CRIM 1447 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Solitary Confinement, Auburn System
31 Dec 2018
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Reformatory movement (1870s-1890s: the reformatory system. Progressive period (1890s-1930s: the industrial prison system. Medical model (1930s-1960s: the therapeutic prison. Institutional corrections has largely vacillated between harsh punishment and reformation. Since 1980s, we are experiencing a period characterized by just deserts that focuses more on punishment, though reformation is not totally absent. Institutional corrections security levels (p. 280-282)- classified on security level, inmates classified by risk level. Super-maximum prisons: almost no human interaction (the most dangerous of offenders) Maximum-security prisons: violent crimes such as murder, rape, child abuse, and human trafficking. Medium-security prisons: less serious crimes such as theft and assault. Advantages and disadvantages of privatization of prisons (p. 283-284) Prisonization: the process of socialization in prison whereby individuals adopt the norms, values, and beliefs of the inmate subculture as their own. Understanding the differences between the three models used to explain inmate subcultures (p. 300-302: deprivation model, we deprive inmates of things so the develop new culture.
