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| Individuals subjected to gas chamber die from... |
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| How many times can the switch to the electric chair be pulled? |
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| As many times as necessary |
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| Electric chair, lethal gas, lethal injection |
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| Most prevalent crime committed by people on death row |
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| Alcatraz; "telephone pole" type construction; Max security with inside cell construction |
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| Designed to provide indirect surveillance of inmate behavior; medium security with outside cell construction |
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| Designed to maximize staff interaction with populace; direct supervision |
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| Social Hierarchy in Jails |
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| Type of Inmate, Type of Offense, Affiliation, Status, Gang |
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| Underclass who come from broken homes, Undereducated, Underemployed with limited job skills, Low SES, drug/alcohol dependent |
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| Inclined to murder as much as men but more likely to murder own children |
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| The King/State could remove children from their homes if parents failed to protect/nurture them |
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| Allows institutions such as colleges and schools to act in the best interests of the students as they see fit |
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| Paternoster and Brame, UMD Professors |
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| Found that both adolescent-limited and life-course persistent offending could be predicted by delinquent peer influence |
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| Argues that crime arises from how individuals live their lives, the choices they make, and the thinking patterns that characterize their daily activities. |
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| places that have high crime rates usually exhibit high rates of area poverty, low educational levels, and stability over long periods of time. It should be noted that low educational levels among these people does not suggest that they are “defective,” nor does it suggest that “defective” people likely to commit crime |
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| Argues that crime results when social institutions fail |
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| Cognitive behavioral programming |
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| As of 2007 how many male prisoners are in jail? |
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| What percentage of the male population is in jail on any given day? |
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| Year "right to counsel" established for inmates |
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| Process of destroying or sealing the record of a crime conviction after a statutorily determined length of time |
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| Est. prison guards are less culpable than prison doctors |
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| Is not a criminal act; civil or private wrong which results in monetary damages |
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| right is counsel is not... |
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| Halfway houses and community residential centers |
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| Help offenders being released from prison reintegrate back into the community |
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| Mmount of mail that an inmate can receive... |
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| only the amount that administrators can readily censor |
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| How do administrators and correctional officers test the permissibility of mail and literature |
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| Clear and present danger standard |
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| is not typical of the average male inmate |
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| have impacted the rate of male incarceration in this country |
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| Demonstrated success in reducing reoffending |
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| cognitive behavioral programming |
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| NOT a pain of imprisonment |
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| Reduced intimacy with other |
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| NOT believed to reduce inmate homosexual behavior |
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| employ fewer female correctional officers |
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| NOT a concern particular to elderly male inmates in prison |
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| unpredictable nutritional needs |
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| Peak age of a juvi offender |
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| Kent v. United States (1966) decision established |
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| Kent v. United States (1966) decision established |
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| Uniform Juvenile Court Act (1968) |
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| disallows police to take a juvenile into custody in circumstances where the 4th Amendment would also exempt adults |
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| Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (1974) |
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| created to divert those youths who did not commit an offense from institutionalization and more effectively deal with those youths in the juvenile justice system who committed a crime |
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| official halting of juvenile proceedings, or a referral of the person to a treatment facility or care program? The purpose is to take the juvenile out of the juvenile court system to avoid formal contact with the court system |
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| Percentage of all murders leads to the arrest of a juvenile |
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| Central concern in the chancery court |
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| Cost to support one HIV-infected inmate |
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| Central concern in the chancery court |
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| When and where was the first insane asylum built |
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| The deinstitutionalization movement occurred because of what development |
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| all persons in custody should lose both their rights and privileges because they were charged with or convicted of a crime |
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| offenders disabilities and disqualification resulting from conviction; constitution protects rights of ex-offenders but doesn't protect rights of all ex-offenders in every instance |
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