Lesson 2 Institutional Correction Flashcards
Referred to as penology or penal science
Institutional correction
of, for, or relating to young people.
“___ crime”
noun
a young person.
Similar:
young person
child
teenager
Opposite:
adult
Juvenile
Latin word that means pain or suffering
POENA
Defind as the community of official reaction to a convicted offender, whether adult or juvenile
Key word:
Rehabilitation
Correction
B. Nullum crimen, nulla POENA sine lege
There is no crime when there is no law punishing such crime
the study of the punishment of crime and of prison management
Focuses on the philosophy and practices of Society in it’s efforts to repress criminal activity
Penology
This is latin legal maxim literally means “ when doupt, for the accused “
Pro reo
An act cannot be criminal where mind is not criminal
Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea
It is a commission of a wrongful act.
( Physical element)
Actus reum
Guilty intention behind wrongful act
(Mental element)
Mens rea
Act?
Actus
Does not?
Non facit
Reum
Guilty
Unless there is a presence of guilty mind
Nisi mens sit rea
The offender is punished or made to suffer for the wrong he has done
It is best interpreted by saying “ eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”
Key word:
Revenge
Penalty is retribution