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Question 1

Corrections

Answer 1

◦The component of the criminal justice system that deals with individuals who have been convicted (or accused) of a crime. Corrections ensures that an offender’s sentence/court orders are carried out.

Question 2

What does corrections include?

Answer 2

◦Jail
◦Prison
◦Probation
◦Parole
◦Community Service
◦Home Confinement
◦Drug Treatment Programs
◦Mental Health Facilities/Programs

Question 3

The purpose of corrections

Answer 3

◦PUNISHMENT
◦TREATMENT
◦SUPERVISION
◦MANAGEMENT

Question 4

Classical school of penology

Answer 4

◦Based on logic and reason. People engage in criminal behavior as a result of their own free will.

Question 5

Penology

Answer 5

◦The study of the processes and institutions involved in the punishment and prevention of crime.

Question 6

Cesar’s Beccara

Answer 6

◦Pain-pleasure principle: Individuals choose their behaviors based on how much pleasure they derive from them. Thus, experience of pain should lead people to avoid repeating the behavior that caused the pain.
◦Deterrence: People will avoid potentially pleasurable acts (criminal acts) if the pain or fear of punishment is significant.
◦Penology: Punishment, incarceration, & rehabilitation

Question 7

MORE FROM BECCARIA AND THE CLASSICAL SCHOOL:

Answer 7

1. CERTAINTY
2. SWIFTNESS
3. SEVERITY

Question 8

Positivists

Answer 8

Believe that human actions have causes …………………which can be found in the thoughts and experience that precede those actions

Question 9

Retributive Justice

Answer 9

A philosophy of punishment driven by a passion for revenge.

Question 10

Restitutive Justice

Answer 10

A philosophy driven by simple deterrence and a need to repair the wrongs done.

Question 11

Hedonism

Answer 11

All goals in life are means to the end of achieving pleasure and/or avoiding pain.

Question 12

Rationality

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The state of having good sense and sound judgement based on the evidence before us.

Question 13

Hedonistic Calculus

Answer 13

Individuals are assumed to logically weigh the anticipated benefits of a given course of action against its possible costs.

Question 14

Recidivism

Answer 14

When an offender commits further crimes, after already being caught and given a court ordered intervention.

Question 15

Crime Control Model

Answer 15

Emphasizes community protection from criminals and stresses that civil liberties can have real meaning only in a safe, well-ordered society.

Question 16

Due Process Model

Answer 16

Stresses the accused’s rights more than the rights of the community.