Vocabulary Chapter 10

Question 1

Boot Camp

Answer 1

Military like, short-term stay correctional facility. Started because some legislators and correctional practitioners believed that all that inmates lacked was discipline.

Question 2

Community Service

Answer 2

Individual convicted of a crime performs some sort of work that will benefit the neighborhood, town, or city where the crime was committed.

Question 3

Correctional Quackery

Answer 3

Quick fix programs and practices that have been introduced in the field of corrections.

Question 4

Faith-Based Programming

Answer 4

Using the skills and resources of religious communities to help in the reform of convicted felons.

Question 5

Fine

Answer 5

Financial payment made to the courts and/or judge as a sanction in criminal matters.

Question 6

General Education Development (GED)

Answer 6

High School Equivalency test.

Question 7

“Inside-Out Prison Exchange” Program

Answer 7

A program that originated at Temple University, that brings college level students into the local prisons where they along with inmates both receive instructions in a class.

Question 8

Jailhouse Lawyer

Answer 8

Inmates that assists other inmates in the preparation of legal documents and processes.

Question 9

Net widening

Answer 9

The recognition that over time instead of closing jails and prisons the criminal justice systems comes up with new ways to monitor and sanction individuals who break the law. Also includes the expansion of probation and parole to include things like urine tests, etc.

Question 10

No Frill Prisons Act

Answer 10

Passed in 2001, barring such amenities as televisions and coffee pots in Federal Bureau of Prisons cells.

Question 11

Rehabilitation

Answer 11

Programs and practices used to retain convicts so they will give up a life of crime.

Question 12

Responsivity

Answer 12

Individuals respond differently to how treatment is delivered; there is growing evidence that most offenders are generally responsive to cognitive-behavioral interventions.

Question 13

Restitution

Answer 13

Where person convicted of a crime pays money or provides a service directly to the victim.

Question 14

Second Chance Act

Answer 14

Federal legislation passed in 2008 which provides additional resources to states and private entities to help prisoners make the transition back to the community.