types of mental illness
A condition that causes excessive feelings of fear, dread, and worry that can't be controlled and can get worse over time.
Anxiety Disorder
Involves the use of a computer or computer network to commit illegal acts, such as fraud, stealing identities, or violating privacy.
Cybercrime
Teaches inmates skills and knowledge to help them live a productive life
Educational programs
The process of rebuilding daily habits, new living, and new environments to avoid recidivism.
Identity construction
A common mental health condition that involves a depressed mood or loss of interest in activities for long periods of time.
Depression
A more serious crime that often involves physical violence or actions that can cause significant harm. Examples include murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, and aggravated assault.
Felony
Helps incarcerated individuals learn a skill or occupation to prepare them for reintegration into society
Occupational Rehab
T/F: The rate of recidivism in the U.S. is 65%.
False: the rate of recidivism is 82%
(U.S. Dept. of Justice, 2023)
A real disorder that develops when a person has experienced or witnessed a scary, shocking, terrifying, or dangerous event.
PTSD
T/F: Robbery and Burglary are the same thing.
False: Robbery is actively harming one to obtain an object, whereas burglary is illegal entering a building with intent to take something.
A secular practice that involves focusing on the present moment without judgment.
Mindfulness Meditation
First criminologist to look into rehabilitation within prison systems; 1970's.
Walter Bailey
The quality of being unfrequented and remote; isolation.
Loneliness
A crime that involves the use of force or the threat of force against a victim.
Violent Crime
A process that involves medical and psychological interventions to help individuals overcome addiction to drugs or alcohol.
Substance Rehabilitation
Leading cause of mental illnesses
Childhood trauma
A chronic mental illness that affects a person's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Symptoms include: delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking
Schizophrenia
Minimum is a Life sentence without the possibility of parole. Ex: First degree intentional homicide.
Class A Felony
A type of supervised release that allows a prisoner to serve part of their sentence in the community.
Parole
T/F: Prison increases employment rates for previously unemployed by 40%.
True
(Dahl, 2020)