chapter 1

Question 1

what is the gov job?

Answer 1

to protect its citizens from those who would harm them

Question 2

what is the CRJS divided into, 3

Answer 2

-police
-courts
-corrections

Question 3

whats corrections?

Answer 3

punishment,treatment, supervision. however, its a difficult task because many offender has physhological, emotional, and financial investment in being bad.

Question 4

penology?

Answer 4

the study of the processes adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime

Question 5

when was crime lower?

Answer 5

during the 1950’s and early 1960’s

Question 7

why was incarceration rate increased in the past few decades

Answer 7

war on drugs

Question 8

what do sociology think about human nature?

Answer 8

that is socially constructed, that humans are born with a blank slate, and is formed by cultural experiences.

Question 9

what do those influenced by evolutionary biology and brain science think of human nature?

we learn to be good not bad

Answer 9

human nature evolved by concerns of living things. evolve to survive, aggresiveness and low empathy are traits.

Question 10

what is punishment?

Answer 10

state imposition of some form of deprivatio, liberty,rsources.

Question 11

controlled vengeance?

Answer 11

state takes away the responsibility for punished the wrongdoers. n assumes it for itself.

Question 12

penology= classical school what they want?

proffesor beccaria

Answer 12

to humanize and rationalize punishment and make it reasonable.preserve public safert. people should be able to confront accuser.status shouldnt matter. punishment needs to be certain,swift, and severe

Question 13

certainity

effective if it was folling the crime

Answer 13

stronger impression. certainty of punishment more fear

Question 14

swiftness

Answer 14

the more closely punishment follows upon, more useful

Question 15

severity

Answer 15

the punishment to do what its suppose to

Question 16

what did beccaria believe?

Answer 16

clear punishment must outweight offenders crime

Question 17

lawyer jeremy bentham

Answer 17

believed in principles of utility, judged as moral or immoral by how happy the community is. he believed that criminals did what they did because of pain and pleasure.

Question 18

positivist view point

Answer 18

actions have to do with nothing but that people are born criminals.human action is often evoken by circumstances beyond human control. that dangerous offender pose danger to society.

Question 19

retributive justice

crime match the punishment

Answer 19

crual punishment

Question 20

restituttive justice

making amends

Answer 20

driven by simplre deterrence

Question 21

hedonism

Answer 21

all life goals are desirable only as means to the end of achieving pleasure and avoiding pain

Question 22

hedonistic calculus

Answer 22

to weigh the anticipated benefits of a given course of action

Question 23

crime control model

Answer 23

community protection from criminals. a well ordered society must suppress criminal activity.

Question 23

selective incapaction

chronic violent offenders.

Answer 23

reserving prison largely for a select group of offenders.

Question 24

due process model

Answer 24

more like an obstacle course for the gov. police most obtain warrents, evidence most be have.

Question 25

there is 4 justification for punishment, what are they?

Answer 25

1. incpacitation
2. retribution
3. deterrence
4. resitution
5. reintegration(new)