PSYC 3600 Lecture Notes - Victimology, Community Policing, Child Abandonment
16 Apr 2014
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The traditional justice system: crime rates appear to be decreasing since 2009- those arrested are predominantly white male, usa is at top of world for imprisonment -25% of worlds prisoners. 2nd highest- russia: american journal of community psyc called for increased involvement by community psychologists in criminal justice issues- to examine situational and environmental factors contributing to criminal behavior, today little involvement by community psychologists. Jails and prisons: traditional usually entails a crime, followed by arrest, prosecution, conviction, and imprisonment or incarceration of guilty, philosophy behind incarceration is retribution. Retribution in the legal system is supposed to mean repayment for the crime, but it translates to punishment for the crime- victim has no official role in the process and so is forgotten participant. Recidivism is the re-arrest of released prisoners a way to measure the effective of the imprisonment 67% re-aressted within 3 years appears spending time in prison increases the likelihood of reoffending.
