CRIM 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Anger Management, Michael Tonry, Fire Extinguisher
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Most work is done in community (probation or parole) Corrections represent organizations (agencies composed of elements that are made up of collective functions and that contribute to their overall mission) Prison: state or federal facility housing long-term offenders (typically felons) for a period greater than a year: operated by state or federal governments. billion is spent per year by the states on corrections (3% of total state budgets) Drug problem, truth-in-sentencing laws, violence on tv/movies, general deterioration of morals/family affect prison/jail populations: truth in sentencing: restriction or elimination of parole eligibility and good-time credits. Make sure offenders serve larger portions of sentences. Violent offenders must serve at least 85% of sentence: prisons incarcerate and punish inmates in an effort to deter crime. Offenders make free will decisions to commit crimes and no longer deserve compassion and correction: nothing works philosophy: robert martinson"s belief that correctional treatment programs generally do not rehabilitate offenders or significantly reduce recidivism.
