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What is corrections?
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- A collection of agencies that attempt to control
the behavior of people accused or convicted of crime- Includes: probation, jails, prisons and parole
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Mission of corrections
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-Execute the sentence of the court-Protect society -surveillance and control of offenders, treatment and rehab, incapacitation (includes the death penalty)
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3 major components of the CJ system
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Police/law enforcementCourts/administration of justiceCorrections/probation, incarceration, and parole
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Final Stages in the CJ process
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Executes convicted offenders sentencesOften supervise offenders released pretrial
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What is the most common correctional punishment
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Probation
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Expectations for corrections
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Punish criminalsPrevent crime through deterrence and incapacitationReduce propensity to commit future crimes thru treatment and rehab
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Wedding Cake
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Top Layer - Celebrated Cases2nd Layer - Serious Felonies3rd Layer - Lesser Felonies4th Layer - Misdemeanors(traffic infractions not included)
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Role of Corrections
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Designed to be external social control
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Social Control
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A set of methods designed to encourage or force people to obey norms in a particular culture(to enforce conformity)
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Norms
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Shared expectations about how to behave or ideas about how to achieve our values
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Rules
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"enacted norms" may not be a legal response
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Laws
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"enacted norms" written by specialists put in manuals or codes and applied by specialists
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Views of corrections
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Utilitarian and Moralist
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Utilitarian
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Greatest good for the greatest number
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Moralist
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Do what is right, no matter, what is costs
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