Test 1 Flashcards

(46 cards)

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Social control

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Control of inmates interactions with the public and everyday life

Ex.) 1. Increase crime

  1. Better at incarcerating
  2. Longer sentencing
  3. Death penalty
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4 states with largest prison population

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  1. California
  2. Texas
  3. Florida
  4. New York
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Corrections

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The programs, services, and facilities for management of individuals who have been convicted of a crime

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How does society address violation of laws

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  1. Fines
  2. Probation
  3. Prison
  4. Death penalty
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5
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What is prison?

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Punishment/ revenge

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Torture

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Unnecessary punishment

Boiled/ burned people alive, branded, Iron Maiden

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Corporal punishment

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Hard labor, beating and abuse by prison

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8
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Capital punishment

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Execution by the state

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Outlaw

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One who lives outside the means of the law

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Bridwell system

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Instilled hard work and labor as punishment, prisoners had to pay for facility upkeep, poor people are majority population

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Debtor

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Someone who doesn’t pay their bills or owes the state money

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12
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Hulks

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Ships prisoners were sent to Australia on from Europe

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Beccaria

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Italian thinker, said punishment must fit crime, people commit crimes b/c of free will, prevention of crime more important than punishment, need more humane prisons

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14
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John Howard

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Father of penitentiary system

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Penitentiary act 1779

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  1. Abolished fees while in prison
  2. Secure and sanitize facilities
  3. Inspections
  4. Reform- rehabilitation
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Penitentiary

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A system where the inmate sits in a cell by themselves and asks God for forgiveness of their crime

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1st jail in U.S.

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Walnut st jail. Built by quakers and had penitentiary system

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Why walnut st opened and closed

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Opened because of overcrowding in prisons, closed because people were going insane

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19
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Who were originators of solitary confindment

20
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4 goals of corrections

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Retribution, deterrence, incarceration, rehabilitation

21
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Lex talionis

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Eye for and eye

22
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Penn. prison system

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  1. Isolation
  2. Penitentiary system
  3. Treated well
  4. No corporal punishment
  5. Work Alone
  6. Costly
23
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Auburn prison system

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  1. Congregate status
  2. Strict discipline
  3. Corporal punishment
  4. Work together
    5: self sufficient
24
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Reformatory

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Earn your way out, parole, treatment programs, education, criminal behavior, ticket to leave

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1st reformatory 1901
Rahway reformatory for boys now called east jersey state prison others are bored town, mtn. View, garden state
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Medical model
Psychology becomes used in prisons
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Where there always be prison
Yes b/c there will always be crime, growth industry, punishment, violent offenders in prison
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Why close Alcatraz
To costly
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Sinilarities between Alcatraz and Clinton
Poor supervision of guards, escape methods were same, lack of searches conducted, and undue familiarity
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Sentence disparity
Sentence is not the same for everyone of the same crime
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P.S.I.
Pre sentence investigation, has criminal history of defendant, sentence records, final charge, fines
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What agencies involved in psi
DOC, and state, federal or local police id arrested by them, prosecutor, probation officer, parole, public defender
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Procuneir v Martinez
Censorship of mail only if it's threaten security if prison
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Turner v safely
Allowed correspondence between inmates via mail
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Giano v Clinton
Semi nude pics of girl not allowed to have in prison
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Fulwood v Clemon
Black Muslims must be regocnized
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Cruz v Beto
Texas Buddhist recognized
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O'lone v shabazz
Native American religion recognized sweat lodge made
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Hudson v palmer
Can search inmates cell whenever
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Ruiz v Estelle
Conditions of confided the were so bad it was cruel and unusual punishment
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Pargo v Elliot
Equal right to women including programs
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Ombudsman
A public official with authority to investigate citizens complaints about gov officials
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1st amendment
Free speech and religion
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4th amendment
Search and seizure
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8th amendment
No cruel and unusual punishment
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14 th amendment
Have due process rights, right to trial and defend themselves