Corrections Flashcards
Goals of most custodial institutions
- To ensure the safety of the individual (number 1 goal)
- To ensure the safety of the community
- To provide programming opportunities for the rehabilitation of offenders
Pre- 1450
Possession by demons - defense ‘I was possessed by a demon’ - cause - due to physical possession by some kind of demon - Response - Remove the demon
Pre-historic and 1700s
Trephining - often in frontal lobe/ scapegoat
1450 - 1750 (Dark Ages)
Possession by the Devil -Cause- Abnormal behav. believed to be spiritual possession by the devil - Response - ‘Encourage’ the devil to leave - flogging, icewater, burning
1750 - 1800
Biological Abnormality and proportional responses era
Cause of abnormal behav. during biological abnormality and proportional responses era
Due to some unknown biological cause
Response to abnormal behav during biological abnormality and proportional responses era
- e.g ice baths (lower temp) to treat physiological - blood transfusions - frontal lobotomies -
1800 - 1850
Institutionalized Era
Cause of abnormal behav during institutionalization era
- some uncontrollable cause
Response to abnormal behav during institutionalization era
- separation and instituionalization
Panopticon Design
Prison design Jeremy Batham - prison guard can see all the prisoners - Roundhouse in Fremantle (1830)
1850 - 1900
Medical Era
Cause of abnormal behav during medical era
due to medical problem
Response to abnormal behav during medical era
operations and medications
1900 - 1930
Psychoanalytical Era
Cause of abnormal behav in psychoanalytical era
Due to early childhood conflicts and unconscious impulses