CJ 3302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Elmira Correctional Facility, Auburn System, Separate System
31 Jan 2017
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Discouraging people from committing crimes by their observation of another"s punishment. Preventing the offender from committing crimes by restraining him or her. Selective incapacitation - careful choosing of offenders who pose the most risk to the community and incarcerating those offenders. Who poses the most risk - young males. Internal change in offender that leads to a cessation or end to negative/criminal behaviors. Xed minimum and maximum terms with paroling authority determining release date based on inmate"s progress and risk factors. Good time - reduction in sentence for good behavior, participation in programming, complying with institutional rules. Designed to limit judicial discretion and reduce disparity among sentences for similar offenses and offenders. Stipulate a minimum period of incarceration for selected crimes. Pa - 5 years in prison for gun crimes. Chapter 1: the prisons - then and now. Imprisonment as punishment is a relatively recent development and was not widely. Tuesday, january 24, 2017 used until the late 1700s.
