CJ 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Medical Model, Exclusionary Rule, Elmira Correctional Facility

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CJ 100
• Professor: Treadway

Document Summary

Earliest records of incarceration date back to the middle ages. Imprisonment as punishment developed in u. s. in late 18th century. Silent - weren"t allowed to communicate with inmates. Development of parole, indeterminate sentencing, emphasis on reformation over punishment. The warehousing era (1980 1995) focus on incapacitation . The just deserts era (1995 2012: focus on justice model, emphasis on individual responsibility . Return to punishment as purpose of incarceration get-tough initiatives: the eviden(cid:272)e-based era (2012 present) Built around need to employ cost effective solutions to correctional issues. Short term correctional program based on a boot camp approach that makes use of a military like regime of high intensity physical training. A short term militaristic correction facility in which inmates undergo intensive physical conditioning and discipline. The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment subject to conditions set by correctional authorities. Aid, supervise, and provide continuing control of parolees in the community.