Criminal Justice System
What is the last part of the Criminal Justice System?
Corrections
What are the three main categories of facility security levels?
Low security, medium security, and high security
Do some probation officers need a college degree?
True or False
True
Parole is used in conjunction with a prison sentence of what?
Sentence of more than a year.
Do today’s prisons and jails face many of the same hurdles as those of the past?
T or F
True
How long are prisoners in jail for? What about Prison?
Jail: One year or less
Prison: More than a year
The word “penitentiary” comes from what word?
“penance” (offenders sent to the penitentiary to repent for their wrongdoings)
Probation officers work either for the _____ or for a specific _________ __ __________?
Court
Department of Corrections
Good time refers to what?
A reduction in the length of the sentence.
Communication among agencies isn’t beneficial to all criminal justice players?
T or F
False
What are the three main components of the Criminal Justice System?
Law enforcement, the courts, and corrections
What two favorites were mentioned in the chapter abut their different ideas?
The Pennsylvania System (isolation of prisoners from one another)
The Auburn System (offenders housed alone but able to spend time outside cells)
Probation is more ___ _____ than incarceration and is often successful in meeting ________ ____
-cost effective
-correctional goals
Parole officers are hired by what three places or agencies?
Department of Corrections, parole agencies, or the court.
Staff training is critical to avoid officer ______?
Complacency
What are the alternatives to incarceration?
Probation, parole, or community supervison
Reform continued with implementation of classification systems to separate what groups?
Men and Women
Adults and Juveniles
Mentally ill from other criminals
What state authorized the first juvenile court in 1899?
Illinois
In some jurisdictions, people serving at a parole officer are called what?
Reentry specialists or aftercare workers
What type of offenders require accommodation?
Offenders with disabilities (physical or mental) and medical needs
The use of sanctions relieves what?
Correctional facility crowding
Corrections is connected closely to what?
British Law
John Augustus
Historically, parole was based on the ____ ______, as a release with conditions or reprieve from death sentence.
King’s Pardon
Ahora issues of corrections today include what?
Reentry, reintegration, and aftercare.