Midterm Flashcards
Define Corrections
The structures, policies, and programs to
punish, treat, and supervise persons convicted of criminal offences (p. 3)
Pre-Middle Ages
response to crime based on punishment
Middle Ages
punishment for crimes took gruesome
forms, designed to stigmatize/shame offenders
First house of correction
Built at Bridewell, in London, in 1557
Classical School
Criminal behaviour as a result of rational choice
Positivist (Liberal) School
Criminal behaviour is determined
Critical (Radical) school
Highlights the role of economics and power
Emile Durkheim
Punishment as a moral process that serves to reinforce
shared societal values and norms
Karl Marx
Punishment as a tool to preserve the economic order and class rule
Michael Foucault
Reform of punishment to increase the efficiency of the
exercise of power over individuals
Punitive Peneology
a response to criminal
offenders characterized by severe sanctions
Penal Populism
correctional policies that are
formulated in pursuit of political objectives
1970 (corrections in the u.s)
shift of focus away from rehabilitation
and toward retribution
– Driven by legislators
– Punishment as a political issue
1990-2010 (us corrections)
number of federal inmates in the
U.S. rises more than 500%
Early 21 century (us corrections)
beginning of the era of mass
decarceration
– Shift in focus toward reintegration and community-based treatment
Fair sentencing act
public law 111-220