CRJ O10 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE
STUDY GUIDE (CLASS NOTES)
THIRD EXAM: PUNISHMENT AND CORRECTIONS
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2. Identify and briefly describe three types of sentences. 1. Fixed, Definite: 5 years, 10 years, 300 years 2. Indeterminate: 1-10, 5-10, 5-25 3. Indefinite: NO LIMIT
3. Identify and briefly describe seven sentencing options that are available to judges. Prison, Probation, Halfway House, Fine, Restitution, Community Service, Study Release.
4. Identify and briefly describe three sentencing models employed by different states. 1st: Legislative Models: Legislature controls sentences in penal code => Fixed Sentences 2nd: Judicial Model: Judge has power => Fixed Sentence with Discretion 3rd: Administrative Model: Parole Board makes release Decisions => Indeterminate Sentences
5. Identify and briefly describe five methods of execution that are currently used in the United States. Methods: Hanging, Electrocution, Firing Squad, Gas Chamber, Lethal Injection.
6. Identify and briefly describe six arguments in favor of the death penalty. 1. Lextalonis: An eye for an eye -> Defendant deserves it 2. Public is for it 3. Special deterrent: offender will not commit another crime. 4. General deterrent execution: => Prevent crime by public 5. Economics: Saves the state the cost of incarceration. 6. Humane: Better than life in prison
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8. Identify and briefly describe four purposes of prisons. Purposes: Punish, Deter, Rehabilitate, Incapacitate.
9. Identify and briefly describe four prison security levels. Maximum, Medium, Minimum, Supermax.
10. Identify and briefly describe two purposes of classification. 1. Purpose: Treatment; Education, Drugs 2. Management: Separate sex predators, Child Molesters, High Escape Risks.
11. Identify and briefly describe three approaches or methods that states use in classifying inmates. 1. Reception Diagnostic Centers 2. Internal Classification Unit 3. No classification Unit
12. Identify and briefly describe...