CCJS 342 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED.
, The process and components of the CJS - ANSWERLaw enforcement/Police, Courts,
Corrections, prosecutors
Corrections Definition - ANSWERthe variety of programs, services, facilities, and
organization responsible for the managing individuals who have been accused or
convicted of criminal offenses
Corrections Costs - ANSWER-more than 60 billion
-70 billion per year --> 20-30K per inmate (tax payers money, 2k per month)
-Money spent on inmates represents 90% of the 70 billion expenditure on any form of
corrections
Goals of Correction system - ANSWER-fair punishment
-community protection
fair punishment - ANSWERactual punishment
community protection - ANSWERrehabilitation
deterrence
incapacitation
interconnectedness - ANSWER-corrections can be viewed as series of processes
(sentencing classification, supervision)
-processes in one part of the corrections system affect processes in the rest of the
system because offenders pass through correction in an assembly line with return loops
environment - ANSWER-correctional agencies deal with outside forces like public
opinion, fiscal constraints and the law
-corrections has a reciprocal relationship with its environment: practices affect the
community, and the community values and expectations affect corrections
feedback - ANSWER-crucial - but CS has trouble obtaining useful feedback
-success in corrections is best indicated by absence (no new crimes, no prison riots)
-only tend to respond to correctional failure, and remain less aware of success
Complexity - ANSWER- use to be 3 P's, now there are more options
-as a system grows, it tends to be more complex
-shown by different public agencies, different levels and branches of gov
federalism - ANSWERsystem of government in which power and responsibility are
divided between a national and state government
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED.
, The process and components of the CJS - ANSWERLaw enforcement/Police, Courts,
Corrections, prosecutors
Corrections Definition - ANSWERthe variety of programs, services, facilities, and
organization responsible for the managing individuals who have been accused or
convicted of criminal offenses
Corrections Costs - ANSWER-more than 60 billion
-70 billion per year --> 20-30K per inmate (tax payers money, 2k per month)
-Money spent on inmates represents 90% of the 70 billion expenditure on any form of
corrections
Goals of Correction system - ANSWER-fair punishment
-community protection
fair punishment - ANSWERactual punishment
community protection - ANSWERrehabilitation
deterrence
incapacitation
interconnectedness - ANSWER-corrections can be viewed as series of processes
(sentencing classification, supervision)
-processes in one part of the corrections system affect processes in the rest of the
system because offenders pass through correction in an assembly line with return loops
environment - ANSWER-correctional agencies deal with outside forces like public
opinion, fiscal constraints and the law
-corrections has a reciprocal relationship with its environment: practices affect the
community, and the community values and expectations affect corrections
feedback - ANSWER-crucial - but CS has trouble obtaining useful feedback
-success in corrections is best indicated by absence (no new crimes, no prison riots)
-only tend to respond to correctional failure, and remain less aware of success
Complexity - ANSWER- use to be 3 P's, now there are more options
-as a system grows, it tends to be more complex
-shown by different public agencies, different levels and branches of gov
federalism - ANSWERsystem of government in which power and responsibility are
divided between a national and state government
