Exam 1: The Correctional System

Currently, public outrage dictates that offenders should suffer by:

One challenge facing the ability of corrections to function as a system is:

The first large prisons to hold convicted criminals can be traced back to European dungeons of the Middle Ages.

The ___________________________ appropriates funds for criminal justice agencies, thereby shaping their structure and mission.

In modern society punishment is justified for which of the following reasons?

Case 1-1 During the sentencing phase in his courtroom, Judge Jones gives a little speech to all the defendants who are found guilty of a crime. He does this to explain to the defendants the goals and the philosophy of punishment. -Sam is a twenty year old college student. He was out one night with some friends. He succumbed to the peer pressure of his new friends and they decided to vandalize vehicles by smashing in the windows and slicing the tires. Sam has never been in trouble before. His friends with him that night all had lengthy criminal records. The judge decides not to cast out Sam from society. He wants to give Sam the opportunity to remain in good standing and continue with college. Sam is sentenced to community service and is required to pay for the damage of the vehicles. This sentence is based on the goal of:

A ____________________ is a prison in which persons found guilty of a felony are isolated from normal society.

Beccaria and Bentham both believed that the goal of the state should be deterrence, not revenge.

Which penal system is based on the belief that most prisoners would benefit from the experience of incarceration?

Discuss some of the first correctional institutions used prior to the penitentiary.

Which goal of sentencing has its roots in the concept that something has to be done to make amends for the harm or loss caused?

Where would vagrants, beggars, and delinquents be forced to work by way of discipline and punishment?

Who believed that the law should accomplish some utilitarian purpose?

A formal entry in the record of the court indicating that the prosecutor does not intend to proceed any further in the case is called _____________________________.

Restorative justice is grounded in the concept that the government should surrender its control over responses to crime to the victim, the offender, and the community.

Punishment that is based on "getting even" for violating the social contract is known as:

The philosophy of general deterrence focuses on the fact that individual offenders should learn firsthand that crime does not pay when they experience harsh criminal penalties.

__________________________________________ rely on careful analysis of program outcomes using scientifically approved methods, and are designed to discover which programs work with which offenders.

Which of the following were prisons established by the Church in the Middle Ages for those involved in offensive acts like incest and magic?

Case 1-1 During the sentencing phase in his courtroom, Judge Jones gives a little speech to all the defendants who are found guilty of a crime. He does this to explain to the defendants the goals and the philosophy of punishment. -Jane is being sentenced for the crime of vehicular manslaughter. She got into a car accident one morning while she was texting her boyfriend and driving on her way to work. The judge wants to use Jane as an example that texting while driving is very dangerous. He sentences her to five years in prison hoping that others will be discouraged from also texting while driving. The goal of Jane's punishment is: