In most cases community service is ordered by the sentencing judge and supervised by a community supervision officer

Question 2

Detoxification

Answer 2

The use of medical drugs to ease the process of overcoming the physical symptoms of dependence that make the detoxification process so painful for the addicted substance abuser

Question 3

Gaols

Answer 3

A term used in England during the Middle Ages that was synonymous with today’s jail

Question 4

Jail

Answer 4

A confinement facility, usually operated and controlled by county-level law enforcement, that is designed to hold persons charged with a crime who are either awaiting adjudication or serving a short sentence of one year of less after the point of adjudication

Question 5

Jail Reentry Programs

Answer 5

Programs usually interlaced with probation and parole agencies as a means of integrating the supervisory functions of both the jail and community supervision agencies. The continued care of the offender’s specific needs is addressed and can include everything from referral to counseling to drug treatment, depending on the needs of the offender

Question 6

Podular Jail

Answer 6

Includes rounded or “podular” architecture for living units and allows for direct, as opposed to indirect, supervision of inmates by security staff

Question 7

Rural Jail

Answer 7

Usually small jails in rural country jurisdictions that are often challenged with tight budgets and limited training for staff

Question 8

Sally Port

Answer 8

Entry design that allows security staff to bring vehicles close to the admissions area in a secure fasion

Question 9

Shock Incarceration

Answer 9

A short period of incarceration followed by a specified term of community supervision in hopes of deterring the offender from recidivating

Question 10

Short-Term Jail

Answer 10

Facilities that hold sentenced inmates for no more than one year

Question 11

Tower of London

Answer 11

One of the earliest examples of a jail used for confinement purposed; was constructed after 1066 A.D. under the reign of King William I of England

Question 12

Weekend Confinement

Answer 12

Confinement that is restricted to the weekend or other times when the person in custody is off from work. This can be likened to serving a sentence on an installment plan, whereby other aspects of life that keep the person functional in society are not impaired but the offender is required to pay for his/her crime through a series of small stints in jail