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| imposition of a sentence of death by the state |
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| killin of an offender by the state |
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| 1977 case that ended the moratorium on the death penalty |
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| offenses for which an offender can receive the death penalty, usually murder or rape |
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| supreme court decision that the death penalty in georgia was being applied randomly and discriminatorily against minorities |
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malice aforethought
having the intent to kill prior to a crime |
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having the intent to kill prior to the crime
planned premeditated |
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| execution of the offender by the state |
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| cruel and unusual punishment |
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| prohibited by the 8th amendment to the constitution |
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| process by which the criminaljustice official exercises authority to move te case tro the next higher level |
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| hope that a criminal sanction will stop potential offenders by inflicitng suffering on actual offenders |
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judges sentence that precludes parole eligibility
order to incarcerate the offenderer |
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| whether the punishment is applied even-handedly across jurisdiction |
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| person seeking to retain the death penalty |
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| seeking retribition for harm inflicted |
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| argument that offender sjould receive severe punishment because of the nature of the crime committed |
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| societal protection argument |
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| argument that once executed, the offender cannot commit another crime |
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| guilty law violator who has exhausted all appeals of conviction and sentencing |
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| representative of the court ordered to monitor correctional compliance with a courts order |
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| state of being physically alive but without rights |
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| test used in correwctions to justift restricting rights of inmates |
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| american religious offender grouo based on muslim conceps |
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| an inmates provision of legal services to another inmate |
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| first us supreme course case dealing with prisaon medical treatment |
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| total depircTION OF medical services |
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| legal statute for seekoing redress regarding deprivation of legal rights of prisoner |
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| formerly institutionalized offender who has now given up a life as a criminal |
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| disabilities imposed on an offender on the basis of conviction |
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| mark of dishonor or shame |
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| ability of an offender to assume direction of their lives |
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| period from parole to rehav and restoratiin of rights |
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| ofdfender is forbidden to practice designated occupations due to fact of conviction of crime |
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| loss of rights of ex-felons to ownm possess, or exercise contrl over firearms |
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| denial of employment opportinities due to being an ex-offender |
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| registration of criminals |
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| requiremnet imposed by government that all offenders be registered with local law enforcement agencies |
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european ID card
signifies they have been convicted of crime |
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| official documents containing info on a secx offender and previous crimes |
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| legislation rewuiring offenders to register an dlive under public scutiny |
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| legislation requiring sexual offenders to inform local police agencies of thei rlocation and nature of their propr conviction |
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| national legislation creating a national sex offender registry and organizing sex offenders into three tiers with increasing restrictions based o levle |
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| process by which a record of crim conviction is destroyed |
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| executive clemency restoting at least some rights to the offender |
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| racial and ethnic groupings |
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| division of prisoners based on racial or ethnic characteristics |
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| instituional threat groups |
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| analogues of controlled substances manufactured by underground chemists |
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| prisoners with low-level education skills who are unable to read and follow written instructions |
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| institutional work assignment |
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| prison industry jobs based on institutional operational needs, commyunitry projects, or prison industry programs |
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| those offenders more likely to offend |
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| those potential offenders likely to offend |
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| avoidance of sentencing offenders to imposionment on the first few offenses |
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| process by which the newly cmmited inmates are introduced into cilture of inmate |
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| sexual asaults on potenmtial victim inmates, usually by heterosexual partners |
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| prison rape elimination act |
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| us fed law designed to reginfocr prison sexual assaults |
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| comparison of arrest data between male and female offenders |
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| artument that female offenders receive more leniant treatment |
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| offenses in which the victim does not seem to appear |
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| paternalistic attitude of judges |
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| sentiments found in asystem under which an authority undertakes to suoply needs o rregulate conduct |
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| womens liberation movement |
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| series of social movements inded to narrow gaps between rights |
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| female victims of usually violent acts that may be physical or psych in damage |
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| persons with mental illness |
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| institution for care of mentlaly ill |
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| return of a mentally ill person folowing relase from facility |
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| process referring to the transfer of mentally ill to the justice system facilities |
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| not guolty by reaosn of insanity |
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| defense of offenders not to deny the commission of crime, but to assert the lacked the capacity to undestand nature of crime |
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| Incompetent to stand trial |
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| legal defense asserting that defendants must be able t ouderstand the charges against them and to assifst legal counsel in preparation for their own defense |
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| mentally ill inamtes who are diagnosed as incompetent to pleasd r stand trial |
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| plea entered by the defendent ackmpwledhing gjilt but understand nature of crime |
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| predict potential dangerousness |
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| process by which teatment of staff assess danferoussness and risk |
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| developmentally challenged |
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| prisons must provide treatment to the developmentally challenged |
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