Exam #2

Question 1

Judicial reprieve

Answer 1

a delayed sentence for a convicted person, might become permanent if the offender would not ever reoffend.

Question 2

concurrent sentence

Answer 2

two or more sentences served at the same time

Question 3

consecutive sentences

Answer 3

two or more sentences served back-to-back

Question 4

prisonization

Answer 4

the adoption of prison subculture and loses touch with “life on the outside”

Question 5

justice

Answer 5

this is a moral concept concerned with fair treatment

Question 6

subculture

Answer 6

Subset of culture with its own set of norms, values, beliefs, traditions, and language

Question 7

rioting

Answer 7

often a way to get demand met. A way to protest treatment by guards

Question 8

mortification

Answer 8

loss of social roles that the prisoner had on the outside. Ex. Father, husband, mechanic.

Question 9

mature coping

Answer 9

inmates to respond to problems without resorting to violence.

Question 10

jail

Answer 10

hold people who presumed innocent before trial, convicted people before sentencing, and convicted minor offenders.

Question 11

Immigration prisons

Answer 11

growth in incarcerated immigrant populations, overseen by immigrant and customs enforcement.

Question 12

Noncustodial sentences

Answer 12

Punishments that don’t involve imprisonment. Fines, probation, community services.

Question 13

Presentencing investigation report

Answer 13

profile of the offender to provide the judge with important information prior to sentencing.

Question 14

victim impact statement

Answer 14

allows victims affected by the crime to address the court.

Question 15

importation

Answer 15

characteristics that a prisoner brings with them into prison (like education level, religion, stuff the authorities cannot take away)

Question 16

VORP

Answer 16

Victim Offender Reconciliation Program (An alternative to criminal court)

Question 17

Sentencing disparity

Answer 17

Better lawyer, better sentence. Criminal punishment might be worse depending on discrimination.

Question 18

LGTBQIA Risks

Answer 18

Transgender and intersex inmates more likely to be sexually assaulted. Protecting sexual orientation of inmates present challenges.

Question 19

Affordable care act 2010

Answer 19

Jails provide medical and mental health care. It affected jails because they don’t have good funding to afford things like this.

Question 20

How habitual offender status work

Answer 20

A defendant had two prior felonies and commits a third. They get locked up because they considered a danger to society.

Question 21

Jails that are better suited to prevent suicides

Answer 21

they have better equipment and training to deal with suicidal inmates

Question 22

publics view of probation

Answer 22

permissive and soft on crime.
allowing criminals to get away with it.
uncaring about crime victims.

Question 23

benefits of intermediate sentencing

Answer 23

Not as corrective as prison.
still less money than prison.
safety for community.
More corrective than probation

Question 24

Roles of a probation officer

Answer 24

Dual role law enforcement and social worker. protect the community/ assist client to become productive citizens.

Question 25

types of deprivation prisoners experience

Answer 25

1. removal of liberty
2. removal of goods and services
3. removal of romantics and physical relationships
4. removal of autonomy

Question 26

unintended consequences of get-tough law

Answer 26

overcrowding, major increase in spending, and it does not lower crime rates

Question 27

goals of problem solving courts

Answer 27

1. address growing incarceration rates and cost
2. offender require treatment non imprisonment
3. inability of social services to meet needs

Question 28

benefits of probation

Answer 28

1. More cost effective then sending people to prison
2. keeps people in the community so they can maintain stability
3. flexibility in sentencing options for the offender.

Question 29

sources of stress probation officer

Answer 29

1. low pay
2. dealing with offenders daily. not nice people
3. paperwork
4. officers threatened and attacked
5. people’s lives are in the probation officers’ hands.

Question 30

role of the judge

Answer 30

1. presiding over legal matters brought in a court of law.
2. ruling on motions made before or during trial.
3. impartial decision makers in the pursuit of justice.

Question 31

who operates jails

Answer 31

the local police agency and law enforcement operate the jails.

Question 32

Supermax

Answer 32

Holds violent and disruptive offenders from other prisons.
- in cell 23 hours a day
- shower three times a week
- no real attempts at rehabilitation

Question 33

effects of supermax

Answer 33

1. constant solitude
2. no physical contact unless restrained
3. effect on mental health

Question 34

maximum

Answer 34

1. less sticked than supermax
2. more serious offenses
3. not much rehabilitation
4. may be double bunked death row.

Question 35

medium

Answer 35

1. exterior security tight
2. range of offenders
3. can attend school, treatment, and church
4. bunkbeds in cells

Question 36

Minimum

Answer 36

1. relaxed exterior security
2. more programming
3. housing can be like medium security more visitation
4. prisoners can roam freely

Question 37

How jails and prisons differ

Answer 37

Jails are temporary holding facilities for people who haven’t been convicted yet. While prisons are more permanent than jails are.