CJ Chapter 12 Flashcards
Total institutions
Regimented, dehumanizing institutions such as prison, in which inmates are kept in social isolation, cut of from the world at large.
Prison rapes are common, and many inmates are sexually assaulted soon after they arrive in prison. T or F
Reality (approx. 10%)
Inmate subculture
The loosely defined culture that pervades prisons and has its own norms, rules and language
Inmate social code
An unwritten code of behavior, passed from older inmates to younger ones, that serves as a guideline to appropriate inmate behavior within the correctional institution.
Prisonization
Assimilation into the separate culture in the prison that has its own set of rewards and behaviors, as well as its own norms, rules, and language. The traditional prison culture is now being replaced by a violent gang culture.
make-believe family, also known as a play family
In female institutions, the substitute family group including faux father, mother, and siblings created by some inmates.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
A treatment approach that focuses on patterns of thinking and beliefs to help people become conscious of their own thoughts and behaviors so they can make positive changes.
Therapeutic communites
Institutions that rely on positive peer pressure within a highly structured social environment to create positive inmate change.
Work release
A prison treatment program that allows inmates to be released during the day to work in the community and then return to prison at night.
Furlough
A correctional policy that allows inmates to leave the institution for vocational or educational training, for employment, or to maintain family ties.
Despite negative publicity that “nothing works” many prison rehabilitation efforts are actually effective. T or F
Reality
hands-off doctrine
The legal practice of allowing prison administrators a free hand to run the institution, even if correctional practices violate inmates’ constitutional rights; ended with the onset of the prisoners’ rights movement in the 1960s
Substantive rights
A number of civil rights that the courts, through a slow process of legal review, have established for inmates, including the rights to receive mail and medical benefits and to practice their religion.
Jailhouse lawyers
inmates trained in law or otherwise educated who help other inmates prepare legal briefs and appeals
Cruel and unusual punishment
Physical punishment or punishments that is far in excess of that given to people under similar circumstances and is therefore banned by the Eighth Amendment. The death penalty has so far not been considered cruel and unusual if it is administered in a fair and nondiscriminatory fashion.
Inmates lose all civil rights after they enter a high-security correctional facility. T or F
False
Parole
The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment, subject to conditions set by a parole board
Parole board
A panel of people who decide whether an offender should be released from prison on parole after serving the minimum portion of their sentence ordered by the sentencing judge.
What is assessed in risk assessments?
Personality, background, offense history, and treatment needs.
James Paluch
inmate turned author… called cell a cod coffin
Who is responsible for a majority of inmate on inmate assaults’.
young aggressive men
How common are prison rapes?
pretty common. At least 10% of released. Skewed 4% of those still in prison
Who are the most frequently targeted victims of rape in prison?
gay and bisexual men
Are inmates more or less likely to experience sexual coercions from staff
More
Prison rape reduction act of 2003
dedicated to collection national prison rape statistics, dissemination of information and procedures for combating rape, and a program to assist in funding state programs
Those who become the most prisonized are the least or most likely to reform on the outside?
least
What type of treatments are there in prison?
Individual and group, anger management, CBT, Faith based, drug treatment, HIV/Aids treatment
What amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment?
8
What are substantive rights?
1) Access to courts, legal services, and legal materials
2) Freedom of the press and of expression
3) Freedom of religion
4) Medical rights
5) Cruel and unusual punishment (protection from)
6) Racial segregation
7) Overall prison conditions
Probation
A sentence entailing the conditional release of a convicted offender into the community under the supervision of the court subject to certain conditions for a specified time.
Judicial reprieve
The common-law practice that allowed judges to suspend punishment so that convicted offenders could seek a pardon, gather new evidence, or demonstrate that they had reformed their behavior.
Recognizance
The medieval practice of allowing convicted offenders to go unpunished if they agreed to refrain from any further criminal behavior
Sureties
During the Middle Ages, people responsible for the behavior of an offender released before trial
Probation rules
Conditions or restrictions mandated y the court that must be obeyed by a probationer.
Revocation
An administrative act performed by a parole authority that removes a person from parole, or a judicial order by a court removing a person from parole or probation, in response to a violation on the part of the parolee or probationer.
Suspended sentence
A prison term that is delayed while the defendant undergoes a period of community treatment. If the treatment is successful, the prison sentence is terminated.
Violent offenders who commit murder, rape, or assault are barred from probation. T or F
F
Presentence investigation
An investigation performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendant
Intake
The process in which a probation officer settles cases at the initial appearance before the onset of formal criminal proceedings; also, the process in which a juvenile referral is received and a decision is made to file a petition in the juvenile court, release the juvenile, or refer the juvenile elsewhere.
Risk classification
Classifying probationers so that hey may receive an appropriate level of treatment and control
Motivational interviewing
A technique that increases the probationers’ awareness of their potential problems by asking them to visualize a better future and learn strategies to reach their gate.
Probation officers can search a probationer’s home without a warrant if they suspect foul play or criminal activity T or F
True
Married probationers are more likely to succeed than their single or divorced peers. T or F
True
Day fees
A program requiring probationers to pay some of the costs of their treatment
Intermediate sanctions
Punishments that fall between probation and prison (probation plus). Community0based sanctions, including house arrest and intensive supervision, serve as alternatives to incarceration.
Fines
Money payments levied on offenders to compensate society for their misdeeds.
Day fines
Fines geared to the average daily income of the convicted offender in an effort to bring equity to the sentencing process.
Forfeiture
The seizure of personal property by the state as a civil or criminal penalty
Convicted criminals can be forced to surrender the instrumentalities of their criminal behavior. T or F
True
zero tolerance
The practice of seizing all instrumentalities of a crime, including homes, boats, and cars. It is an extreme example of the law of forfeiture.
Restitution
A condition of probation in which the offender repays society or the victim of crime for the trouble and expense the offender caused.
Monetary restitution
A sanction requiring that convicted offenders compensate crime victims by reimbursing them for out-of pocket losses caused by the crime. Losses can include property damage, lost wages, and medical costs.
Community Service restitution
An alternative sanction that requires an offender to work in the community at such tasks as cleaning public parks or working with disabled children in lieu of an incarceration sentence
Convicted Criminals can be forced to surrender their homes and cars. T and F
True
Shock probation
A sentence in which offenders serve a short prison term before they begin probation to impress them with the pains of imprisonment.
Split sentences
A practice that requires convicted criminals to spend a portion of their sentence behind bars and the remainder in the community.
Intensive probation supervision (IPS)
A type of intermediate sanction involving small probation caseloads and strict monitoring on a daily or weekly bias
House arrest
A form of intermediate sanction that requires the convicted offender to spend a designated amount of time per week in his or her own home such as from 6pm Friday until 8 am Monday.