Midterm

Question 1

Define Corrections

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The structures, policies, and programs to
punish, treat, and supervise persons convicted of criminal offences (p. 3)

Question 2

Pre-Middle Ages

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response to crime based on punishment

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Middle Ages

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punishment for crimes took gruesome
forms, designed to stigmatize/shame offenders

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First house of correction

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Built at Bridewell, in London, in 1557

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Classical School

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Criminal behaviour as a result of rational choice

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Positivist (Liberal) School

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Criminal behaviour is determined

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Critical (Radical) school

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Highlights the role of economics and power

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Emile Durkheim

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Punishment as a moral process that serves to reinforce
shared societal values and norms

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Karl Marx

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Punishment as a tool to preserve the economic order and class rule

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Michael Foucault

Answer 10

Reform of punishment to increase the efficiency of the
exercise of power over individuals

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Punitive Peneology

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a response to criminal
offenders characterized by severe sanctions

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Penal Populism

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correctional policies that are
formulated in pursuit of political objectives

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1970 (corrections in the u.s)

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shift of focus away from rehabilitation
and toward retribution
– Driven by legislators
– Punishment as a political issue

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1990-2010 (us corrections)

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number of federal inmates in the
U.S. rises more than 500%

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Early 21 century (us corrections)

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beginning of the era of mass
decarceration
– Shift in focus toward reintegration and community-based treatment

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Fair sentencing act

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public law 111-220

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Justice Reinvestment act

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2011)

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2016: Prison populations had…

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prison populations reduced by 25% in
California, New York, and New Jersey

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In the late 20th and early 21 century

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punitive penology in the U.S., rise in penal
populism, mass incarceration

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The first Canadian Penitentiary

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Kingston Ontario (1835)

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Moral Architecture

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reflect themes of order and morality

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The Brown Commission

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condemned the use of corporal punishment and emphasized the need for rehabilitation

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Pennsylvania Model

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a separate silent system, prisoners were isolated from one another.

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Auburn Model

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allowed prisoners to work, eat during the day but then were celled individual at night

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1906: Penitentiary Act

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Separated young and mentally disordered offenders from the general population – Changed: powers and duties of federal penitentiary inspectors

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Philosophy of Corrections

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Punitive practices continued with reformation through hard labour and discipline

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Royal Commission on the Penal System of Canada

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Added reform and rehabilitation as goals of imprisonment – Initial shift toward rehabilitation

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The Federal System Introduced:

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Therapeutic intervention techniques – Vocational training and education

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Medical Model of Corrections

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viewed that offenders were ill and that treatment and diagnosis would ensure rehabilitations

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The Americanization of Corrections

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Departure from a liberal model of corrections practice – Emergence of a conservative, American-style approach (2006–15)

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Brown Commission (1848–49)

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Minimal changes in structure

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Creating Choices (1990)

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significant changes in correctional policy

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Existing Challenges

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were identified in the early 19th century

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Primary Mandate for correctional systems

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protections of society

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Split personality of corrections

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punishment vs. treatment

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corrections experiences tension in:

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Ensuring public safety and security while ensuring offender rights are protected

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Duty to Act Farily

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offenders are treated fairly by correctional personnel.

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Federal System of Corrections

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Responsible for offenders who receive a sentence of two or more years – Variety of facilities

Question 39

Provincial/Territorial Corrections

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96% of convicted offenders under provincial/territorial correctional authority – Variety of noncarceral programs