Chapter 1 Flashcards
(37 cards)
Where the convicted person is going to serve their sentence inside the institution. Inside jail, Prison and Colonies.
INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTIONS
Act of reforming offenders by means or the other means outside the institution
NON- INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTIONS
Refers to the system used by government to maintain social control, prevent crimes, enforce the law, and administer Justice
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Five (5) Pillars of PCJS
1.Law enforcement
2. Prosecution
3. Court
4. Correction
5. Community
Criminal Justice System concerned with the custody, supervision and rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders
CORRECTION AS A PILLAR
Refers to the reorientation of the criminal offender to prevent him or her from repeating his deviant ar delinquent actions without the necessity of taking punitive actions but rather the introduction of individual measures of reformation
CORRECTION AS A PROCESS
What are the important Theories in Correction?
a. Classical Theory
b. Neo Classical Theory
c. Positivist (Italian Theory)
d. Eclectic Theory (Mix Theory
States that men have the absolute free will to choose between good and evil, so they are liable for the consequences of their acts.
CLASSICAL THEORY
Arguments in Classical Theory
- Unfair
- Unjust
- The nature and definition of punishment is not individualized
- It focus on the crime itself, not on the criminal
states that since insane and minors do not know the consequences of their acts, they must not be liable for the crimes they may committed.
NEO CLASSICAL THEORY
states that criminals shall be treated like patients in the hospitals, instead of punishing them
POSITIVIST THEORY (Italian Theory)
the combination of beneficial aspects classical, neo-classical and positivist theories.
ECLECTIC THEORY
Is a division of Criminology and focuses the study of punishment for crime and or of criminal offenders
PENOLOGY
Penology otherwise known as ________
PENAL SCIENCE
Penology It is a term derived from the Latin word “poena” which means
PAIN or PUNISHMENT, and SUFFERING
It is the infliction of some sort of pain on the offenders for violating the law
PUNISHMENT
PUNISHMENT is also a ______________
MEANS OF SOCIAL CONTROL
The study and practice of a system management of jails or prisons and other institutions concerned with the custody, treatment, and rehabilitation of criminals, or detainees.
Correctional Administration
Refers to the manner or practice of managing or controlling places of confinement.
PENAL MANAGEMENT
Those inmates,who are undergoing investigation, awaiting or undergoing trial or they are awaiting for final judgement
DETAINEES
Ancient FORMS of Punishment
- Death Penalty
- Physical Torture
- Social Degradation
- Banishment
whereby a person will be punished to death effected by burning, bolling in oil, breaking at the wheel, death by flaying and death by beheading.
DEATH PENALTY
Rendering physical pain into a person who committed an act in violation of the existing laws which as effected by mutilation, whipping, and other barbaric forms of inflicting pain.
PHYSICAL TORTURE
The purpose of this was to put the offender into shame or humiliation
SOCIAL DEGRADATION