Therapeutic Modality Program and Human Rights

A set of vocabulary flashcards defining terms related to the Therapeutic Modality Program, restorative justice, and basic characteristics of human rights based on the provided lecture notes.

Therapeutic Modality Program

An approach that focuses on the learning and relearning of behavioral skills, attitudes and values, associated with socialized living of persons deprived of liberty in a jail setting.

Restorative Justice

A principle incorporated in the Therapeutic Community treatment model where offenders are recognized to indemnify victims and render community services to facilitate the healing of the broken relationship caused by offending the concerned parties.

Mediation and Conferencing

Practices utilized in special cases to mend and/or restore clients' relationship with their victim and the community.

Human Rights

Those rights, which are inherent in our nature and without which, we cannot live as human beings, allowing us to develop and use our human qualities, intelligence, talents, and conscience, and to satisfy our spiritual and other needs.

Inherent

A basic characteristic of human rights meaning they are not granted by any person or authority.

Fundamental

A basic characteristic of human rights meaning that without them, the life and dignity of man will be meaningless.

Inalienable

A basic characteristic of human rights meaning they cannot be rightfully taken away from a free individual, nor given away or forfeited.

Imprescriptible

A basic characteristic of human rights meaning they cannot be lost even if man fails to use or assert them, even by a long passage of time.

Indivisible

A basic characteristic of human rights meaning they are not capable of being divided and cannot be denied even when other rights have already been enjoyed.

Universal

A basic characteristic of human rights meaning they apply irrespective of one's origin, status, or condition or place where one lives, and can be enforced without national border.

Interdependent

A basic characteristic of human rights meaning the fulfillment or exercise of one cannot be had without the realization of the other.