CRJ 106 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Franz Von Liszt, Victimless Crime, Retributive Justice
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Chapter 1: the philosophical and ideological underpinnings of corrections. Corrections punishment, treatment, supervision, and management of individuals who have been accused/convicted of criminal offenses: academic study field of theories, missions, policies, systems, programs, and personnel related to corrections, corrects the attitudes and behavior. Correctional process = punishment process: penology processes adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime (crime. Corrections less important back in the day : crime rate was lower in 1950s and 1960s. Today, crime rate has increased over 130: people in prison. 1 in every 35 adults in the u. s. was incarcerated or on probation or: drug use prominent drug war today parole. Expenditures for corrections (2011) - billion total, 88% going to prisons, 12 for probation/parole. About 2/3 of arrestees are prosecuted: less than 50% of arrests actually result in a jail or prison term, 37% of the arrests are drug-related (drug war, 4 out of 69 arrests go to trial.
