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49 Cards in this Set
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Half of the women in prison today under mandatory sentencing laws have been convicted of... |
Conspiracy |
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Who believed that the law should accomplish some utilitarian purpose |
Jeremy Bentham |
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Who was the English Sheriff who advocated jail reform |
John Howard |
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Which researchers found that women in prison coat by establishing homosexual relationships |
Ward and kassebaum |
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A grouping of unrelated individuals who have assumed the traditional family roles of mother father and grandparents is known as a... |
Fictive |
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Before sentencing takes place in a felony case it is common for the courts probation staff to conduct a... |
Pre-sentence report |
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What is the term used to describe any behavior that can bring trouble or conflict with staff and other prisoners |
The mix |
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Sentences with fixed term of years to serve are known as... |
Determinants |
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The most widely used type of sentence today is... |
Intermediate |
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Which Supreme Court case held that Federal sentencing guidelines can be taken into consideration by federal judges but that they no longer had to be regarded as mandatory |
United States vs Booker |
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Who developed the Irish Mark system where inmates could eventually earn early release |
Walter Crofton |
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Which style gives female inmates the feeling that they have no control over their prison environment |
Isolate Style |
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Who felt strongly about the merits of the Reformatory model |
Zebulon Brockway |
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Which was the first institution to pay wages to prisoners as a reward for diligence and productivity |
Elmira Reformatory |
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What fraction of female prisoners in state prisons have children under the age of 18 |
3/5 |
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Female prisoners are more likely than male prisoners to cope with their issues through |
Destructive Acts |
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List of the views of inmates rights |
Legalistic / due process View, Crime Control View, and humanistic View |
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The justice system is expensive to run because it employs more than |
2.4 million |
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The body of the Constitution and the first 10 amendments are the main sources of... |
Procedural law |
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The 4th amendment |
Bars illegal searches and seizures |
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The three-strike law was first passed in this state |
California |
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The Fifth Amendment |
Limits admissibility of confessions that have been obtained unfairly |
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The 6th Amendment |
Guarantees a defendant the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury |
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8th Amendment |
Amendment that bars excessive bail or excessive fines imposed as well as cruel and unusual punishment |
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The 14th Amendment |
Affirms that no state may deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law |
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Probation began in 1841 with the volunteer services of who |
John Augustus |
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What jurisdiction was the first to implement probation as a form of criminal sanction |
Massachusetts |
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The most common form of criminal sanction during the 20th century was |
Probation |
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The body of judicial precedent that is built on legal reasoning and previous interpretations of statutory laws is known as |
Case law |
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Habeas corpus has been called |
The great writ of Liberty |
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When a precedent establishes an important principle it is known as a |
Landmark decision |
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The case determined that unannounced cell searches were necessary for security and Order |
Bell vs. wolfish |
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How many probationers are felons |
Half |
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During the 1980s and 1990s many large Correctional and Community Supervision agencies adopted new policies that were known as a |
Risk management system |
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Research shows that risk-need-responsivity (RNR) model can cut recidivism of high risk offenders by as much as ____ percent |
20% |
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The US has how many adult probation agencies |
2000 |
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Disclosure of PSI to defense counsel in a death penalty case was held permissible by the US Supreme Court case... |
Gardiner vs Florida |
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The US Supreme Court held that probationers have fewer constitutional protections and the general public and specifically that their homes can be searched without a warrant in the case |
Griffin vs Wisconsin |
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Emotion suspending the remainder of a sentence after serving a period of time in prison is |
Shock probation |
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A type of probation in which the probationer is not supervised |
Bench probation |
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Intensive supervised probation ISP was started in |
Georgia |
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Which of the following is the most intrusive sanction according to the Continuum of intermediate sanctions |
Boot camp |
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How much money is collected each year in the United States from fines paid by criminal offenders |
Over 1 billion |
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When the offender most often pays into a victims fund for damages caused by the crime it is known as |
Restitution |
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A person who protects citizens against governmental abuse is known as a |
Corrections ombudsman |
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Where was the first drug court implemented |
Miami Florida |
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What percent of the detainees in most jails are misdemeanants who couldn't make bail |
50% |
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The bail Reform movement is most closely linked with |
The Manhattan bail project |
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Prisons in the US cost taxpayers how much annually |
40 billion |