CCJS 342 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Why Focus on Community Corrections - ANSWER-increasing incarceration rates = decreasing marginal returns for incarceration -incapacitation effects of prison creates a skewed distribution ---social benefit to incarcerate people for petty crimes is lower Evolving Role of Probation Officers - ANSWER-pre 1940s: community service -1940s: clinical social worker -1960s: advocate -Late 1970s: risk manager -Present: risk manager and social worker ----gradually more punitive to reflect motivatio...

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Totality of beliefs and sentiments common to the average citizens of the same society, which forms a determinate system which has its own life - ANSWERCollective Conscience each aspect of society is necessary and works for the stability of the whole, including crime - ANSWERfunctionalism Emphasizes the interdependence between individuals in a society, which allows individuals to feel that they can enhance the lives of others. It is a core principle of collective action and is founded on sh...

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CCJS 342 Exam 1 WITH CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+

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1 Exam (elaborations) CCJS 100 – Exam 1: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System 2 Exam (elaborations) CCJS 100 Exam 3 FINAL questions and answers graded A+ updated 3 Exam (elaborations) CCJS 100 UMD Exam 2 Madoo questions and answers already passed

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CCJS 342 Exam 2 well answered graded A+ updated

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CCJS 342 Final Exam questions with verified answers already passed

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CCJS 342 EXAM BUNDLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% ACCURATECCJS 342 EXAM BUNDLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% ACCURATECCJS 342 EXAM BUNDLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% ACCURATECCJS 342 EXAM BUNDLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% ACCURATECCJS 342 EXAM BUNDLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% ACCURATECCJS 342 EXAM BUNDLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% ACCURATECCJS 342 EXAM

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principle of interchangeability - ANSWERthe idea that different forms of intermediate sanctions can be calibrated to make them equivalent as punishments despite their differences in approach boot camp - ANSWERA physically rigorous, disciplined, and demanding regimen emphasizing conditioning, education, and job training. Designed for young offenders. shock incarceration - ANSWERa short period of incarceration followed by a sentence reduction Corrections - ANSWERThe variety of programs, s...

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Corrections - ANSWERThe variety of programs, services, facilities, and organizations responsible for the management of individuals who have been accused or convicted of criminal offenses Social Control - ANSWERActions and practices of individuals and institutions, designed to induce conformity with the norms and rules of society System - ANSWERa complex whole consisting of interdependent parts whose operations are directed toward common goals and are influenced by the environment in which ...

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most visible corrections - ANSWERprison, jail, mass incarceration, US has highest correction rate in the world corrections - ANSWERprograms, facilities, services, and organizations responsible for the managing of individuals who have been accused of or convicted of criminal offenses cost of corrections - ANSWER70 billion spent per year, incarceration is the most expensive part of corrections, $20-30,000 spent per inmate per year, $2,000 a month spent corrections pie chart - ANSWERprobat...

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Purpose of punishment and early punishment trends: Why do we punish? - ANSWER- punitive vs. correctional methods --> not mutually exclusive (ex. drug courts) - the purpose of punishment is to control/deter crime ---> is this assumption true? Purpose of punishment and early punishment trends: Durkheim - ANSWER- punishment is "meaningful demonstration" --> satisfies human emotional need = retribution - hypothesized that modern societies would punish less severely --> th...

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hands-off doctrine - ANSWERa historical approach that made courts reluctant to interfere with prison management or prisoner rights prisoner's rights - ANSWERConstitutional guarantees of free speech, religious practice, due process, and other private and personal rights as well as constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishments made applicable to prison inmates by the federal courts. nominal damages - ANSWERSmall amounts of money a court may award when inmates have susta...

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Code of Hammurabi - ANSWEREarliest recorded law; lex talionis; "an eye for an eye" Draconian Code of Ancient Greece - ANSWER- Erased distinction under the law btw citizens and slaves -Punishments included stoning to death, throwing offenders off cliffs, binding to a stake, destruction of offender, destruction of house Law of the Twelve Tables - ANSWER-Punishment included being forced into slavery, exile, death, imprisonment brutal physical punishment - Influence European punishme...

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Sex Offenders - ANSWERAccording to Tweksburg (2014), _______ stand as today's boogey-man, feared and misunderstood by all, and responded to with disgust, distrust, and disdain. Lower - ANSWERSex offenders have a (lower/higher) re-conviction rate than the general offender population. (Hanson & Bussiere, 1998). True - ANSWERTrue or false: most sexual assault victims know their offenders and those assailants are most often family members. Megan's Law - ANSWERLaw governing residency r...

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What is a "million-dollar prisoner"? - ANSWER· A prisoner that the state has spent a substantial amount of money on to keep incarcerated · Always coming in and out of the system, not dangerous What type of offenders were the target population of Kentucky's 2011 law aimed to reduce incarceration? - ANSWER· Meant to combat overhauling, thousands of non-violent offenders would be released early What are the type of institutions and community-based sanctions that make up correctio...

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Do male or female prisoners tend to have more serious health problems? - ANSWERWomen prisoners usually have more serious health problems than men What changes have we seen in prison in the last 40 years? - ANSWER- Increases in the number of Hispanic and African American inmates - More inmates coming from urban areas - Correctional officers' memberships in public employee unions - Mass incarceration and efforts to de-incarcerate What are the three goals/models of incarceration that ha...

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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 o...

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Inmate-balance theory - ANSWERriots and anger is likely to rise when officers try to restrict prisoners rights more, exchange solution (ignore small stuff if big rules are maintained) can be dangerous because it give inmates power administrative control theory - ANSWERstates riots and violence are likely to happen when officers have too weak of authority, coercive solution, so there needs to be a balance between this and inmate balance theory inmate grievance procedure - ANSWERsystem the p...

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Purposes of Punishment - ANSWER- deterrence - incapacitation - rehabilitation - retribution - restoration Emile Durkheim - ANSWER- collective conscience - goal of punishment is retribution (the need to see the person punished) collective conscience - ANSWER- Emile Durkheim - Shared beliefs that the average citizen of a society has Social Solidarity - ANSWERsocial cohesiveness and harmony - people coming together Functionalism - ANSWER- Each aspect of society is necessary a...

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v reentry by the numbers - ANSWER-95% of people in prison will one day return home -in 2018, over 600,000 people were released from U.S. prisons -8% of the U.S. adult population has a felony conviction -18% of all state prisoners (almost 1 in 5) are reincarcerated within one year of release carceral citizenship - ANSWER-definition: an alternate experience of citizenship that "begins at the moment of a criminal conviction and is distinguished from other forms of citizenship by the restrictio...

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